I live in a low light situation and am having a hard time seeing the level of my unflavored in the tank. Any way to darken/color without messing with the flavor?
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Is it possible to 'color' my unflavored?
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Thanks, but just looking for a way to color the juice. Kind of stuck on my OBS Nano's.
Adding a LV LED is one way, if you don't mind the added attention, and battery drain (though I expect that is minimal). And it is probably the safest, as well as having little to no impact on flavor.
Low tech would be food coloring; but that is generally considered "not desirable" within the vaping community. Food coloring was once prolific (and still is with certain vendors) in flavor concentrates. But, as vaping is generally focused on harm reduction, and so little is known about inhalation safety of most "food safe" chemicals; the vaping industry is shying away from them. It can contribute, to some(?) extent, more of a chemical(ly) taste to your mix (ever taste a drop of raw food coloring on your finger tip?). Then there is the issue of coil clogging; do food-safe dyes accelerate coil crud?
Personally, if it was me, I would just keep a small pen light, or key chain light, on my person; and use that when I wanted to check my juice level. It is much more stealthy, only comes on when I need it, it's cheap, and will last a long time. And, going even more low tech; maybe a small vertical strip of opaque tape (like masking, or white medical adhesive tape) will help to provide a reflective background needed to see the fluid level.
I guess, the other alternative would be, to intentionally oxidize your nicotine (it darkens as it reacts to available oxygen); and hope the amber color is sufficient to see it in your low light setting(s). Some folks actually like the added throat hit, and mild tobacco flavors that come out in the process.These people, will age their nicotine just like a wine, to intentionally bring out those characteristics. They may use any combination of heat, light, and agitation/aeration to encourage this. It does affect taste, but in their case, that is the primary (sole?) purpose.
I hope you find what works best for you.
Low tech would be food coloring; but that is generally considered "not desirable" within the vaping community. Food coloring was once prolific (and still is with certain vendors) in flavor concentrates. But, as vaping is generally focused on harm reduction, and so little is known about inhalation safety of most "food safe" chemicals; the vaping industry is shying away from them. It can contribute, to some(?) extent, more of a chemical(ly) taste to your mix (ever taste a drop of raw food coloring on your finger tip?). Then there is the issue of coil clogging; do food-safe dyes accelerate coil crud?
Personally, if it was me, I would just keep a small pen light, or key chain light, on my person; and use that when I wanted to check my juice level. It is much more stealthy, only comes on when I need it, it's cheap, and will last a long time. And, going even more low tech; maybe a small vertical strip of opaque tape (like masking, or white medical adhesive tape) will help to provide a reflective background needed to see the fluid level.
I guess, the other alternative would be, to intentionally oxidize your nicotine (it darkens as it reacts to available oxygen); and hope the amber color is sufficient to see it in your low light setting(s). Some folks actually like the added throat hit, and mild tobacco flavors that come out in the process.These people, will age their nicotine just like a wine, to intentionally bring out those characteristics. They may use any combination of heat, light, and agitation/aeration to encourage this. It does affect taste, but in their case, that is the primary (sole?) purpose.
I hope you find what works best for you.
Or since you have that all day vape, a big enuf tank to fill once a day. Or refill at higher light times, like meals.
I had some colored eliquid that I used to add a few drops to my unflavored and it went bad after just a year.
I had some colored eliquid that I used to add a few drops to my unflavored and it went bad after just a year.
Don't know if this will work, but it's the only 510 led I found that looks suitable. LEDs apparently light up and the outer ring seems to be a spinner.
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I really agree with a small torchlight over using food coloring. 1) it will gunk up your coils more quickly and 2)I'm not sure that it would help significantly, even in a low light situation. I think checking your levels every now and then with a torch would be much safer....
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