Is there a checklist for beginners?

[Ladiekali]

When you buy your nicotine you can buy it in a PG base or a VG base, some places even offer it with a 50/50 blend of PG/VG. So when you make your juice you'll want to add PG and VG to dilute the Nicotine base to the desired nic level that you want. You will also have to compensate for the amount of PG or VG that your flavors contain. That's where using a calculator becomes very handy as it will take all of this into consideration. Here's a screenshot of the calculator that I use:

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what is Ethyl maltol?
and omgosh i didn't think about adding sweetener.

 

[Screamin Eagle]

what is Ethyl maltol?
and omgosh i didn't think about adding sweetener.

Ethyl Maltol (or EM) is a consintrated powdered sweetner (it is most offten suspended in liquid form).
If you've ever vaped Cotton Candy flavor, what you got is about 90% or so EM in the flavoring.

 

[Ladiekali]

oh ok! thanks. I have cotton candy. bought it thinking i could use it to add that sweetness. so maybe i'm on the right track i got scared for a second.

 

[Screamin Eagle]

oh ok! thanks. I have cotton candy. bought it thinking i could use it to add that sweetness. so maybe i'm on the right track i got scared for a second.

Yep, many people do that.

I like the cotton candy flavoring on it's own. So does my wife and daughter (yes ANTZ my daughter is an adult).