Is this the right stuff?

[willsgirlie]

I am wondering because the ones that people have posted links to, the bottle looks different.. maybe they changed their packaging? But I saw it was Humco and decided to get it... also another question.. it says 99.5% glycerin.. what the other .5%? anybody know lol

(woops I couldn't figure out how to flip it sorry!)

 

[Computer Extreme]

No..

Go to michaels or walmart.
In the cake decorating section, look for wiltons glycerin. It has to be food grade.
I dont think you should use the skin lotion grade stuff.

 

[Computer Extreme]

If you go to walmart as the pharmacy counter to get you some pharmacy grade propylene glycol. Its also available at Compounding Pharmacies but they charge way too much.

 

[willsgirlie]

oh no I saw the wiltons brand at michaels right afterwards so I guess I'll go get some of that instead.

 

[wv2win]

I'm not 100% sure but I actually think they are the same thing. That's what a pharmicist told me. I would ask your pharmicist.

 

[willsgirlie]

well everybody else said they found it near the cosmetics... so did I .. lol

 

[s4pat]

I'm not 100% sure but I actually think they are the same thing. That's what a pharmicist told me. I would ask your pharmicist.

same here. also, if you want PG that is used for pharmaceuticals, ask your pharmacy to order this for you (about $10/pint):
paddock labs propylene glycol, usp. NDC: 00574-0072-16

and here is another alternative for the humco brand that your pharmacy may be able to order for a lower cost, even wal-mart: its marketed by the drug wholesaler mckesson and made by humco. the name is sunmark and its ndc is: 49348-0839-36

 

[happily]

see if that bottle says USP or USDA or food grade...............health stores carry them

oops I can read usp so you are fine

 

[happily]

also the .5% is your MOJO

 

[willsgirlie]

is this PG or VG?

 

[willsgirlie]

also the .5% is your MOJO

haha yeah something like that.... it doesn't have inactive ingredients listed either.. so I guess it is magical or something

 

[je_jooster]

...yes, it's fine. It says "USP" on the label, which is 'food grade'.

 

[happily]

it is G.............vegetable glycerine is vg but that is the same

 

[willsgirlie]

I'm confused again.. should I just get the wiltons anyways? or do people use this a lot?

 

[happily]

I'm confused again.. should I just get the wiltons anyways? or do people use this a lot?

wiltons is also just glycerine...........it says usp so you are fine
this will create fog........but not throat hit

 

[willsgirlie]

okay so I use glycerin to cut stuff and PG to mix my own?

 

[joneb99]

this is what i do,
i use the pg to cut or make my own with capella then add a few drops of the glycerine to make the vapor a bit thicker seems to me with out the glycerine you get good taste but hardly any smoke/vapor..for some that is good i like the effect...

 

[tims]

They all have the pure PG powered, walmart and rite aid both pointed me to that. But how to mix it, it's called Miralax it got no water or anything in it.

I done some research and found, that there is only 2 grades and even the feed stock PG is USP. So if it's for humans or animals then it's USP grade, only the other grade is not as clean and not to the same standard. So it don't have to be marked USP to be USP, stuff for your hands, cooking, animal's and that is USP grade.

 

[wanderlust]

You don't want the powdered miralax because it's a laxative. You need liquid propylene glycol for cutting if I'm not mistaken. This is what everyone refers to as PG.

 

[bearscreek]

I have that exact bottle. It came from Wal-Mart in the first-aid section, but on my way home from there, I stopped at Hobby Lobby and got the Wilton's kind used for cake icing simply because some people have said they worried a little about the Humco. I got the Humco just in case I couldn't find the other. I think a lot of people are using it, though. I haven't used it. The extra 0.5% is probably just some kind of impurities that may or may not matter. If I hadn't easily found the Wilton's, I probably would have gone ahead and used that one. It's vegetable glycerin. The main ingredient that is probably in your liquids is propylene glycol. Some people like the VG and some like the PG. I found that by cutting my liquids with VG my mucous membranes got a bit irritated, so I got some PG, but it's harder to get. Sometimes you have to get a pharmacy to order it or go to a compounding pharmacy. Does all that make sense?