Liquid level not right...

[IronEagle]

Hi everyone. So I started to DIY my own liquid tonight and made a few small batches. The first batch I added a bit to much vg and it was hard to draw. ok lesson learned. So I finally found a decent mix but am having 2 problems. First is im using the online calc to determine the proper mix. Making 3ml "test" batches.

Well I have been using a few 3ml bottles but my "homebrew" only fills the bottle half way. I tested my dropper with water and its 21 drops to a ml. Im stumped! Second issue is throat hit. Not getting much of a throat hit. Im using PG based unflavored 60 mg to 24 mg strength, cut it with pg, and am adding 15% vg for good vapor with 10% flavoring. Any ideas where im going wrong? Thanks.

 

[john doe]

have you checked to make sure they really are 3ml bottles? does 63 drops of water fill one up?

 

[doots]

the vg might be taking away your th by adding that much. it has for me.

as far as meansurement be sure they are 3ml bottles..

 

[IronEagle]

Thank you guys for the quick response. I tested the bottle and it is indeed 3ml. I also checked my dropper again and thats fine. Wonder if im missing something. Here is my process.

Add unflavored nic
Add unflavored pg
Add unflavored vg
Add flavor

 

[AlexTM]

Drops are not necessarily the same size even coming from the same device. It also depends on the fluid used. Which is why I don't like to use drops as a unit. Better to use mililiters, then you don't have these problems.
Easiest way to do that, use syringes. Differently sized ones, if you have to. Many 1ml indicated down to 0.01ml, that should be sufficiently precise.

 

[Flash69]

Try adding 5% to 8% alcohol to your calculations for a better throat hit.
Everclear if you have it or 100 proof vodka.

I am doing mine the same as yours, but with the added alcohol and it works great.
Your PG to VG ratio should be about 5:1 or 80% PG to 20% VG.

GL - Keep VAPING

 

[IronEagle]

Drops are not necessarily the same size even coming from the same device. It also depends on the fluid used. Which is why I don't like to use drops as a unit. Better to use mililiters, then you don't have these problems.
Easiest way to do that, use syringes. Differently sized ones, if you have to. Many 1ml indicated down to 0.01ml, that should be sufficiently precise.

Yea this was it. I rear loaded the syringes and it worked well. Dropped the VG down to 10% but still having issues. Going to try the vodka trick and see where that takes me. Thanks a million guys!