Greetings. I’m here for the recipes and the advice and the friends. I have made all my first gear order to DIY, but I’ve yet to pull the trigger on the DIY’ing. Slightly terrified and not sure why.
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Do you plan on measuring by weight or volume? Will you be using an online calculator? What flavors are you wanting to make?
We’re here to help.
~S
Do you plan on measuring by weight or volume? Will you be using an online calculator? What flavors are you wanting to make?
We’re here to help.
~S
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Random DIY mixing and More
So many threads get off topic so fast. It figured it would be hard to get a random topic thread off topic:lol: Soooo,I have a couple questions to start. Anyone mixing with plum flavor? I have INW Plum in my cart at BCF but I'm wondering about...
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Being an Index of Recipes in the "Random DIY mixing and More" and "Liquor Flavors?" Threads
This blog does not include every single recipe in the Random and Liquor Flavors threads. Some are speculative or untested, so it would be misleading to offer them as reliable mixes. Even the recipes here may be works in progress. It's a good idea...
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Hi Jmeecakes. Welcome to the ECF.
DIY Isn't Hard. Or anything to worry over.
You put some Ingredients into an Empty Bottle.
Shake Well.
Place it in a Cool, Dark place for a couple of Days.
Then you try it.
If you like it, Great. You put a Star on your Recipe Card. If you Don't, you Toss it and put a Frowny Face on the Card.
That's really about all there is to it.
The Key is to Record EVERYTHING you do/mix. And to not get too Hung Up on Numbers and Needless Accuracy.
DIY Isn't Hard. Or anything to worry over.
You put some Ingredients into an Empty Bottle.
Shake Well.
Place it in a Cool, Dark place for a couple of Days.
Then you try it.
If you like it, Great. You put a Star on your Recipe Card. If you Don't, you Toss it and put a Frowny Face on the Card.
That's really about all there is to it.
The Key is to Record EVERYTHING you do/mix. And to not get too Hung Up on Numbers and Needless Accuracy.
Indeed, record EVERYTHING.
But do try to be consistent, other wise you might not be able to reproduce something good, or be able to "tweak" it to something better. But, as Zoid says, NEEDLESS accuracy should be avoided.
I mix by weight, and don't sweat it if I put in 1.3 grams instead of 1.2. Close enough.
I also mix up a "base" of my preferred PG/VG ratio (although a tad high on the VG) at 20 mg/ml nic, since my target is 18. Most flavors and my nic are in PG, so they bring the ratio closer to what I want, and the flavors also bring the nic % down some. Some mixes have more flavors than others, so the final mix is somewhere around 18. Again, close enough.
Same as when I mix by volume. If I get .1 or .2ml over or under on something, it doesn't kill the batch and truly it's not even noticeable
Some Mixes can benefit from longer "Steeping" times. tobacco recipes or anything with a "Cream" or Custard component(s) come to mind.
You hit the Nail on the Head about doing periodic testing. For me. The MOST Important Taste Test is about and Hour after a Recipe is Mixed. Because you then know where a Mix Starts. And everything afterwards is a result of Steeping/Aging.
Welcome.
Mixing can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it.
For example, when I lived in Spain before TPD and Brexit, I'd go along to the vape shop, buy 300 mls of 50/50 PG/Vg base liquid and 300mls of 30 strength nicotine 50/50 PG/Vg ,take them home, decant both into a 2 litre bottle that had held water, close the bottle, give it a few thorough shakes over the day ... and hey presto I'd 600mls of the 15 strenth, unflavoured juice I then used.
Obviously if you want flavour it's a wee bit more comlicated.
Again if you use flavours, as has been said ,write everything down so if you get a batch you love you can recreate it.
I learned that the hard way back when I made wines, won a prize for one in a County Show, and was never able to get it quite the same again.
Mixing can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it.
For example, when I lived in Spain before TPD and Brexit, I'd go along to the vape shop, buy 300 mls of 50/50 PG/Vg base liquid and 300mls of 30 strength nicotine 50/50 PG/Vg ,take them home, decant both into a 2 litre bottle that had held water, close the bottle, give it a few thorough shakes over the day ... and hey presto I'd 600mls of the 15 strenth, unflavoured juice I then used.
Obviously if you want flavour it's a wee bit more comlicated.
Again if you use flavours, as has been said ,write everything down so if you get a batch you love you can recreate it.
I learned that the hard way back when I made wines, won a prize for one in a County Show, and was never able to get it quite the same again.
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When I mixed my cocoa puffs and milk recipe, the fresh cream and condensed milk components took about 24 hours to settle down and play nice with the other flavors. The fresh cream is 1.5% of the mix and condensed milk is at 0.25% and even in that low percentage, those flavor take a minute to fully develop. I see this thread being moved to the DIY forum though....Although fruity flavors often don't need that long
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