I'm about to start getting into diy juice making and I was looking for some input on good quality nic liquid. Also any good tips for a complete beginner. I have read through the sticky post for getting started but also just looking for some good do's and don'ts before I get going here. Thanks in advance for any input.
Looking to get started with diy liquid
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Heres some help to get you started.
My blogs will give insight into all aspects of DYI, from steeping to what supplies to have on hand to a basic walk through mixing your first E-juice.
E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs
Then read hoosier's blogs. These blogs concentrate on fine tuning your mix and give insight on additives.
E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs
Then read Boletus's blog's. These blogs concentrate on formulation of nicotine bases regarding proper calculations methods for figuring Nicotine concentration as well as safety.
E-Cigarette Forum - Boletus - Blogs
Then read Ginger's book "E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid". It is a book which I've contributed to that delivers an in depth easy to follow guide in the art of DYI.
E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid
I recommend viewing VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety and bookmark it for future reference. It explains safety in all aspects of DYI.
VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety
then read the stickies at the top of the page.
this will explain a lot of the how's and why's.
My blogs will give insight into all aspects of DYI, from steeping to what supplies to have on hand to a basic walk through mixing your first E-juice.
E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs
Then read hoosier's blogs. These blogs concentrate on fine tuning your mix and give insight on additives.
E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs
Then read Boletus's blog's. These blogs concentrate on formulation of nicotine bases regarding proper calculations methods for figuring Nicotine concentration as well as safety.
E-Cigarette Forum - Boletus - Blogs
Then read Ginger's book "E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid". It is a book which I've contributed to that delivers an in depth easy to follow guide in the art of DYI.
E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid
I recommend viewing VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety and bookmark it for future reference. It explains safety in all aspects of DYI.
VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety
then read the stickies at the top of the page.
this will explain a lot of the how's and why's.
I've bought a couple of bottles of nic from MyFreedomSmokes - quite happy with it. Best advice I could give you from a fellow beginner:
- Start out with single flavor recipes, nice and simple. Find out what you like, and at what % you like it, before tackling complex recipes.
- Always make small batches until you know you'll enjoy it. Otherwise you'll be wasting lots of nicotine on things you don't end up liking. The 100 Drip Test is perfect for this.
i recently just started diy to and id say buy a scale and some droppers. I used syringes and i didnt like it i was always off. Also they are harder to clean with droppers its real easy i buy glass ones so the flavor doesnt stick to it. A pocket scale and some droppers would be like $10
I was just hit by this last week. I've always gone by the "golden rule" of 20 drops/1ml. I make 10 ml samples of stuff and they never tasted right or completely tasted like crap. I had all but given up. But I decided to do a test, that I should have done a long time ago.
I filled a syringe with 1 ml of PG and squirted it in a 5ml bottle. Marked the line on the bottle, and poured it out. I used the dropper (pic below) and counted how many drops of PG it took to fill up to the line.
These come with stuff you get from Wizard Labs. 10ml samples only need drops of flavors so if the recipe asks for something more than half a ml I'll use syringes, less and I'll use these droppers.
Well it takes 40 drops from one of these to equal a ml, not the 20 as I had read so many times. So now I know why I couldn't get my diy to act right... I redid 2 of my failures that I really wanted to work out and so far they are awesome!!
Just my 2 cents.
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I filled a syringe with 1 ml of PG and squirted it in a 5ml bottle. Marked the line on the bottle, and poured it out. I used the dropper (pic below) and counted how many drops of PG it took to fill up to the line.
These come with stuff you get from Wizard Labs. 10ml samples only need drops of flavors so if the recipe asks for something more than half a ml I'll use syringes, less and I'll use these droppers.
Well it takes 40 drops from one of these to equal a ml, not the 20 as I had read so many times. So now I know why I couldn't get my diy to act right... I redid 2 of my failures that I really wanted to work out and so far they are awesome!!
Just my 2 cents.
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Thank you guys for all the input. I'm going to read through some of those blogs and start buying my stuff soon. I'll post an update once I get my juice factory going over here lol.
Definitely read Dannyv45's blogs! I still haven't gotten to read everything but everything I've read had been very helpful. My suggestion would simply be that, if you are thinking about any other than single flavor recipes,, find the recipes and make a list of the flavors you will need. I didn't do that and, as I was just explaining in another thread, I have 50+ flavors cuz I thought they sounded good (in my head) but once I find a recipe, I am usually missing a flavor or 2 that is required to complete it....lol!!!
I haven't gone to glass storage bottles yet but I intend to do so very soon. Also, I'm considering trying testers without nicotine cuz that's the stuff that really costs the most.
I haven't gone to glass storage bottles yet but I intend to do so very soon. Also, I'm considering trying testers without nicotine cuz that's the stuff that really costs the most.
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