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One more thing:
Best advice yet. It it goes wrong, you'll be adding even more of something to fix it, and the nicotine will go down even more.
Best advice yet. It it goes wrong, you'll be adding even more of something to fix it, and the nicotine will go down even more.
According to this calculator
If you have 1 gallon of 70x/30y (1 gallon= 3,785ml)
And you want to turn that whole gallon into 80x/20y
You will need to add roughly 1,900ml of x to your 70x/30y gallon to make it 80x/20y.
This will turn your gallon into about 5,685ml of combined liquid (which is the same as 1.5 gallons)
If you want to play it safe and do only a small batch first first, then you can make 15ml batch.
Take 10ml of your 70x/30y
Add 5ml of x
Your end result will be 15ml of 80x/20y
If you have 1 gallon of 70x/30y (1 gallon= 3,785ml)
And you want to turn that whole gallon into 80x/20y
You will need to add roughly 1,900ml of x to your 70x/30y gallon to make it 80x/20y.
This will turn your gallon into about 5,685ml of combined liquid (which is the same as 1.5 gallons)
If you want to play it safe and do only a small batch first first, then you can make 15ml batch.
Take 10ml of your 70x/30y
Add 5ml of x
Your end result will be 15ml of 80x/20y
Ok guys now I'm messed up. Here's the deal, I've been ordering 80/20 ready to flavor for 2 years. He ran out so I ordered 70/30. As soon as I started using the 70/30 I got this mad itch in my throat that doesn't go away. Thats why I figured get it to 80/20 where I was fine with. It's always been 6mg nic btw. Should I add pg or vg to get to 80/20
what does the bottle say? 80vg/20pg or 80pg/20vg
my guess would be it's 80vg/20pg but honestly without seeing the bottle couldn't say for sure.
But typically higher pg = more throat hit/irritation
so you'd want to add more vg not pg but there again without seeing what the label says, we're all just guessing here...
but educated guess is that it's 80vg not 80pg....
can you show us a pic of the bottle(s) or a link to where you bought them from?
ok well then that answers my above question
you want to add more vg, not pg....adding more pg would only cause more irritation....
again typically
higher pg = more throat hit/irritation
higher vg = smoother but can sometimes cause a sort of heavy feeling/congestion....
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also as I mentioned before if these contain nicotine in them, that could also be part of the irritation if you are using higher nic then you are used to if it's freebase nic, so keep that in mind as well
I highly suggest you get a good ejuice calculator if you plan on continuing to do diy
I like this one: Juice Calculator
just to reiterate
some things to keep in mind
typically higher pg = more throat hit/irritation
typically higher vg = less throat hit but can cause a sort of heavy feeling/conjestion
typically higher freebase nic then you are used to = more harsh and usually has a peppery taste to it (and can make you sick)
remember that when adding flavorings to your base you are also adding pg and/or vg to the mix as flavorings are in pg or vg, typically pg unless otherwise marked
same goes for when adding nic as most nic is in pg unless otherwise marked
if your premixed base already has nicotine in it, adding more pg/vg/flavoring will dilute the nicotine, how much depends on how much you dilute the base premix (if it has nic in it, you didn't mention that it does so assuming that it doesn't)
some people have reactions/allergic to pg
more uncommonly but some people have reactions to vg
typically pg is thinner, more like water
typically vg is thicker, more like honey
if you find your juice to be too thick and are having wicking issues you can add a drop or two of distilled water to your tank to help thin the juice back out.
feel free to post in the DIY E-Liquid forums if you have any other questions.
Best of luck.
See ya 'round
I highly suggest you get a good ejuice calculator if you plan on continuing to do diy
I like this one: Juice Calculator
just to reiterate
some things to keep in mind
typically higher pg = more throat hit/irritation
typically higher vg = less throat hit but can cause a sort of heavy feeling/conjestion
typically higher freebase nic then you are used to = more harsh and usually has a peppery taste to it (and can make you sick)
remember that when adding flavorings to your base you are also adding pg and/or vg to the mix as flavorings are in pg or vg, typically pg unless otherwise marked
same goes for when adding nic as most nic is in pg unless otherwise marked
if your premixed base already has nicotine in it, adding more pg/vg/flavoring will dilute the nicotine, how much depends on how much you dilute the base premix (if it has nic in it, you didn't mention that it does so assuming that it doesn't)
some people have reactions/allergic to pg
more uncommonly but some people have reactions to vg
typically pg is thinner, more like water
typically vg is thicker, more like honey
if you find your juice to be too thick and are having wicking issues you can add a drop or two of distilled water to your tank to help thin the juice back out.
feel free to post in the DIY E-Liquid forums if you have any other questions.
Best of luck.
See ya 'round
UncleJunkle, you and I got the same answer. Your 1900 ml is equal to half a gallon. You can look it up.
This amount of VG gets added to each gallon of his juice. He has two gallons and I said add one gallon of VG. Same thing!
So nemesis88, whatever size batch you do, if you are starting with X units, add 0.5X units of VG.
Now going from 2 gallons to 3 gallons will reduce your nicotine from 6 mg to 4 mg. So it's either that, or get used to what you have.
This amount of VG gets added to each gallon of his juice. He has two gallons and I said add one gallon of VG. Same thing!
So nemesis88, whatever size batch you do, if you are starting with X units, add 0.5X units of VG.
Now going from 2 gallons to 3 gallons will reduce your nicotine from 6 mg to 4 mg. So it's either that, or get used to what you have.
You're probably right. I decided to post a link to a calculator and screenshots because they're purdy. Regardless, the thread was screwed from post #1.
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