Mixing eliquid flavors, suggestions?

[VR59]

Very new to vaping, but am really happy I found this forum, so much info! Anyhow, after many many hours of reading I finally settled on a prodigy with a DSE801 atomizer running at 5V, really love it. It's done an excellent job of helping me cut the analogs. I thought it would be tough, having to convince myself that vaping would just have to suffice but wow, I had (and continue to have), zero desire to go back to analogs. Sure happy about that.
So anyhow, on to my question. Right now I'm finding that 11mg seems just about right for me. However, during my hardware purchases I've acquired 3 10 ml bottles of 18mg. I've tasted them a time or two but don't want to use them as I don't need that much nic. So, I'm hoping to cut them a little.
I was thinking I could either half it with a zero to get 9mg, or with 4mg (if I can find it), to wind up with 11. Now, my real problem is what to mix it with? I was thinking of maybe trying a bit sweeter flavor, such as if I just got one 30 ml bottle of say, vanilla, or bannanna or maybe menthol? But afraid of ruining everything. Has anyone tried any of these? The flavors I have are Ruyan 4, flue cured and cappuccina. What I have found as my favorites so far are Riskee Yuice or maybe 555. I seem to like the sweetness of the Riskee Yuice a bit which is what gave me the idea of adding a sweeter flavor.
Well, certainly a longer and more confusing post than I had intended, haha, but if anyone has tried this or has a suggestion, (yeah, like just throw out the 18mg bottles and cut my losses!), I'd appreciate it

 

[creeswanson]

One thing you can do, is pick up a bottle of vegetable glycerin at michaels or hobby lobby or somewhere like that and mix it to your liking. Veggie glycerin is a food grade glycerin that has uses in baking among other things. No flavor and adds to the vapor production of your liquid. If your 18 is too high mix it half an half for 9. I am not soo good w/math but you could mix a little less than half glycerin and get your 11mg.

Or like you mentioned you could get a zero nic flavor and experiment....happy vaping n'such....

 

[scott58]

I use cotton candy from litecigusa to sweeten some of my chocolate and coffee flavors. Vapor4Life has several lower nic flavors to cut your 18mg.

 

[VR59]

Thanks for the feedback. I tried out some searches and found there apparently are some others who mix the flavors a bit ... vanilla and cinnamon were some ideas I came across. Guess I will just have to pick one and give it a go! Oh, by the way is the an easy place to pick up dropper bottles for mixing? I doubt I will be doing this a lot, wonder if the craft stores cary these?
Thanks Again,

 

[Kavey]

Im looking for an answer to this too.. bump

 

[Bennywow]

Hobby Lobby has 1/2 oz. dropper bottles a package of 3 cost me $2.99 plus tax.

 

[wdave]

From my experience, I suggest a combination of attributes:

1) Tobacco flavor of your choice.
2) Tobacco flavor to enhance vapor.
3) RY4 to add sweetness and/or kill any undesired aftertaste.

My current combo is 60/20/20 Camel/Tobacco/RY4.

HTH,
ave

 

[cerios]

If you cut it with vg you will also loose flavor, find the same flavor in 0 nic and cut it that way.
If youre going to throw it out I can PM my addy, i'll pay postage.

 

[DC2]

I was thinking I could either half it with a zero to get 9mg, or with 4mg (if I can find it), to wind up with 11. Now, my real problem is what to mix it with? I was thinking of maybe trying a bit sweeter flavor, such as if I just got one 30 ml bottle of say, vanilla, or bannanna or maybe menthol? But afraid of ruining everything. Has anyone tried any of these? The flavors I have are Ruyan 4, flue cured and cappuccina. What I have found as my favorites so far are Riskee Yuice or maybe 555. I seem to like the sweetness of the Riskee Yuice a bit which is what gave me the idea of adding a sweeter flavor.

This question is right up my alley!

To mix with RY4, Flue Cured, and/or Cappucinno I would recommend...
--Butterscotch
--English Toffee
--Vanilla
--Caramel
--Chocolate
--Maple
--Peanut Butter
--Pralines and Cream

You can get all of the above flavors in sampler sizes from MyFreedomSmokes.

This is almost exactly what I do.
But I use Tennesee Cured flavor as my base.

 

[RazorNribbonz]

This question is right up my alley!

To mix with RY4, Flue Cured, and/or Cappucinno I would recommend...
--Butterscotch
--English Toffee
--Vanilla
--Caramel
--Chocolate
--Maple
--Peanut Butter
--Pralines and Cream

You can get all of the above flavors in sampler sizes from MyFreedomSmokes.

This is almost exactly what I do.
But I use Tennesee Cured flavor as my base.

I have to agree 100% with deadcat, VR59...The flavors you have are right from what I call - the flue cured family ( meaning they all have a similar background of flavor)...The Flavors DeadCat listed above would compliment them perfectly...As would maybe a hazelnut, butter rum..
I'll add, maybe an addition of a coffee,a cinnamon for a little bit of a change...And cotton candy/honey you could use to sweeten something nicely without throwing that family of flavors outta whack lol...

 

[VR59]

Thanks for all that advice, figured someone had to have tried some similar flavor combos. Going to go with Deadcat's advice (and Razor's agreement ). Just ordered some 6 mg vanilla from V4L, I'll mix that 50/50 or so which should get the nic about where I like it and hopefully a palatable flavor too! Figured I'd try some other sweet ones too while I was at it, in the 11mg strength trying mandarin, spearmint and peach. I do like the tobacco flavors but mixing in some sweetness here and there should be great.
Ya know there is a TON of awesome advice on this forum, but one thing no one seemed to warn me about ... was just how addictive and fun vaping can be, ha ha. Ya ya and pleasurable and tasty, etc etc
On a side note, ordered some dripper bottles from US PLastics, can definitely see experimenting with a few flavor combos. Also, they had a nice 2oz bottle which should be perfect for washing atty's in IPA ..

 

[RazorNribbonz]

If you are looking to add mint and increase sweetness.. I'd highly recomment Janes kick juice- Abandon Mint


I use it alot..also use that in a 50/50 mix with a menthol to add a small amount to flavors... very good

 

[VR59]

Yeah Razor, I keep reading about that and looking at her site, but darn it, she only lists low, med high etc rather than the actual mg. content. I know not a big deal but I wanted to be sure the first time mixing with the 18 that I wasn't mixing it with 11 or something. Anyhow I definitely wish to try some of that as I've read nothing but great things ... Her site does seem to be up and down too, hope all is well there. And what's with Rocky Mtn moving to Mich? Are they going to have to change their name to Great Lakes Vapors? Ha ha, somehow imagining Lake Erie doesn't conjur up refreshing like Rocky Mtn

 

[RazorNribbonz]

Man, I used to know all her mg's... I know they are lower then most... I think high is like 18mg..and xtra high ( only in certain flavs) is 24 mg...But honestly I dont vape the Abandon Mint strt... a few drops will transform another bottle/flav of eliquid...Its a permanent in my DIY kit


So its very close to xtra high 24 mg.. high- 18mg.. med- 11 mg... low 6mg

 

[VR59]

Thanks Razor,
I am definitely going to try some of Jane's Abandon Mint, it's been on my to order list, just haven't gotten around to it but I read nothing but good about it. I never really smoked menthol but for some reason, when vaping it seems like it would be awesome. I think I will try just as you say, a few drops in a bottle to give it something extra.

 

[Kit45]

MMMMMMM mixing flavors. Good rule of thumb, if they sound like they will go together, they probably will. I do recommend, only mixing small amounts at first--don't want to waste too much.
My 3 mixing methods:
1. Lorann food flavoring
https://www.lorannoils.com/c-6-super-strength-flavors-candy-oils.aspx
very concentrated flavorings--want to avoid oils--use only water soluable
click on the flavor, then item details will tell you if water soluable.
add small amounts to e-liquid (flavor of your choice)--add until desired strength.

2. Flavour Art food flavoring (also have a line of e-liquids_

Flavourart Express shop
same as above. Have not tried the e-liquids yet, but plan to soon.

3. Mix premixed e-liquids--i.e--marlboro and menthol, watermelon/menthol, coffee and menthol--seeing the pattern.
I actually like to add just a little menthol to all my flavors, adds a little kick without tasting like menthol.

recently had some Virginia 18 mg--too tobacco for me. added a little Loranne english toffee and a little more Flavour art apple pie and ended up with an amazing liquid. mmmmm

the moral to the story is -- mix, match, play--but always use small amounts until you are sure you like or dislike.

 

[RazorNribbonz]

Thanks Razor,
I am definitely going to try some of Jane's Abandon Mint, it's been on my to order list, just haven't gotten around to it but I read nothing but good about it. I never really smoked ..menthol... but for some reason, when vaping it seems like it would be awesome

Hey VR, just so you know, the abandon mint is Not a menthol..Its a sweet mint...Although it mixes nicely with menthols

 

[VR59]

Thanks Razor, I sort of knew that from reading on the forum - I guess it's easy to sort of group all the mints and menthols in the same variety, (even though I'm sure there are vast differences). I guess what I was alluding to is really the same thing most of you are telling me in this thread - that besides my original idea of using a flavor to tone down my 18mg bottles, it can be a great idea to sort of customize the other flavors, sure sounds enjoyable to me!
Yep, I ordered quite a few little dropper bottles for lots of experimenting and advice well taken Kit45. I think I will try and stick with method #3 there for awhile at least
What I meant to say about menthol smokes, is during the many many (35?) years of 'analogs' I did a good job at staying rather bland. I think I tried menthols a couple of times but it never lasted long. But now, WOW, it's a whole different thing and I find myself craving to try yet another flavor.

I tell ya, I'm starting to think that maybe this whole vaping thing isn't so great. Even if it's 10 (or 100?) times less hazardous than tobacco, it more than makes up for it by being 10 (or 100) times more enjoyable and addictive!
I'm already starting to have very serious doubts about my original thought of maybe being able to curtail the nic intake and eventually giving up on vaping - suddenly I don't see that happening anytime soon!

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

I generally only buy 18mg and only vape 12mg. I cut everything 1/3 with VG. Walmart has the best "run out and get it" price. 6oz for $3 and it's in the band-aid aisle in a stubby little bottle. Wilton is also very good, but I'm usually in Wal-Mart anyway.

I also mix. A few tricks I've learned is to use a ruler and a marker to mark the outside of the bottle. Exact measurements with a syringe got real old real fast! Put e-juice in to 2/3 and then add 1/3 VG. It's much less time consuming. If you add Lorann (which I do, love the anise and butter rum!) remember to add your e-juice to the 2/3 line, then your Lorann, and then your PG to the 100% line. You want to make sure your e-juice is 2/3 of the original e-juice to get to your 12mg strength. I prefer to use only 1/3 VG so I don't loose too much of the original flavor of the juice. 50% is more common and more cost effective, obviously, but I'm all about the flavor.

As for mixing pre-made juices... I think someone said, if it sound like a good idea it probably is. AKA: WTF JUICE. Absolutely correct. If you like a flavor or two, you'll probably like the marriage. Chocolate and Creme de Menthe? A no brainer. Grape and watermelon and cherry? Why not! The menthol I get is way too strong. After so many years a "real menthol cigarette" didn't even have any flavor, so it's a bit overpowering. So I cut it 50/50 with my favorite tobacco flavor. Get the tobacco I like and a subtler menthol flavor.

I use 3ml bottle for my experiments in case something goes wrong, but I rarely come up with something I won't vape. I'd been shackled to the same flavor of cigarette for so long almost anything is a welcome change!

--Prof Daffy

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

MMMMMMM mixing flavors. Good rule of thumb, if they sound like they will go together, they probably will. I do recommend, only mixing small amounts at first--don't want to waste too much.
My 3 mixing methods:
1. Lorann food flavoring
https://www.lorannoils.com/c-6-super-strength-flavors-candy-oils.aspx
very concentrated flavorings--want to avoid oils--use only water soluable
click on the flavor, then item details will tell you if water soluable.
add small amounts to e-liquid (flavor of your choice)--add until desired strength.

2. Flavour Art food flavoring (also have a line of e-liquids_

Flavourart Express shop
same as above. Have not tried the e-liquids yet, but plan to soon.

3. Mix premixed e-liquids--i.e--marlboro and menthol, watermelon/menthol, coffee and menthol--seeing the pattern.
I actually like to add just a little menthol to all my flavors, adds a little kick without tasting like menthol.

recently had some Virginia 18 mg--too tobacco for me. added a little Loranne english toffee and a little more Flavour art apple pie and ended up with an amazing liquid. mmmmm

the moral to the story is -- mix, match, play--but always use small amounts until you are sure you like or dislike.

Well said!

I also like to add a little vanilla sometimes, it's one of the components I like in RY4. Strangely enough, Lorann orange gives flavors an acidic quality, but only add a little it's very strong. But the acidity makes it taste more like "soda", so I add it to my cherry and grape.

Mint/menthol, vanilla, chocolate. They're in everything because they're so versatile. Add vanilla to Root Beer and you have a Root Beer Float. And Creme de Menthe to chocolate and you get an Andes candy flavor.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I've made some pretty disgusting stuff. But when you hit the right combination you know it.

--Prof Daffy