Mixing flavoring in bulk, good or bad?

[Loosekjuices]

Hey guys first thread here on ECF! My wife and I both have been vaping for a few years and this year we decided to start mixing our own juices an also mixing and tweaking some of our favorites as well. I've come to the point where all my co workers and friends come to me for there juices now and I'm steadily mixing and mixing 30ml at a time and its frustrating finding 5-6-7 flavors out the 100 I have lol every time I make a different juice.

So here is my question(s):
-Is there a benefit or a lack of benefit to say mixing flavoring together without pg/VG or nicotine let's say I want to make 20 bottles worth of this mix so that I don't have to repeatedly dig through bottles I can just pull one and I'd write on it the name and the percentage total so I can just pull that percent at a time?
-or mixing let's say 240ml of 0nic with pg/VG be better as it could steep naturally until it sells?

Let me know what you think guys/girls think, no bashing please just looking for simple advice!

 

[dcfluegel]

howdy - i don't know about mixing just the flavorings (though i do know some folks that do it and it seems to work for them) - since i tend towards dessert flavors and they like to steep for a bit, i tend to mix in 500ml batches and put them on the shelf (i have several friends i mix for as well)...

 

[Bunnykiller]

most of the B&Ms Ive been to have larger bottles of premixed flavor ( with VG/PG) in the back ( house made blends) but they also sell alot of it too so it doesnt sit on the shelf long ... my main concern is if one makes up a couple of quarts and it sits on the shelf for a year or so and goes sour.... all that juice is lost.
Pre mixing flavor concentrates shouldnt be an issue... just get it right the first time...

 

[KentA]

The flavorings are usually mixes when we purchase them. I suspect that continuing to blend would be practical.

 

[suprtrkr]

Never tried it, so no idea. But welcome to the board.

 

[Loosekjuices]

Thanks for the responses, I never thought of it in a way that the concentrates that we buy are actual blends of different flavors etc, thanks KentA for that reminder lol, how do you guys do it? Do y'all just dig through flavors every tone or do you premix flavors?

 

[Completely Average]

If that's what you're doing then making a premix is ideal. Mix up your PG/VG and flavorings in a large batch. Let it steep, and then when you're ready all you need to do is measure out the amount you want and add in the nicotine, give it a good shaking, and it's ready to go.

I make large batches all of the time for my own use. I typically mix up 250ml of the flavors I like. Most of them I'll let sit for a month or more before I actually use them, and it may take me as much as 4 months to finish off some bottles. Never had a problem with the flavoring going off over time. No reason why you couldn't do the same and just leave out the nic to add later.

 

[Loosekjuices]

I'm more or less trying to leave out the pg/VG and nicotine, just premix the flavor concentrates. That way I can always do any combination of pg/VG etc or should I go ahead and just premix everything except nicotine and let it steep.

 

[DebiK]

Mixing the flavoring ahead of time is fine. Stored in glass bottles, it will be just fine

 

[Loosekjuices]

That's what I wanted to hear!!

 

[K_Tech]

Thanks for the responses, I never thought of it in a way that the concentrates that we buy are actual blends of different flavors etc, thanks KentA for that reminder lol, how do you guys do it? Do y'all just dig through flavors every tone or do you premix flavors?

I keep mine separate simply because I rarely repeat recipes. I frequently try out different percentages and blends, so it wouldn't really be practical for me to mix up batches of flavor concentrate.
But for someone that has an ADV and knows they're going to be vaping it for some time to come, it sounds perfectly reasonable.

 

[evan le'garde]

Personally i wouldn't mix falvourings in large amounts unless they were the most popular.

 

[Izan]

My wife vapes TPA Double RY-4 at 20% PG, 1.2% Nic and 10% flavour.
I make 500ml at time. (10% old batch seed)
I cut her mix 50% with VG and it is MY ADV.

YMMV