Mixing small amounts

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oplholik

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I was going to mix some flavoring and some vg along with some Dekang juice that I have to get more vg in the Dekang then add flavoring to make up for the added vg. My problem is,I'm wanting to mix 3ml, and I was going to add 10% vg and start with 10% flavoring. So 10% would be .3ml, I can draw up .3 into the syringe, but realized that there is more than .3ml, counting what is in the tip of the syringe and 18gauge needle. So, my mix is going to be off by .xxml's. Seems this would be a problem even at 5ml's. Hope I'm making sense here, and wondering how you DIY'rs deal with this.
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Mixing small amounts of e-liquids is kinda a PITA.

One thing that helps is to get a Graduated Cylinder and make a "Ladder Recipe".

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You also use the Graduated Cylinder to measure how many drops a given dropper puts out. Then you can use drops instead of ml to do small batches.

Drops are Much easier to use for small amounts.
 

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What's in the tip of the syringe (and in the needle) stays there for the most part, just like what happens when you hold your thumb over the end of a drinking straw and pull it out of your favorite beverage to dump on your kid sister when your parents aren't looking :D

Short version, you'll take a little more than .3ml into the syringe but almost all of that will stay there - I don't think the markings on the syringe barrel are accurate enough to make a difference.

At 20 drops per ml one drop is 1% of a 5ml batch - I don't think anyone can use a syringe barrel to measure that accurately anyway ;)
 

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Mixing small amounts of e-Liquids is kinda a PITA.

One thing that helps is to get a Graduated Cylinder and make a "Ladder Recipe".

gradcyls.jpg


You also use the Graduated Cylinder to measure how many drops a given dropper puts out. Then you can use drops instead of ml to do small batches.

Drops are Much easier to use for small amounts.

Where did you get the cylinders?
 

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