Mixing sub-par eliquids to get a better one !!

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Mazinny

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I am just getting over a prolonged illness which had me home for a bit. One of the things i did was to organize all my vaping gear (hardware and juices).

I divided my juices into three batches :

1- vape all the time and re-order often.
2- vape occassionally
3- haven't vaped once since first tried.

To my surprise, the third batch was the largest ! (over one liter, 12 different companies, and thirty some odd flavors !! I tend to over-order when i think i have found a good deal.

First thing i did was to throw away the unvapeable ones (horrible taste, weird smell, weird bright colors etc... ). then i tried to figure out why exactly i don't vape the rest. again i divided into batches :

1- weak throat hit (i will never order juices without knowing their pg/vg ratios from now on )
2- weak flavor
3- overpowering/too sweet flavor

I then started mixing juices based on flavor profiles, intensity of flavor and throat hit. I am very happy with the results. A couple of the mixes were excellent, and some others totally vapeable.

Long story short, i turned about 1 liter of sub-par liquid into about 200 ml of excellent liquid and 500 ml of just about par liquid.

Just wanted to throw it out there that sometimes below par liquids could be mixed into far better liquids. mix, match try ... you might salvage some liquid and save some money in the process.

Anyone else has experience doing this ? Specific examples with excellent outcome might prove helpful to others.
 

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One time, I added a Juicy Fruit to a partial tank of some kind of tobacco flavor. Neither was very good alone. When I tried the blend, it was all I could do to stifle the gag reflex. Now, I can't even handle each flavor separately. Like mashed potatoes and molasses, some things just weren't meant to go together.
 

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One time, I added a Juicy Fruit to a partial tank of some kind of tobacco flavor. Neither was very good alone. When I tried the blend, it was all I could do to stifle the gag reflex. Now, I can't even handle each flavor separately. Like mashed potatoes and molasses, some things just weren't meant to go together.
yeah, that happens too ! I mixed in small batches ( 3ml ), and a lot of them where even worst, but some turned out to be brilliant. Only then did i mix in larger batches ( i had a lot of time on my hand ! )
 

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When we ordered our Evod clone starter kits, some eliquid was included in the price. Our choice of nicotine level and flavor, but their eliquid is 100% pg. Really nice chocolate mint flavor, but the throat hit was very harsh in the clearo. We had been using either 80 pg/20 vg or 65 pg/35 vg in the cartos for our cigalikes and it did not bother us, but in the clearos 100% pg was hitting really harsh. I mixed some with about 1/2 a bottle of MBV Chocolate Frost at 65 pg/35 vg - it helped tone things down a little. I mixed the rest of the 100% pg with some MBV Vanilla Custard that had a higher vg percentage. Really tasty - still got the chocolate mint flavor, with a little vanilla. I really enjoyed the result.
 

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I have been doing this but with dripping lately. Just taking all of my not so good flavors and adding a couple drops of this and that to see if they become vapable. Some have turned out well and others....not so much

same here. had a mixture of 3 different cherry liquids in my Magma dripper and then added absinthe... while it sounds gross it tastes good. earlier today had a yada yada yada ry4 in a kayfun and added a few drops of hazelnut coffee to it and now its an all day vape. i mix mediocre juice almost daily and most times it gets better than it gets worse.
 

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gave up on drippers a while ago (pita), but since i'm mixing liquids i would'nt vape anyway, it's not a big deal if i have to throw away a couple of ml, if the result isn't good.

my best mix so far has been Sensual Strawberry ( not bad by itself, but a little candyish, and i am spoilt after trying Baker Whites Strawberry Fields!) from a company called Alternatecigs with a Peach and Pear mix from HHV ( too harsh, very little sweetness ). The result has been the best mixed fruit liquid i have tried to date. I am gonna order both now, just to mix them !
 
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