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So when you say hotwater bath you mean I should leave them sealed and just soak them in hot water? Is there an amount of time I should do this? Is it possible to do it for too long?

The labels don't like water. Peel the labels off and use colored rubber bands or put the bottles in a ziplock and suck the air out before sealing it.
The hot water bath will help a little, leave the caps and drippers off for 24-48 hours and shake them every time you think of it.
That'll let the alcohol from the flavoring evaporate.
Simple flavors like fruits could be ready after an hour or two of very warm bath. Nicotine doesn't like hot.
The longer you let any flavors sit before vaping the better they'll taste.
A few hours to a few weeks. longer for tobacco. :2c:
 

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I don't like it when my labels peel off, so here's how I do it to prevent that from happening-

Put all the bottles, capped, in a big ziplock, squeeze the air out of the bag and seal it. Throw the bag into a bowl, fill the bowl with hot water from the tap, and weight the bag down to keep everything submerged (I use a small paperweight).

It generally takes about 4 hours for my bottles to steep to my liking. Every hour or so, I'll check the water on my way by the sink, and if it's cooled off, I'll run some more hot water till the water in the bowl is hot again.

When you start to see some color change, retrieve your bag, shake the crap out of each bottle, and sample.

They'll continue to steep over time - hot water won't get them all the way there, especially for darker juices. But that should get them steeped enough to give you a general idea of what the final flavor will be.

The only thing you really have to be careful with is not to get the water too hot - very hot water (i.e. heated in the microwave) can degrade the nicotine and do funky things to some flavorings. What you're trying to do is get the liquid warm enough that the various ingredients can integrate faster - you don't want to cook it. :)

Using an ultrasonic cleaner will speed the process considerably, but I don't have one, so I go low-tech.

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Great so I have to stay up until 3am to get my order in bright and early.....damn....well at least I dont use flavor shots :vapor:

I am so not hardcore enough to stay up until the sale starts. I'm going to have to settle for putting in my order three hours later when I get up for work. Ah, the joys of retail.

(at least I didn't pull the midnight - 8am shift. I'd rather not have to be there at all, but at least I get to work normal human hours.)
 

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But the counter has hit zero, so shouldn't the sale start then?

Nope, because the MBV codemonkeys coded that clock to fetch the local time from your computer instead of their servers. (So it counts down to midnight wherever *you* are instead of where *they* are.) A guy in Seoul posted this morning that when he viewed the page, the countdown clock was already at zero.
 

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Nope, because the MBV codemonkeys coded that clock to fetch the local time from your computer instead of their servers. (So it counts down to midnight wherever *you* are instead of where *they* are.) A guy in Seoul posted this morning that when he viewed the page, the countdown clock was already at zero.

OMG! Are you serious? I'm waiting for the clock to tick down and it's MY MIDNIGHT and not theirs?!?!?! Sheesh... Lemme convert the time
 

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OMG! Are you serious? I'm waiting for the clock to tick down and it's MY MIDNIGHT and not theirs?!?!?! Sheesh... Lemme convert the time

Yup, serious! It's a small difference in coding and easy to key in the wrong one if you're not paying attention, iirc (been a while since I did something like that so I could be remembering wrong). I probably should have posted that earlier in the week - I found out the countdown clock was useless when I rolled my clock back to take advantage of a Doctor Who deal. (I do not apologize! They put their special limited edition movie shirts on sale for one day only and gave the code at the movie, and the showing was at 10pm, so by the time I got home the sale was over for EST folks... if you plan that poorly, I *will* check to make sure your site isn't fetching my computer clock so I can set myself on Hawaii time and still get your deal! ;) )

Anyway, I had my MBV cart open when I did that, and it bugged out, refreshed, and the clock came back with 7 extra hours on it. So I suspected then that they'd coded it wrong, but I couldn't be sure. When the guy posted from Seoul that his was at zero, I knew for sure that they'd pegged it to local clocks instead of their server.
 

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Two of my 4 orders are in. Waiting for 3 am for mbv, I'll be up lol I'm at work. And still hoping my last order puts up a coupon...

I waited hoping my last order (MBV aside) would put up a coupon till about 7 tonight, then gave up (I need coils!). Turns out I probably should have gone ahead and ordered early this am, cause they're not having one. :(
 

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The code is blackfriday2013, but it won't work till 12am Pacific time, since MBV is on the west coast.

Staying up? I will never make it.

Sent from my Astromech in a galaxy far, far away. The force is with me. so is Mr. chicken.
 

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I waited hoping my last order (MBV aside) would put up a coupon till about 7 tonight, then gave up (I need coils!). Turns out I probably should have gone ahead and ordered early this am, cause they're not having one. :(


Shhh don't say that! They kind of implied on face book that there would be a coupon. I'm cheap and this is kinda pricey juice. I want my coupon!
 

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Staying up? I will never make it.

I'm staying up. Begone, tryptophan! I am strong! I am ready! I am Spartacus! oh wait... nah, I'm just vaping 24mg nic atm. Whichever.

Shhh don't say that! They kind of implied on face book that there would be a coupon. I'm cheap and this is kinda pricey juice. I want my coupon!

Fingers crossed for you, Mia. Most of the juice vendors seem to have some good coupons going, so yours probably will too. I'm wincing at the money I've spent this time around and it's not even all the way spent yet... man, bills are gonna be a squeaker this month. Juice supply won't be an issue for at *least* two months, though, which is exactly what I was planning for, so there's that.
 

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Two of my 4 orders are in. Waiting for 3 am for mbv, I'll be up lol I'm at work. And still hoping my last order puts up a coupon...

wish I was working I'm jus an insomniac who'll be up at 3am then I'll hope to wake up to a shipping email


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