Need more menthol kick, advice?

[IndyColtsfan]

New to the boards and still fairly new to vaping, but I've begun to experiment a bit on making my own juice and weaning myself off of the heavier strength juice. I'd like to get down to a 0mg vape at some point, but I know its going to be a slow process.

I currently vape TW 36mg menthol and it is right at the strength of menthol flavor I enjoy in my daily vape. I could even stand it being a notch higher. My problem is, dropping it down to 24mg by mixing a 66% TW 36mg and 33% PG/VG mix is making the menthol kick less noticable.

I've seen menthol crystals for sale but have no idea if adding them directly to my mix is what I should be doing.

Can anyone share some advice or experience with raising the menthol kick of juice and what sort of quantity I should be using?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dale.s]

You can buy the menthol crystals many places (i just ordered some from Menthol Crystals - One Stop DIY Shop Store), i havnt used them yet but from what i understand just crush them a little, and mix with alcohol, then drop into your juice. Some people seem to mix the crystals into pg/vg then heat to help them dissolve, ill try that too when they arrive and let you know!

 

[RIMP]

Several places including juicyliquids and dawns ecigstore have menthol drops. They are a lot more consistent in strength If you dissolve your own use pga or high alch vodka. Don't use rubbing alcohol8-o
Most people start at 1 drop menthol per ml of juice and go from there Don't use too much or you'll yake your breath away8-o Trust me


RIMP

 

[Jayhawks]

Yep menthol crystals will do it. But they are very strong and a little goes a lonnnnnnnnnggggg way. And dont rub any part of your body after handling them

 

[IndyColtsfan]

Thanks for the responses, I'll get some ordered and play around with them a bit.

I assume if I'm going to be testing it would be ok to dissolve a decent batch into some everclear in like a 15ml bottle and keep the bottle around? I'm guessing that the dissolved product would keep for a good while?

Thanks again!

 

[Linthorn]

I finally bought some off e-bay. I guess it was about 2 oz. It will last a very long time.

I just dumped them in a vial, added some ethanol (25% by volume) and dissolved them. I use a few drops of this in my batches.

I also made some "mentholator", that is, I made up a small bottle of VG/alcohol unflavored with a couple of drops of the menthol concentrate. Now, if I want, I can add a menthol hit to any other flavor without having to mix the whole bottle. I just add a drop or two to a cart or put a drop on the atty along with whatever I'm vaping. I've found that I like mixing right on the atty. If you put a drop of the concentrate in a cart or on the atty you will kill yourself. It's powerful stuff.

Oh, yeah, don't touch anything sensitive after handling the crystals. Cross your legs if you have to until you wash thoroughly!8-o

 

[yvilla]

The simplest method works for me: Drop a crystal in your bottle of whatever flavor/type/strength nic liquid you like. Wait a bit, shake, then vape.

Really, there is no need to pre-make drops, dissolve crystals in alcohol or anything else, to heat them up, etc, etc. You get the hang of it after a bit - a bigger crystal for a bigger bottle, or two crystals, for example.