New - Diluted 100 MG

[NealBJr]

Correct, but I keep some of my nic at full strength in case there is something that needs more nic but otherwise I want to change a little as possible. I do dilute my normal use to 33 mg because I think I can feel it just breathing around that open 100 mg bottle, good call on diluting some, but I store the rest undiluted in the freezer. You must have a lot more PG and VG.

100 mg nic is easy, use x % and you get x mg/ml. I just do the mixes in my head or on paper, but I'd say if you are questioning your math, yeah should use one of those juice calculator programs... although I can understand wanting to be more careful with the nic.

I've heard that the higher the Nic, the faster the nic will turn bad. I heard that a higher concentration of nic will go bad faster If I quote from Nude Nicotine's website:

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Few last points to cover – shelf-life varies largely by nicotine strength, as well as PG/VG ratio. Higher nicotine strengths will possess more nicotine molecules, less likely to be completely solvated by their carrier (PG/VG). Put simply – 100mg/mL formulations will keep for less time than a 24mg/mL formulation. PG is also a much better solvent for this purpose – it has an extremely low viscosity, will dissipate dispersed oxygen bubbles quickly (say that 4 times fast!), and has a longer shelf-life chemically (2 years from DOM, vs. VG – 1 year). Thus some may only see a short shelf-life for a 100mg/mL solution kept on a shelf compared to a 24mg/mL solution kept in multiple frozen aliquots. Remember, nicotine solution solvated in wither PG or VG WILL NOT FREEZE!

Unfortunately, I have an 8 yr old, and a non Lockable freezer, so I can't realistically freeze my nicotine yet and be safe. I would imagine that diluting it first would be the best way to keep it longer. Just a thought.

 

[Mr.Mann]

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I do not dilute my 100 mg nic for freezing.
Math is right with one minor exception: 50 mg nic is 5%, not 50%.

^^^^^Big distinction here. 100 mg/mL is 10% nic. This is one of the more fascinating parts of the whole "nic is so dangerous" positions out there. A lot of people don't realize that we rarely ever handle nic in strengths higher than 10%. And, hell, most only keep liquids (pre-made) at percentages of 0.6% (6 m/mL). Not a chemical weapon!

p.s. I am not saying 100 mg/mL is not high and worthy of respect, just that notion is out there that some DIYers handle "pure" nicotine; that belief, when talking about the strong stuff, is only about 10% true or, better yet, 90% false.