New from Kathmandu

[btkramer]

Hi all,

I'm new to the site and vaping. I'm American living in Kathmandu, Nepal. I am looking into DIY e liquid, as shipping stuff here on a regular basis is impractical. I have several questions, and I'm wondering if I should wait until I get my 5 posts to ask them them, or just post them here?

Brian

 

[CreepyLady]

Hi Brian and welcome to ECF

This section gets a lot of traffic, so no reason not to ask your questions and see if we can help!

 

[FallenRawToast]

my personal opinion, just keep things light and easy here, until you get your 5 post in... because then you will have access to the DIY section of the forums, where you will find the resource and most likely the questions you have already asked and answered.

 

[btkramer]

I can already access the DIY section... I just can't post in it. And my questions haven't been answered before.

 

[btkramer]

I'll just ask I guess, and if I need to ask again later, I will .

So, first, I can get PG and VG at medical shops here for about $9 USD per liter here. All the warnings I read online are 'make sure its food grade', but that label doesn't exist on products on this side of the world. I am assured however that it is pure, and used in hospitals here, and the the label lists all the ingredients in percentages. I have looked everything up, and there doesn't seem to be anything harmful here, just wanted a few second opinions.


Here's the Glycerin, though they can't confirm that it is Vegetable or not, but they said the purity is high enough that it doesn't matter. Is this true?

 

[btkramer]

and here is the PG.

 

[twall]

.......And one more post and you'll be at 5. See? That weren't so bad!

 

[The Ocelot]

HI and welcome!

You aren't being ignored, I am hunting. Ocelots like to hunt.

 

[btkramer]

lol, not bad at all. ok, i'll just wait.

 

[btkramer]

ha! thanks Ocelot! take your time. I have a whole afternoon to kill

 

[The Ocelot]

Are you familiar with this place?

https://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Cigarettes-Nepal/648040848615931?sk=info

 

[K31Scout]

Welcome! My Walmart VG is listed as 99.5% pure and your bottle looks to be on par with that. My bottle from Wizard labs does not list purity at all. Both say it's vegetable derived glycerin. If you have to have nicotine mailed to you, you should order PG and VG from the same vendor as well as flavorings and measuring equipment all in one big package. PG/VG is very cheap compared to the nic and flavorings and I'd make sure it's vegetable based before inhaling it.

 

[btkramer]

I was not familiar with them, but I just called them, and they don't have any eliquid in stock, but maybe in a few weeks. He said they usually only have about 5 flavors, and premade dekang. Also, its far from me and expensive, about $5usd per 10ml, which is too much for Dekang.

Thanks though!

 

[btkramer]

yeah, the PG and VG themselves are cheap, but the shipping is monstrous to Nepal. I'd pay nearly 10x the cost after shipping charges, custom clearances, etc. not to mention I would have to spend about 4 hours at the airport cargo office here just to clear it.

Its worth it to do for the nicotine, as I just got 3 liters of 300mg nic, so that much will last me and a couple friends a long time, so the extra time and expensive is small comparatively.

 

[btkramer]

which brings me to my next question. How unsafe is dealing with 300mg nicotine? Should I immediately dilute it? And if so, to what level? It is in a 50/50 PG/VG base, if that makes any difference.

 

[The Ocelot]

I was not familiar with them, but I just called them, and they don't have any eliquid in stock, but maybe in a few weeks. He said they usually only have about 5 flavors, and premade dekang. Also, its far from me and expensive, about $5usd per 10ml, which is too much for Dekang.

Thanks though!

I was thinking that there must be a vaping community of some kind where you are, however small, and where there are vapers there are people into DIY. Stalk them.

 

[The Ocelot]

which brings me to my next question. How unsafe is dealing with 300mg nicotine? Should I immediately dilute it? And if so, to what level? It is in a 50/50 PG/VG base, if that makes any difference.

300mg???? Seriously? You wouldn't be able to handle that safely.

 

[btkramer]

Yeah, 300mg.. It was all I could find, and beggars can't be choosers. So, do you think it is too unsafe to even try diluting? I'll be careful

And yeah, the guys at that shop didn't really know anything about DIY, or that it was even possible to make it yourself. Most people here have never heard of or seen an e cig before. Nepal is pretty underdeveloped...

 

[The Ocelot]

I'll just ask I guess, and if I need to ask again later, I will .

So, first, I can get PG and VG at medical shops here for about $9 USD per liter here. All the warnings I read online are 'make sure its food grade', but that label doesn't exist on products on this side of the world. I am assured however that it is pure, and used in hospitals here, and the the label lists all the ingredients in percentages. I have looked everything up, and there doesn't seem to be anything harmful here, just wanted a few second opinions.


Here's the Glycerin, though they can't confirm that it is Vegetable or not, but they said the purity is high enough that it doesn't matter. Is this true?
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I can't read the label clearly, but it looks like it may have C₃H₈O₃ written on it, which is mentioned in the article below.

What Is Vegetable Glycerin? (with pictures)

 

[joesquid]

I think you would be fine. Here, we make sure it is USP (pharmaceutical) grade.