New(ish) vaper-diy juice

Kushcod · Jul 8, 2015

hello new vaper. I have the sigelei 150 with herkales tank. Also have the mutation v4 don't use it much. Looking into getting into diy juices would like some info on that. Maybe a good video? Don't really understand the different levels of nic and flavor portioning. And what if I had different nic % than the recipient I am trying to copy? Any info idle appreciated! Any info for a new vaper is also appreciated thank you!

Cullin Kin · Jul 8, 2015

Get your 5 posts and head on over here: DIY E-Liquid | E-Cigarette Forum

My favorite calculator is: http://e -liquid -recipes. com/create (Copy and paste into browser and remove the spaces)

If you have a recipe but a different strength of nicotine base... Just use the percentages for the flavorings in the calculator, but plug in your nicotine strength and the desired nicotine strength.

Kushcod · Jul 8, 2015

Okay okay makes sence

Sir2fyablyNutz · Jul 8, 2015

Kushcod · Jul 8, 2015

Okay dude that help a ton!! First time on thread thank you!

Susan~S · Jul 8, 2015

And here's some more recommended research to get you started. Kudos given to member @dannyv45 who contributed and assembled all this information.

Dannyv45's blogs will give insight into all aspects of DYI, from steeping to what supplies to have on hand to a basic walk through mixing your first E-juice.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs

Hoosier's blogs concentrate on fine tuning your mix and give insight on additives.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs

Boletus's blog's concentrate on formulation of nicotine bases regarding proper calculations methods for figuring Nicotine concentration as well as safety.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - Boletus - Blogs

Ginger's book "E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid" delivers an in depth easy to follow guide in the art of DYI.
=> E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid

I recommend viewing VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety and bookmark it for future reference. It explains safety in all aspects of DYI.
=> VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety

The "stickies" pinned at the top of the DIY E-Liquid Forum page will explain a lot of the how's and why's.

Kushcod · Jul 8, 2015

Susan~S said:
And here's some more recommended research to get you started. Kudos given to member @dannyv45 who contributed and assembled all this information.

Dannyv45's blogs will give insight into all aspects of DYI, from steeping to what supplies to have on hand to a basic walk through mixing your first E-juice.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs

Hoosier's blogs concentrate on fine tuning your mix and give insight on additives.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs

Boletus's blog's concentrate on formulation of nicotine bases regarding proper calculations methods for figuring Nicotine concentration as well as safety.
=> E-Cigarette Forum - Boletus - Blogs

Ginger's book "E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid" delivers an in depth easy to follow guide in the art of DYI.
=> E-Cigarettes 102: DIY E-Liquid

I recommend viewing VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety and bookmark it for future reference. It explains safety in all aspects of DYI.
=> VPLive Vape Team Episode #82: DIY Safety

The "stickies" pinned at the top of the DIY E-Liquid Forum page will explain a lot of the how's and why's.

Damn I didn't think you guys would help this much!!! Big ups thanks

Kushcod · Jul 8, 2015

andd people will post a recepie, 2% this flavor 7% this flavor, thats it. ? what is everything else? i dont understand how to make a juice from that lol

kaahn · Jul 8, 2015

Kushcod said:
Damn I didn't think you guys would help this much!!! Big ups thanks

Lol welcome to the ecf community! Most helpful community on the internets.

Read a little bit kushcod and it will start to make sense. If you plug those figures into a juice calculator it will help you with the figures you will need. I use ejuice me up calculator. But you need to know really how to use it and know which method by which you are going to mix by. I, myself, mix by weight but you may find other method work better for you. Good luck into your journey into DIY!

dcfluegel · Jul 8, 2015

Kushcod said:
andd people will post a recepie, 2% this flavor 7% this flavor, thats it. ? what is everything else? i dont understand how to make a juice from that lol

download the ejuicemeup calculator - you can plug those percentages in, along with desired pg, vg and nic levels - it will convert to drops/ ml/ grams as needed... awesome tool

kaahn · Jul 8, 2015

If you do choose to mix by weight you must also plug in the specific weights of each ingredient into the calculator as well or your recipes wont turn out quite right. That's why I suggested to do a little research and things will start to make sense. The DIY section of this forum is a good place to start.

DingerCPA · Jul 8, 2015

Hello Kushcod! Welcome aboard!

DIY is really not too difficult. Think about a 100mL bottle (don't start that big, but this will help with doing the math....)

If I have 2% of this flavor and 8% of that flavor and 6% of another flavor, then in that 100mL bottle I will use 2mL flavor A, 8mL flavor B, and 6mL flavor C. That leaves 84mL (100-16) to make up the rest of nic, PG, and VG.

If I want 10 mg/mL nic and a 50PG/50VG juice, and my nic and flavorings are all PG-based, then of the 100 total mL, 50 mL must be VG, and the nic and the flavorings make up the remaining 50mL PG.

So....

16mL PG-based flavors + 10mL of 100mg/mL nic base + 24 mL plain PG will give me the 50mL of PG
Add 50mL VG, and you have 100 mL of juice with 16% total flavoring.

Hard to type this in a spiffy format, but the EASY way to check this is to grab one of those calculators (I use e-juicemeup) Specify your base nic, specify the amount you want to make, specify your ending PG/VG ratio, and enter the flavors as percentages, and it will calculate out the number of mL needed of each component to get you to your goal.

(I often think in 10mL bottle sizes, even if I'm making 15 or 30mL. That just works for me.... I'm also not picky about my ending PG/VG because I basically use PG flavorings and top everything else off with VG - my nic is VG-based)

Completely Average · Jul 8, 2015

Kushcod said:
andd people will post a recepie, 2% this flavor 7% this flavor, thats it. ? what is everything else? i dont understand how to make a juice from that lol

It's simple math.

Let's say you were going to make an even 100ml of juice. You would have 2ml of this flavor and 7ml of that flavor. Then you would have 91ml of your nicotine base, propylene glycol, and vegetable glycerin mix.

Now, let's say you wanted an 80%VG and a 20% PG juice with a 3mg nicotine content. You're using a 100mg nicotine base that is mixed in PG. Your flavoring is also mixed in PG.

You would mix together....

80ml of VG
3ml of nicotine base
9ml of flavoring (2ml of this and 7ml of that)
8ml of PG

That would give you 100ml of 80%VG/20%PG with 3mg nicotine and a total of 9% flavoring.

Of course it's far easier to download an ejuice calculator and simply plug in your numbers. They're all pretty easy. Set the total amount you want to mix, set your VG/PG ratio, set your desired final nic content, set the strength of the nic base and what it is mixed with, and the percent of flavorings and what they are mixed with. Once you do that the calculator will tell you precise amounts of each to mix to get your desired juice.

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