New to DIY ejuice

[Cages2Clouds]

Consider measuring by weight instead of milliliters.
It's much less hassle, quicker and you need less tools.
Lots of people may think it's easier to start with syringes, cylinders and whatever but in reality it's much easier and cleaner to measure by weight.
Read my post or blog about it.

+1 for measuring by weight, took me about two weeks to start doing it with everything. Initially I was just doing it with my Nicotine so I didn't have to clean any sort of syringe or anything but over time I've graduated to using a scale to measure everything, a quality scale which reads to ~300g in 0.01 increments is a very valuable tool for DIY liquid.

That's awesome, I already have scale like that. So if just need to worry about bottles then, right?

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

That's awesome, I already have scale like that. So if just need to worry about bottles then, right?

To each their own...but 95% of recipes are in ml measurements. Each flavor, pg, and vg, and nic all have different weights. I would highly suggest measuring in ml.

 

[yo han]

To each their own...but 95% of recipes are in ml measurements. Each flavor, pg, and vg, and nic all have different weights. I would highly suggest measuring in ml.

Moot. There are several calculators that give you the weight in grams when you enter the recipe in milliliters. You obviously haven't looked into it.

 

[yo han]

That's awesome, I already have scale like that. So if just need to worry about bottles then, right?

Correct, you can do without any further tools when mixing by weight.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Moot. There are several calculators that give you the weight in grams when you enter the recipe in milliliters.

Im not saying it isn't a good way to make juice. What I am saying is the very large majority of diy "people" use measurements in ml because it is easier for the average person. I've seen maybe a handful of people who weight measure and hundreds (if not thousands) who measure by ml. Your desire to "do math" instead of spending 10 dollars on syringes is up to you. I don't particularly care to know the specific weight of EVERY flavor. If it says 1 ml, you put in 1 ml.

This issue has been covered in a lot of threads.
Search Results for Query: diy by weight | E-Cigarette Forum

I wish you all luck.

 

[yo han]

Im not saying it isn't a good way to make juice. What I am saying is the very large majority of diy "people" use measurements in ml because it is easier for the average person. I've seen maybe a handful of people who weight measure and hundreds (if not thousands) who measure by ml. Your desire to "do math" instead of spending 10 dollars on syringes is up to you. I don't particularly care to know the specific weight of EVERY flavor. If it says 1 ml, you put in 1 ml.

The point is, people THINK it's easier because "almost everyone else is doing it".
But it's not! It's more cumbersome, less quick, less accurate and you have to clean all your tools during or after mixing.
You don't need to know the weight of every single flavor. You don't need to do math.
If the calculator says 1 gram I just put in 1 gram.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

For flavors I use OSDIY
For Nic and dilution bases I use MFS.
I use syringes and graduated cylinders, measure by mL for volume and percentages. It's easier for me. I've spent about $12 on measuring equipment and have everything I need to brew up 2 100mL batches at the same time. OSDIY sends free pipettes in every order. I use one once in a blue moon, but for the most part I just pour straight into a cylinder from the bottle. I think some folks want to make DIY a science project. For me it's more like bartending.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

For flavors I use OSDIY
For Nic and dilution bases I use MFS.
I use syringes and graduated cylinders, measure by mL for volume and percentages. It's easier for me. I've spent about $12 on measuring equipment and have everything I need to brew up 2 100mL batches at the same time. OSDIY sends free pipettes in every order. I use one once in a blue moon, but for the most part I just pour straight into a cylinder from the bottle. I think some folks want to make DIY a science project. For me it's more like bartending.

Wow you hit the nail on the head for me. I never thought of it as bar tending, but I worked as a bartender years ago and thats a close analogy (in my opinion).

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I did it for 10 years. Pretty much the same thing. So much from this bottle, so much from that one, shake & pour.