New to DIY Liquids

[MegaT4ever]

Hi All hope you all are having a great weekend or whats left of it. I just purchased my first DIY kit from ecig express. I am new to all this so I just had some questions. I know you might say click here read this or use that but thats ok, lol. Anyway I like the 70/30 PG/VG I did purchase some extra flavorings so say I want to make 1 flavoring of tobacco and the other part Black Cherry ok so this is the part that confuses me and maybe others as well. How much to make a 24 mg of liquid in a 6 ml bottle? I bought 60mg unflavored nic as well and some VG to cut it with. Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advanced!

 

[MegaT4ever]

Ok well I see the calculators are pretty self explainatory. I got another bottle of VG to go along with my kit so I would just use the 120 ml bottle to dilute the thickness of the VG? The kit says it comes with a bottle of PG/VG but did not get the drop down to make my choice of what I wanted, or just did not see it I guess... I wanted to get PG not 50/50 should I email them to let them know what I want?

I opened a ticket at ecigexpress.... Guess there was a drop down menu for my choice just didnt see it the first time...

 

[Wren]

Hi there!

I just started DIY too and it's so fun!

I found Dan's calculator http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...e-calculator-added-quantity-calculations.html to be the best thing to use to calculate ratios.

It can tell you everything you've asked regarding how much of what to mix to get what you want regarding nic and PG/VG and flavoring.

Check it out!

 

[YorkieGirl1]

I agree with Wren - you definetly need to start with the calculator. Then ask any questions based off your calculations you are having problems with and everyone will gladly help you =). Just for your consideration - 70pg will really harsh - that may be what your looking for though. VG has a much sweeter taste and is more "Friendly" (imo). The only negative with VG is that you will need a couple extra drops of flavoring. If you add a few drops of distilled water, it wont hurt your cartos.

 

[MegaT4ever]

Well I am going DIY to hoepfully make it alot lowaer cost. I just ordered a couple of Chopper's Defcon's so I wont have to worry about Cartos anymore, So I figure if I am going to do this I may as well do everything DIY Thanks for the replies...

 

[MegaT4ever]

Just downloaded the ejuice app for iPod Touch or iPhone looks good just search ejuice under apps its free

 

[the_vape_nerd]

Somewhere in that sticky about starting DIY there's a link to the breaktru calculator. If you get that one, it's really hard to mess things up if you are following a recipe.

 

[MegaT4ever]

Got that one too

 

[MegaT4ever]

Guess im Confused I tried to calculate for a 5ml bottle for my first juice I got no where near the 5ml bottle size? What did I do wrong. I calculated for 5 ml but still came out way short of it...

 

[Spazmelda]

What final result are you trying to get?

Final PG/VG?
Final Flavoring % of each flavor
Final strength?

Do you have a bottle of plain PG (no nic, no flavors)?
You said your nic base was 50/50 PG/VG right?
And you are trying to calculate a recipe for 5 ml, correct?

 

[Hoosier]

Guess im Confused I tried to calculate for a 5ml bottle for my first juice I got no where near the 5ml bottle size? What did I do wrong. I calculated for 5 ml but still came out way short of it...

Do you mean there is enough head space in the bottle to allow shaking to actually mix things? (If so, this would be very normal.)

 

[YorkieGirl1]

Guess im Confused I tried to calculate for a 5ml bottle for my first juice I got no where near the 5ml bottle size? What did I do wrong. I calculated for 5 ml but still came out way short of it...

Normally a bottle advertised as 5ml is 7 ml. A bottle advertised as 10ml is 12ml. Not sure why they are like this. I just usually measure using water and a syringe when i order new bottles to find out what ml they actually hold then base my recipe off that (ie the higher - like 7 instead of 5).

 

[the_vape_nerd]

Normally a bottle advertised as 5ml is 7 ml. A bottle advertised as 10ml is 12ml. Not sure why they are like this. I just usually measure using water and a syringe when i order new bottles to find out what ml they actually hold then base my recipe off that (ie the higher - like 7 instead of 5).

Yep, I got a 10 ml graduated cylinder and its right on the mark but when transferred to the bottle theres at least 2 ml of space. You want that in there anyway so you can shake it well.

 

[AzPlumber]

Guess im Confused I tried to calculate for a 5ml bottle for my first juice I got no where near the 5ml bottle size? What did I do wrong. I calculated for 5 ml but still came out way short of it...

Are you using a syringe or counting drops? Drops sizes vary greatly from liquid to liquid. If you are counting drops and using the default 20 drops per ml, your final mixture will be way off the desired amount.

 

[MegaT4ever]

Are you using a syringe or counting drops? Drops sizes vary greatly from liquid to liquid. If you are counting drops and using the default 20 drops per ml, your final mixture will be way off the desired amount.

Experimenting and figured it out. Yes I was counting drops like the videos say to do duh, lol.... anyway I made my first kick ... Blackcherry, Yummy! Im going to get addicted to this I have a feeling, also has hint of cotton candy added a little sweetner....