new to DIY

[realsis]

Hi friends, I have decided to take the plunge into DIY juice. I know a lot is required and it's a science but I'm willing to learn. Can you recommend any links to read to help me out. I have my supplies ordered which consist of nicotine, PG, VG, succrlose, droppers, bottles, and about 50 small flavors I got from perfumes apprentice. I have a few calculator apps not sure yet which IL use. Is there any thing I'm forgetting or need that I've not ordered yet? Do you have any advice for a newbe? I'm pretty determined to do this myself and I'm trying hard right now not to be intemidated by all this. Guess I'm just looking for some advice and encouragement. Any links I should be reading first are also greatly appreciated. I really hope I can do this! I know I'm ready to try. Does it sound like I'm off to a good start so far? If I'm missing anything let me know. Thanks.

 

[Wingsfan0310]

I would get a few 1 ml syringes for measuring flavoring, and a 3, 5, and or 10ml for measuring PG,VG, and Nic.

Cheers,
Steve

PS Check out the stickie threads on top of the first page of this section (DIY). Also read, read, and read some more. Good luck!

 

[Xcighippy]

Good advice there!! I'm just starting out too and thanks to the above advice above, I am on my way.
The more you read the more confused you'll get. AT FIRST! Then it all kinda falls into place. At least for me it did. Still learning something new every day.
Good Luck

 

[Stosh]

A bunch of small vials or bottles 3-5 mL to mix test batches of single flavors, get to know what each flavor tastes by itself to determine what will mix well with another.

 

[Harlen]

The funny thing with mixing your own juice , for me I started small got a 250ml of 36mg Vg added the 10ml vile of peach flavoring
I cut the juice down with Distilled water (after the juice didn't wick very good lol ) It was good , as good as any thing I was able to buy.
I was not as strong but very nice .

 

[realsis]

I just got a batch of 50 empty 15 ml bottles a ml glass measures dropper, a labler, I have lots of the tiny 4 ml flavors coming from perfume apprentice and of course pg vg and nic. All coming soon. I'm so excited. I bought a caddy to hold all the stuff in and I'm copying down some reciepies that sound pretty good. I've also ordered some syringes, and some sucrolose. Can't wait till all the stuff gets here! I bought the bigger bottle of pg vg and nicotine. I'm pretty broke now lol. I hope I didn't forget anything!

 

[realsis]

I just couldn't see paying 699 to 1200 for juice. What really made up my mind to make my own was I went to my home town vape shop and they sell their juice for 12. Dollars a bottle! Talk about a mark up. He boasted it is home town made. Well it wasn't worth 12 dollars IL tell you that! So that pretty much made up my mind for me.

 

[Stosh]

Yours will be hometown made also....

 

[Heabob]

DIY is quite the adventure, albeit an expensive one.
However, I didn't quit analogs to save money.

I use eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator
Free, and has a lot of recipes that come with it.
As you make your own recipes you can save them, make notes, adjust, save again (batch #1,#2,etc).
I've also hunted the forums and copied a lot more in to it.