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ricklynchcore

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Now that my gear is complete, mech mod, Genesis atty, etc... my mind is turning to what's needed for creating my own juices. How should I begin. I vape low nic 8 mg, usually a 50/50 pg-vg mix. How do I start. Equipment, flavorings, bases, etc. I sort of feel like I did when I first started vaping, overwhelmed and unsure how to start. I intend to just make private stash, for cost and security, in case "THEY" ever decide to limit our access to nic and product. Best advice would be appreciated.

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You need to start off by buying some supplies. ;) :p
Is their anything in particular you wanted to know, or is this just a 'tell me what I need' thread?

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WL is hands down the cheapest and best vendor. You get a freebie with every order and john always answers questions quickly and is very helpful. He is highly recommended by a lot of members.

You need nicotine. Because you vape such a low nicotine level you can buy a lower nic base to use and not get that stupid calculator error due to using to much flavoring.(if I put my flavor too high the ratios don't add up. So I have to lower my final nic % to make it work)

Get some 48mg/mL nicotine, I would recommend 60mg/mL but you want such a low final nic % that 48mg/mL will work just fine. Why take the risk of poisoning yourself if you don't have to. ;)

You need PG and VG.

You also need flavors. Give the TFA and the WL thread a look and take notes of any flavors that peak your interest. Don't be afraid to try tobacco flavors. Most do not taste like nasty analogs.
Make test bottles at 4-5% and tweak from there. Once you know the strength of the flavors and get a feel for them you can start playing around with mixes.

Wear gloves and goggles. Nicotine is highly poisonous.

If you fill out the specs on the ejuice me up calculator and just keep upping the mL of your resulting mix until one of your bases hits 250/500(the size of WL bottles) you can figure out how much you need based on the results.
If you type your specs into ejuicemeup calculator along with 7% flavoring(I have found this to be my average) and using 48 mg/mL nic base then you get-

100mL 48mg/mL nicotine
208mL of PG
250mL of VG
42mL of flavoring

So you need to get bottles this size-
120mL nicotine
250mL PG
250mL VG
At least 5 vials of flavors

You will have PG and nic left over and will use up all your VG. This is good because it gives you the option to up your nic strength if you end up wanting to. Extra PG is also good for making your own ethyl maltol solution.(cheaper than buying it premade)

You also need a lot of 1mL syringes and 14gauge needle tips.
Maybe one or two 10/20mL syringes.
Rubber gloves/goggles
A beaker or a Erlenmeyer flask for mixing bigger batches.
Lots and lots of bottles(10-20 10mL and a couple 30mL for flavors and 2 60mL bottles for your nic)

Read up on all the threads in the DIY section. After your done, let me know if any of your questions have been left unanswered and I will gladly help. :)
 
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Just my $.02...

Iffy's minimal DIY requirements:

nic
VG
PG
flavors
e-Juice Me up calculator
20ml syringe
5ml syringe
1ml syringe
30ml bottles
5-7ml bottles (for test samples)
120ml bottle (for bulk base)
100ml graduated glass cylinder (for bulk base mixing)

Of course I have more DIY equipment , but the above list is what I actually use 98%+ of the time.

I mix 100ml of base (nic/PG/VG) and put that into a 120ml bottle that has a turret-top cap. I use 5-7ml bottles for test samples. Most of my mixes are 30ml, sometimes 60ml. Note that I do not use needles, pipettes or funnels; no need fer 'em.

Ya don't have to spend a fortune buying kits that have items ya probably won't use.

DIY is not 'rocket surgery' nor 'brain science'... BUT, it does take a lil' basic knowledge, minimal equipment and a hellava lot of patience with trial & error. Regardless, once ya concoct a fav flav or two, it's rewarding and rewarding!

Hey, it beats planting 'bakky seeds, weeding, harvesting, drying, age curing, slicing & dicing leaves and rollin' your own!

Have fun...
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