OK, so I'll survive the Beauracralypse - then what?

[Lavaca5]

So I'm a week into my DIY Experience, and I've met the minimum DIY competency standards I set for myself: 1) I transferred high mg nicotine from a large bottle of into a bunch of smaller bottles, then diluted one of those down to a low mg base, all without the assistance of the bomb squad or the Poison Control Hotline; and 2) I put a few drops of flavor of one sort or another - sometimes even two - into even smaller bottles of base, and produced a couple of juices that are surprisingly ... you know ... okay. I would rate them a solid meh+ on the tastiness scale - certainly good enough to get by on for awhile should the Feds do their worst. And you know they will because it's just the sort of gratuitous, reactionary, counterproductive--

But I digress.

Anyway, I'm relieved and, as is always the case on the rare occasion that one of my many (many) ADD-fueled enthusiasms produces an actual result, sort of stunned. I'm not used to getting this far. My interest in any new activity rarely lasts longer than it takes to buy all the cool gear and paraphernalia associated with it, much like a crow stealing a shiny button even though he has no real interest in learning to sew. Yet here I am with my little meh+ bottles of honey-this and caramel-that, not knowing my quince from my currant or what the hell I'm ever gonna do with this pomegranate, and I'm having a blast. Go figure.

Then again, I still have a TON of paraphernalia left to buy.

 

[BakuPeg]

Welcome to the wonderful world of DIY. At least your first mixes came out Meh+. Just think how good your 10th mix will be, and what about your 50th?

 

[Aurora-Oblivion]

Congrats on getting your DIY feet wet!

Don't worry, you'll eventually come up with better flavors, just keep at it and take careful notes, while doing lots of reading on recipes and how certain flavors mix, ect. And of course, there are many great recipes already posted here too, so I'm sure you'll be able to mix up something great while you work on your other flavor desires.

Pomegranate is great by itself BTW, maybe add a little sweetener if you have some, if not it's still good unsweetened so nothing to worry about! I'd suggest trying it at 9-12% I've not tried this yet, but I also think it would go great in light amounts with teas if you have any of those flavors.

 

[martinc]

True test for DIY is how do your concoctions fare past a week,a month,2 months steeping?

I tought I nailed a few in the past but after a month or 2,those mixtures were totally crap-o-la!

Go light on flavorings is my tip of the day!

 

[Lavaca5]

Welcome to the wonderful world of DIY. At least your first mixes came out Meh+. Just think how good your 10th mix will be, and what about your 50th?

Credit goes to TFA or VZ for any positive results I've achieved so far. The only thing I've successfully added to any single flavor is EM or cream. Well, no, that's not true - I was bold enough to mix honey with honey flue tobacco. That's the level of culinary creativity we're talking about, here.

Congrats on getting your DIY feet wet!

Don't worry, you'll eventually come up with better flavors, just keep at it and take careful notes, while doing lots of reading on recipes and how certain flavors mix, ect. And of course, there are many great recipes already posted here too, so I'm sure you'll be able to mix up something great while you work on your other flavor desires.

Pomegranate is great by itself BTW, maybe add a little sweetener if you have some, if not it's still good unsweetened so nothing to worry about! I'd suggest trying it at 9-12% I've not tried this yet, but I also think it would go great in light amounts with teas if you have any of those flavors.

I don't have any teas ... yet ... but that does sound good. One of my little bottles is full of Black Honey Tobacco (which, BTW, tastes nothing like honey or tobacco and should be labeled Little Pink Flower), and I'm considering trying a little pomegranate in that. Certainly can't do it any harm.

True test for DIY is how do your concoctions fare past a week,a month,2 months steeping?

I tought I nailed a few in the past but after a month or 2,those mixtures were totally crap-o-la!

Go light on flavorings is my tip of the day!

Yep - Tough Lesson Number One: "Super concentrate" (unlike, say, "Black Honey Tobacco") means exactly what it sounds like it means.

 

[Gr8Scott]

So I'm a week into my DIY Experience, and I've met the minimum DIY competency standards I set for myself: 1) I transferred high mg nicotine from a large bottle of into a bunch of smaller bottles, then diluted one of those down to a low mg base, all without the assistance of the bomb squad or the Poison Control Hotline;

LOL!

You should have seen me with my first batch of WHOPPING 36mg base: rebreather, rubber gloves w/coverage up to my elbows, goggles windows open, fans on, all working surfaces covered with paper, primary working sink basin, primary wash basin, secondary wash basin, rinsing basin in a total clean room.Took me 15 minutes to actually make and and hour or so to clean up just to make sure everything was safe!

But I digress.

Life is a series of digressions with pauses in between only when necessary to breathe(or vape). Welcome to my world of the perpetual horrendously punctuated run on ! At least we can spell!

Anyway, I'm relieved and, as is always the case on the rare occasion that one of my many (many) ADD-fueled enthusiasms produces an actual result, sort of stunned. I'm not used to getting this far. My interest in any new activity rarely lasts longer than it takes to buy all the cool gear and paraphernalia associated with it, much like a crow stealing a shiny button even though he has no real interest in learning to sew.

Wow, see I am all to well and personally familiar with what I've also thought was hyper-myopic quasi-autistic purchasing-specific wanderlust

Kind of similar to ADD but with the money you save from going to the shrink and/or "sponsoring a not poor, not starving, not under privileged, not foreign, drug company exec", well just more to spend on this wonderfully peculiar vaping hobby/fixation/...well what's in a name

But beyond that, I bought some Pomegranate on a whim and couldn't find a percentage recommendation anywhere with ease. So I started at 12.5 percent which was do-able, but also made me understand how grenadine is derived from pomegranate ! I vaped 15ml of it effortlessly, but it's strong. Then I tried the Pom-Ice recipe found here and it had Pom at 7.5%. Again, do-able, but too weak, really. Then in the true spirit of charmed third times, 10% was optimal.


Ah, but also in the spirit of the whim and wonder of digression,


Welcome to DIY! Happy having kindred spirits here!

 

[Lavaca5]

LOL!

You should have seen me with my first batch of WHOPPING 36mg base: rebreather, rubber gloves w/coverage up to my elbows, goggles windows open, fans on, all working surfaces covered with paper, primary working sink basin, primary wash basin, secondary wash basin, rinsing basin in a total clean room.Took me 15 minutes to actually make and and hour or so to clean up just to make sure everything was safe!

LOL! I am not careful, even when I try to be. Honestly, the level of negligence involved in my buying 100mg nicotine is almost inexcusable.

Life is a series of digressions with pauses in between only when necessary to breathe(or vape). Welcome to my world of the perpetual horrendously punctuated run on ! At least we can spell!





Wow, see I am all to well and personally familiar with what I've also thought was hyper-myopic quasi-autistic purchasing-specific wanderlust

Yes! That's it exactly.

Kind of similar to ADD but with the money you save from going to the shrink and/or "sponsoring a not poor, not starving, not under privileged, not foreign, drug company exec", well just more to spend on this wonderfully peculiar vaping hobby/fixation/...well what's in a name

But beyond that, I bought some Pomegranate on a whim and couldn't find a percentage recommendation anywhere with ease. So I started at 12.5 percent which was do-able, but also made me understand how grenadine is derived from pomegranate ! I vaped 15ml of it effortlessly, but it's strong. Then I tried the Pom-Ice recipe found here and it had Pom at 7.5%. Again, do-able, but too weak, really. Then in the true spirit of charmed third times, 10% was optimal.

The Baby Bear mix