Yesterday I said I was confused and needed to take a break. After the break, confusion solved, I THINK!
Source of confusion:
I was referencing two different ejuice calculators.
First was the ejuice calculator from : eJuice Recipe Calculator
Second was the ejuice calculator from: eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator
These calculators appear to have different approaches. First was the ejuice calculator from : eJuice Recipe Calculator, which appears to use a premixed liquid with nicotine
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You will note is says nicotine base = 36mg. This happens to be the strength of my liquid nicotine. The term nicotine base is important here. I couldn't determine if this was the mg strength of the nicotine liquid or the strength of the premixed liquid shown in the image below.
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Here it says pg/vg with nicotine. This implies that it is a premixed liquid. This was the root of my confusion. My confusion, brick wall, was that I wanted to know how to create my own PREMIXED pg/vg with nicotine as this calculator was using. I just couldn't find a reference.
Where the Second was the ejuice calculator (below) from: eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator, which appears to use a ejuice nicotine liquid (image 1) and non-nicotine liquid added ( image 2).
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You will note it contains pg/vg %'s, but here it implies the pg/vg base of the liquid nicotine. Took me awhile(several hours) to understand that this was not the same thing as the pg/vg ratio used in the entire juice blend as shown in image 2 below. Didn't understand that nicotine was "blended/diluted" with either pg,vg or a mixture of both.
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As shown above, these are all three components ( nicotine, raw pg and raw vg). Bingo, NOW I UNDERSTAND!
Bottom line:
If you are using a premixed nicotine base liquid, use the calculator from eJuice Recipe Calculator to create your "blend". They also have mg strengths.
On the other hand, if you are going to use raw nicotine liquid, raw pg and raw vg use the calculator from eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator.
Key learnings:
Nicotine liquid is "blended/diluted" with either pg,vg or a mixture of both. This is not to be confused with the pg:vg ratio of the your blend itself. This may not sound like a big deal to most, but, as a newbie trying to understand all this vaping stuff, it was a stumbling block for me. After all, the fun of this stuff is the ability to create your own flavors. I think I will enjoy "this thing of ours" a whole lot more now. If I'm wrong, please correct me. Otherwise this may be of some help to other newbies.
NOTE TO MODERATORS:
As a newbie, I could be completely off base here. If my assumptions are wrong here, PLEASE REMOVE THIS POST! I would not want to pass along wrong information especially considering the risks of nicotine.
Patrick
Source of confusion:
I was referencing two different ejuice calculators.
First was the ejuice calculator from : eJuice Recipe Calculator
Second was the ejuice calculator from: eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator
These calculators appear to have different approaches. First was the ejuice calculator from : eJuice Recipe Calculator, which appears to use a premixed liquid with nicotine
View attachment 105644
You will note is says nicotine base = 36mg. This happens to be the strength of my liquid nicotine. The term nicotine base is important here. I couldn't determine if this was the mg strength of the nicotine liquid or the strength of the premixed liquid shown in the image below.
View attachment 105647
Here it says pg/vg with nicotine. This implies that it is a premixed liquid. This was the root of my confusion. My confusion, brick wall, was that I wanted to know how to create my own PREMIXED pg/vg with nicotine as this calculator was using. I just couldn't find a reference.
Where the Second was the ejuice calculator (below) from: eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator, which appears to use a ejuice nicotine liquid (image 1) and non-nicotine liquid added ( image 2).
View attachment 105648
You will note it contains pg/vg %'s, but here it implies the pg/vg base of the liquid nicotine. Took me awhile(several hours) to understand that this was not the same thing as the pg/vg ratio used in the entire juice blend as shown in image 2 below. Didn't understand that nicotine was "blended/diluted" with either pg,vg or a mixture of both.
View attachment 105649
As shown above, these are all three components ( nicotine, raw pg and raw vg). Bingo, NOW I UNDERSTAND!
Bottom line:
If you are using a premixed nicotine base liquid, use the calculator from eJuice Recipe Calculator to create your "blend". They also have mg strengths.
On the other hand, if you are going to use raw nicotine liquid, raw pg and raw vg use the calculator from eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator.
Key learnings:
Nicotine liquid is "blended/diluted" with either pg,vg or a mixture of both. This is not to be confused with the pg:vg ratio of the your blend itself. This may not sound like a big deal to most, but, as a newbie trying to understand all this vaping stuff, it was a stumbling block for me. After all, the fun of this stuff is the ability to create your own flavors. I think I will enjoy "this thing of ours" a whole lot more now. If I'm wrong, please correct me. Otherwise this may be of some help to other newbies.
NOTE TO MODERATORS:
As a newbie, I could be completely off base here. If my assumptions are wrong here, PLEASE REMOVE THIS POST! I would not want to pass along wrong information especially considering the risks of nicotine.
Patrick