Introduction
Now is the time when a lot of vapers wonder if they should learn to DIY – there are signs in the sky that juice prices will skyrocket and some (most?) flavors can disappear. Some vapers are questioning their ability in DIY adventure. So here is my post – very simple DIY, the method I use now. It is not about flavors (I prefer slightly flavored juice), its about how to make vapable juice with minimal equipment and efforts. Easy way. And again – I do use this method exclusively and I am rather happy with it.
Safety
The best nicotine for long term storage is 100 mg nic solution. Harmful for children and pets. Harmful for adults if drunk. Recommended to handle with gloves. I do not use gloves, but I do have a lot of lab experience. Do not be afraid it you got spill on your skin, just rinse it with plenty of water. Better not to handle in carpeted room (because of possible tough to clean spills). It is a good idea to work in sink or next to it, at least in the beginning (I make my juices at my desk).
DIY
Suppose I want to prepare 100 ml of 12 mg base (base – unflavored juice, just nic, VG, PG). I need 125 (or 150) ml bottle and syringe (or graduated cylinder) suitable to measure 12 ml of nic solution. That’s it. No more equipment needed. Suppose I like juice with 30/70 pg/vg and I have stockpiled 100 mg nic in PG. I’ll take measuring cap, fill it with 100 ml of water and pour 30 ml into my bottle. Now I can make a mark on my bottle on the level of 30 ml. They I pour the rest of water in the bottle and mark 100 ml level. Bottle is ready, it needs just to dry out.
Now I can start. I measure 12 ml of 100 mg nic (with syringe or cylinder) and put it in the bottle. Then pour in PG up to 30 ml level (remember, nic was diluted in PG, so these 12 ml of nic can be counted as PG). Then I top it with VG to 100 ml level. Screw cup on and shake vigorously for 2-8 min. Put it down. Have a break. Shake again. And third time – shake after a break. Base is ready. It is perfectly vapable. It is called unflavored juice. I am vaping it right now while typing. Closest thing to real cigarette.
In my other tanks I have slightly flavored juices. I can put 100 ml of base in three 50 ml bottles (33 ml of juice in each) and use one as unflavored and two others as flavored. To make juice flavored I use drop method. For example 10 drops of orange flavor and 10 drops of green apple in the same bottle. Same shaking again and it is ready to vape (fruit flavors generally do not need steeping). If you prefer sweeter juices you can buy sweetener when you buy flavors, but I prefer my own sweetener – 10% of pure sucralose in water (you can buy sucralose on Amazon). I keep it in 50 ml dropper bottle in my kitchen, it is used mostly by my wife in cooking as a sugar substitute – much cheaper and have much less calories than Splenda.
I hope that when you use this method you’ll see that DIY is actually an easy thing. You may want to develop your skills, to upgrade you equipment (bunches of syringes, cylinders, bottles, scales…), but to start DIY, to get acquainted with it is actually and easy and cheap thing.
God luck
Now is the time when a lot of vapers wonder if they should learn to DIY – there are signs in the sky that juice prices will skyrocket and some (most?) flavors can disappear. Some vapers are questioning their ability in DIY adventure. So here is my post – very simple DIY, the method I use now. It is not about flavors (I prefer slightly flavored juice), its about how to make vapable juice with minimal equipment and efforts. Easy way. And again – I do use this method exclusively and I am rather happy with it.
Safety
The best nicotine for long term storage is 100 mg nic solution. Harmful for children and pets. Harmful for adults if drunk. Recommended to handle with gloves. I do not use gloves, but I do have a lot of lab experience. Do not be afraid it you got spill on your skin, just rinse it with plenty of water. Better not to handle in carpeted room (because of possible tough to clean spills). It is a good idea to work in sink or next to it, at least in the beginning (I make my juices at my desk).
DIY
Suppose I want to prepare 100 ml of 12 mg base (base – unflavored juice, just nic, VG, PG). I need 125 (or 150) ml bottle and syringe (or graduated cylinder) suitable to measure 12 ml of nic solution. That’s it. No more equipment needed. Suppose I like juice with 30/70 pg/vg and I have stockpiled 100 mg nic in PG. I’ll take measuring cap, fill it with 100 ml of water and pour 30 ml into my bottle. Now I can make a mark on my bottle on the level of 30 ml. They I pour the rest of water in the bottle and mark 100 ml level. Bottle is ready, it needs just to dry out.
Now I can start. I measure 12 ml of 100 mg nic (with syringe or cylinder) and put it in the bottle. Then pour in PG up to 30 ml level (remember, nic was diluted in PG, so these 12 ml of nic can be counted as PG). Then I top it with VG to 100 ml level. Screw cup on and shake vigorously for 2-8 min. Put it down. Have a break. Shake again. And third time – shake after a break. Base is ready. It is perfectly vapable. It is called unflavored juice. I am vaping it right now while typing. Closest thing to real cigarette.
In my other tanks I have slightly flavored juices. I can put 100 ml of base in three 50 ml bottles (33 ml of juice in each) and use one as unflavored and two others as flavored. To make juice flavored I use drop method. For example 10 drops of orange flavor and 10 drops of green apple in the same bottle. Same shaking again and it is ready to vape (fruit flavors generally do not need steeping). If you prefer sweeter juices you can buy sweetener when you buy flavors, but I prefer my own sweetener – 10% of pure sucralose in water (you can buy sucralose on Amazon). I keep it in 50 ml dropper bottle in my kitchen, it is used mostly by my wife in cooking as a sugar substitute – much cheaper and have much less calories than Splenda.
I hope that when you use this method you’ll see that DIY is actually an easy thing. You may want to develop your skills, to upgrade you equipment (bunches of syringes, cylinders, bottles, scales…), but to start DIY, to get acquainted with it is actually and easy and cheap thing.
God luck
