Question about total strength % when mixing diff manufacturers

[lamer]

Apologies if this was already answered... couldn't find it.

When plugging values into the DIY mixing calculator and looking at the reference strength guidelines, what do you do when you mix two flavors from different manufacturers and their recommended strength aren't 1:1?

i.e. the rec strength for one flavor is 2% and the other 15%. Does this mean the optimum combined flavor strength is 17%, or do I need to do some math and get total flavor strength % to 20% regardless?

Or is it all trial and error?

 

[MaxUT]

Need more information.
Which calculator?
Which flavorings, from which manufacturers?

I assume you're talking about using two different flavorings, one strong (2%) and one medium (15%). To me, which manufacturer they came from doesn't matter; it's the quality of taste that the flavoring imparts that's important.

As for the amounts of flavorings to use, that depends upon the preferences of the person the eliquid is created for. Best thing to do is read as much as you can about how others have used of each particular flavoring, then take an educated guess when making the first batch of your own recipe.

You can also make someone else's recipe that's similar to the one you want to create, try that and get a better idea of how much flavoring to use in your recipe.

 

[Hoosier]

Mostly trial and error, but for your example 17% would probably be a starting point.

Some flavors boost each other while others do the opposite, and some pretend the other doesn't matter.

If you have one flavor working at 2% and another working at 15%, try mixing those two test batches together at 50/50 and see if it works. I've done it this way before, but it has never worked the way I expected yet. Might work for you?

 

[BradSmith]

I would keep the base the same and divide the flavorings in half. So 1% of the strong flavoring and 8.5% of the other. However, you never really know how flavors will mix and match. Some flavors like tobacco will really mask other flavors, cinnamon is the same way. So if you are using them you might be better off with say 25% and 75% or in other words .5% and 12.75%.

 

[lamer]

Basically, FA Chocolate and PA Peanut Butter. I started off DIY with single flavors and now trying to step up by mixing two, but they both have different recommended strengths in the sticky in this forum.

 

[Hoosier]

AND taste differ. 15% of PA Peanut Butter would bowl me over while 2% of FA chocolate wouldn't even register as any flavor.

So, trial and error is the best route that I'd offer. And some EM to meld that PB to the Chocolate, but maybe that's just me too.

 

[MaxUT]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/137408-lisas-peanut-butter-cup.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/111682-peanut-butter-cup.html

Though this one is a PB+Toffee recipe, it has some interesting information:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/95354-peanut-butter-toffee-base-tpa.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/76285-creamy-peanut-butter-cup.html

 

[banjo]

This thread - http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/74109-guide-diy-flavoring.html - is the best place to find the answer to your question.

 

[lamer]

Thanks for the tips all... the problem is that there are some flavors I got from PA that are downright terrible but the FA equiv is good. The problem is the flavor strength, and I think I almost killed everything in my nose when I tried to up the FA chocolate at the same level of the PA Peanut Butter. It tasted like burned wood.