Quick DIY Question

[aur1640]

I made a small batch of e liquid with small mg/ml of nic juice. Say for instance, I wanted to bump up the nicotine a little more. Would I have to increase proportionately the pg/vg ratio and the flavoring percentage? Start from scratch? Bump up the nicotine only with the current batch and not worry about the rest? What's your experience with this? Thanks!!

 

[haft2doit]

well it depends on how large the batch is. If we are talking 10ml then it won't hurt much to add some nic and not worry about it. If you are talking 100ml then I would calculate the addition. I haven't made juice for a while so I'll let someone else give more in depth info.

 

[Icoth]

Not knowing what final PG/VG ratio you want, what base your nic liquid is, and how much you'll need to add to get the level up makes this a very hard question to answer. It's easy enough to calculate with all the data. Unless you add more flavoring though, you'll obviously loose some strength of taste. I agree with haft2, if the batch is small, you can probably add some and not change it too much.

 

[firhill]

The higher the strength of the unflavoured nic liquid you add (read: 100mg/ml), the less you'll dilute the flavour.

 

[aur1640]

My fellow respondents, the nic is 24/60 ml, the pg/vg is 60/40, flavoring is 20% and the overall volume is about 13 ml. If you can let me know if this helps. Seems like since the nic isn't as concentrated, I may have to bump up everything else a little. But, thanks for the feedback. Always learning something new in the world of vaping.

 

[Liv2Ski]

aur1640 do you have a DIY calculator? If not try this one it will allow you to figure out nic concentrations and keep a database of your recipes:

eJuice Me Up - e-Juice e-Liquid Recipe Calculator

I use this calc daily and it works great

 

[Dougiestyle]

What is the nic suspended in PG/VG or either or...

My nic is 48mg/ml in PG, so my PG/VG mix is hard to gauge (just simple math, I know) when trying to dilute to 20mg/ml, then the flavors on top. It's tricky. I would say adding a coupla drops of your nic to your little batch will be OK, then if the flavor's off, add a drop of your choice. You should be fine. Just make notes and judge what you want to ammend next time you mix. My GF bought me a spiral notebook and I already have a coupla pages filled lol.

 

[Liv2Ski]

What is the nic suspended in PG/VG or either or...

My nic is 48mg/ml in PG, so my PG/VG mix is hard to gauge (just simple math, I know) when trying to dilute to 20mg/ml, then the flavors on top. It's tricky. I would say adding a coupla drops of your nic to your little batch will be OK, then if the flavor's off, add a drop of your choice. You should be fine. Just make notes and judge what you want to ammend next time you mix. My GF bought me a spiral notebook and I already have a coupla pages filled lol.

Grab the calculator I posted above. It will make your DIY life so much easier. Keep the notebook though for when you are playing around with a new sauce and when you get it right add it to the recipe database.

 

[dormouse]

To maintain the flavor and PG/VG you could make a too-high version and mix them together. Super simply - Like equal parts of 12mg and 24mg ejuice mixed together would make 18mg ejuice. Equal parts of 24mg and 36mg ejuice mixed together would make 30mg ejuice.

Generally it is recommend to make a tiny amount of no-nic juice first to determine percentages of flavoring etc. Then make your real ejuice with nicotine.

 

[sprink0281]

If you have an Android phone dl the totally wicked cookbook app from the market its free....if you hit menu then select mix nicotines you can input variable and it will give you the final ratio...not the best juice calc but it works and its fairly easy to use..

 

[slumdog]

There is also a free app for iPhone and android users called e-juice prob have it for blackberry too but it works great and for Dougiestyle I use the same 4.8% per ml. I usually mix that half and half with vg then use it as a 24 mg/ml I can make up to a 19 mg/ml with this and it cuts down on the harshness of the pg and nicotine but if you add in PGA it gives a much smother TH at any volt but nice with a 3.7 volt device with an oversized copper spring and a 2.0 ohm atty...