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JustWondering1

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I would go at least 12 and more likely 18mg.



You're probably right. I didn't take into consideration that it would no longer be 10ml. My brain is too tired to think about it any more today. What about the nic content? When you say base, I assume you mean with nic in it. If you add 3.8ml of base then what would the end nic content be? This is like one of those old math word problems that I hated. If two trains leave Chicago going in opposite directions at 60 and 40mph then what's the price of milk in Toledo? :D
Yeah, by base, I mean nic/PG/VG.

Assuming a nic base of 10mgs/ml, a mix comprising .5mls of flavoring and 9.5mls of base would have 9.5mgs/ml. The doctored mix with .2mls more flavoring would have 9.3mgs/ml. Adding 3.8mls of base would bring the nic back up to 9.5mgs/ml.
 

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The reason the pg is higher in the first is because the flavoring you added to get up to 7% is pg based so by upping the flavor to 7% then you increased the pg percentage. If you dilute with pg and vg then it will also affect the nic level. If you aren't too concerned with the percentages being off a little then I'd just add 2% of pg or vg to the mix to dilute it but like I said it would lower the nic level. I keep a bottle of 70/30 15mg mixed on hand and would just add from that if it were me making the adjustment.
So you thoughts are almost the same. Make some base of 70%VG30PG and use my made stuff as flavorings and add until it taste right. Add some nic.
 

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    So you thoughts are almost the same. Make some base of 70%VG30PG and use my made stuff as flavorings and add until it taste right. Add some nic.

    I think Zazie has some better math going on than I did. What strength did you make the 7% flavor mix? How big of a bottle did you mix? If it's a large quantity, you could use a syringe to measure how much you have to dilute it in a smaller bottle to get a sample and then measure and dilute the larger amount. I would just use a base with nic if it was me. I can vape anything from 6mg to 24mg without it bothering me. Yes basically I'd think it's going to be an add then taste scenario unless you can find someone that is well versed in dilution.
     

    JCinFLA

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    Thank you! You have an amazing talent for finding the unfindable!! I am so glad to know you!

    You're welcome. :) I just enjoy "the hunt". Also, I'm glad to know you, too.

    By the way, all info. I've found about Atmopedia (owner's location, adminstrator's location, registrant's location, etc.)...looks like they're possibly located in Toronto, not China. So, if you order from them you may get it much quicker...unless their shipping origin is actually in China.
     

    JustWondering1

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    You're welcome. :) I just enjoy "the hunt". Also, I'm glad to know you, too.

    By the way, all info. I've found about Atmopedia (owner's location, adminstrator's location, registrant's location, etc.)...looks like they're possibly located in Toronto, not China. So, if you order from them you may get it much quicker...unless their shipping origin is actually in China.

    Very good to know! Thanks!
     

    DLKnives

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    I got the Drag S and it's not going well. It recognizes what coil you install and sets the wattage - and it burns my lips off after half a second! So I just tried the other coil, it's higher wattage and it set itself to 50w. Burned my lips off! What is going on? The first coil came at 35 watts and I had to go down to 20 so it wasn't so hot. This all is with airflow wide open.
     

    Katya

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    Good morning mixers. I was disappointed to find out that my Rep voted Yea for the vape mail bill. I was looking up to see the status of the bill this weekend and stumbled onto a page that showed how everyone voted.

    Right. I wrote to my Senators, Ms. Feinstein and Ms. Harris. They responded that we have have to save the children. :rolleyes: My Congress rep didn't bother to respond yet. Not holding my breath. I'm pretty sure I know How she's gonna vote... :lol:
     
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    Katya

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    My brother wants to get off of cigarettes, I have mixed him 6mg of nicotine, but didn't help. He smokes Marlboro lights about 15 a day. What nic strength should I mix?

    IMHO, at least 12 or maybe even 18 mg/ml. At least at the beginning. Or try a pod with 25 mg/ml salts. It vapes more like a cig and seems to works for people who are switching.
     

    Katya

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    I tried to make the Dwarvs work for me too.

    And? :D
    I love the Hastur Mini and have 3 of them. I tried to
    buy the larger Hasturs too, but they were not available.

    I love the big one because of the larger capacity and more open airflow choices. Alas!
    Did you ever try the GATA clone? I remember hearing lots of good things about it. I think the reason I decided not to get it is because I was afraid it would be too loose for me, but it sounds like you like a looser draw than I do. I think the tank is glass.

    $15.73 Gata Styled MTL / DLH RTA Rebuildable Tank Atomizer - 4/2ml / 304 stainless steel + glass / 24*21mm (OD*ID) at FastTech - Free Shipping

    Missed that one. Yes, I prefer a loose MTL. More homework. Thanks!!!! :wub:
     

    Katya

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    Vendor in China has them in SS and in Black, reduced to $25.90, and they take PayPal. I checked out their Shipping and Delivery info, and it looks OK, to me.

    Cthulhu Hastur MTL TANK new rta from cthulhu

    I emailed them several times to find out if this was the latest version with updated top (chamber cap)--they never responded to my emails. Made me a bit wary about ordering from them. Have you ever used them?
     

    Katya

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    @JustWondering1 - Found them here, too, from another vendor, possibly located in Canada, but maybe shipping from China. (All website registration info, owner info., etc. shows Toronto.) Available in Silver only, for $36 w/Free Shipping worldwide by AirMail. PayPal accepted.

    Cthulhu Hastur MTL RTA 3.5ml, 24mm - Silver

    I found a HTF RTA for another ECF member there, a few weeks ago.
    She had no problem getting exactly what she'd ordered.

    That's better! Thanks, JC! There's also a vendor in Germany (similar price + international shipping). But Cthulhu Mods told me that the big Hastur has been discontinued and they are going to release a new MTL tank soon, so I decided to wait, but this is tempting. Decisions, decisions...
     

    stols001

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    I really hope everything goes okay. It is scary.

    I am sitting down after like RE-emptying my office (I should be done tomorrow I think) and I am just fried, although I'm glad it is the afternoon. The husband and I (per my STRONG request) sat down and like uh, mapped out a time period. He agreed to leave next Thursday which I think should be okay. It's like a 3--4 day trip. After looking at prices (and noting my point that if we NEEDED something we could access our storage) he FINALLY agreed to the truck. We have a Mexican neighbor next door (I mean dual citizenship probably) who was like "Few yard sales due to border crossing) but he will come look, take it, and sell it off. He is also going to (with his 18 year old kid) help us load UP the truck which will be FANTASTIC. Also, I pointed out to Ted that some storage places will help you unload/unload for you and my mom gave us extra dough for THAT.

    So, my nic can remain in its fridge. For now anyway GOD knows what will happen when we get there.

    I had a really rough night last night and this a.m. I think there is something really wrong with my kid. Either he is drinking? Getting too high? Just turning into a Blue Turd, but like I sent him a text saying we were pretty broke and etc. but I would love to contribute 200 dollars to the tires he needs. He called and got all up in my grill about the house... I was like, "Kid, SELLING a house doesn't mean YOU get the money that day besides it is ALL going to the down payment so we can retire comfortably, grandma agrees, that is why she is GIFTING us moving money even though I offered to pay her back. I was explaining he couldn't come anyway and our deep, deep difficulty in like, getting an apartment or anything but that we had to GO and see what to do and we would rent an RV and camp if we had to."

    He started just SCREAMING at me and freaking out and accusing me of "Threatening to euthanize the dog," which I joke about but OMG I would NEVER do and I could NOT imagine my son in ANY state imagining I would do that and I kept trying to explain and like, he was cursing and finally called me the "C" word. Then he hung up. Then he texted me we "should not talk." Then there were a bunch of sort of increasingly "I was wrong to do that," sort of apologies "but you still want to kill my dog." (Those came later.)

    I cried. I smoked a cigarette. I was like, "Holy crud my kid thinks I would euthanize his DOG?" He also accused me of trying to kill my mom because I believe in herd immunity. He has HEARD me say all things needed should be provided to the elderly or at risk, and it would create jobs.

    He really reminded me of his dad in that moment. It sucked. My husband (I put the boy on speaker as I was wandering blindly in search of a cigarette) was APPALLED. Also very mad. I had to take 2 ambien I still feel sorta crappy but yoga gonna help.

    So I sent the boy a VERY tough email. I have had it with the disrespect. I reviewed what I had and had not said, that I was POOR because you don't sell a house THAT day, that I knew his truck had been expensive so I wanted to help in the small way I could, and that was about it, that I was explaining the whole living situation to EXPLAIN why we had to leave before he even COULD visit, that I would never euthanize his dog, and I couldn't believe he would think that and say those things without even hearing me out.

    I told him I did not want to hear from him at the current time. I said we had been caring for his dog for YEARS (food, shots, everything) and that the husband LOVES the dog, is home all day and that the dog is happier NOW than he EVER was when my kid was around and that every time the kid visits the dog BOUNDS into his lap and the dog has TONS of energy. I said we had never asked for or complained about ANYTHING to do with the dog and the kid has NEVER once thanked us for keeping the dog, as we know he can't and he is jealous so he criticizes. I told him that when he blew up at my husband I figured it was a husband thing, but now I was not so sure. I told him he was a disrespectful human being and I did not raise him to use that word on his mother or SOMEONE ELSE.

    I told him he would need to apologize not just to ME but to my husband. I told the kid (the husband does do this) every time he was like "Not good enough he needs a greenie'/better food/cleaner water bowl and like, the husband actually DOES it. I told him unless the kid wanted to pay for pet insurance, I would continue getting shots from the feed shop because it was cheaper. Etc. I let him HAVE it.

    I told him if he ever called me the C word again he could consider himself with ONE mother, his grandmother, because I was not going to STAND for that. I said he better figure out his dysfunction because it was NOT okay..

    I also explained I had the right to my belief in herd immunity, when handled properly. I told him the economy mattered and starvation is 100% fatal. I said I knew he was sheltered but people do die from that and although I thought personally herd immunity could be achieved safely, that no one life, my own, his, or my mother's was more important than EVERY other person's life and people die, that is life.

    I told him to leave me alone I explained it was not FINANCES putting us in a rented RV but until we got there ASAP, we would have NO CLUE and the renting an RV would actually probably be MORE than like, a small house or apartment.

    I just had enough. I also told him he was more verbally abusive to me (he thinks the husband is verbally bad and he has been from time to time) than ANYONE in the past year (also true.)

    We will see I guess.

    Anna
     

    Redbird11

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    I read that the slot airflow disc can leak, but I don't use the slotted discs so I've never had that problem.
    Huh. I didn't realize the discs were optional. I thought you needed to have one in there for it to function properly.
     

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