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    fixed it :p
    used a sharpie to outline the etched rose and fingernail polish to black out the blatant copyright brand on the clone :p
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    trying to give the capo 216 a shot but even still with the long drip tip set at 9w on easy mode it’s still too warm and slightly unpleasant of a vape
    tell me how when on my aegis I’m at 25w and just fine
    they really made a mess of the capo series
    One’s cheaply made and one’s not?

    BTW The Rose is kinda cool.
     

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    Can I make up a big batch of vg/pg and nic at a 3%? so when I put together a recipe all I have to do is grab the bottle and if it's a 30 ml bottle that I'm doing all I have to do is put it all in at once. Like a premix of VG PG and nicotine
    I pre-mix mine all the time.
     

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    What do you suggest I mix up? I use 3% nic.

    It's hard to say until you figure out about what percentage of flavoring you like in your mixes. If you used an average of 15% flavoring then 4mg base would give you right around 3.4% nic or 3.4mg. I'm assuming when you say 3% nic that you mean 3mg and not 30mg?
     

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    Yes. Depending on what you want the final percentage to be. I mix base at 15mg which once mixed with flavors gets me close to the 12mg mark depending on how much flavors are in the recipe.
    I would want mine too be a 3mg nic. I got some nic from liquid barn pg well I ordered a small 150ml from river supply like I had originally planned on. The nic. River is so clear you can't even see i in ⁷; t in the bottle. I got the last of my flavors in also yesterday. Here is a pic
     

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    I would want mine too be a 3mg nic. I got some nic from liquid barn pg well I ordered a small 150ml from river supply like I had originally planned on. The nic. River is so clear you can't even see i in ⁷; t in the bottle. I got the last of my flavors in also yesterday. Here is a pic
    Pic?
     

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    Can I make up a big batch of vg/pg and nic at a 3%? so when I put together a recipe all I have to do is grab the bottle and if it's a 30 ml bottle that I'm doing all I have to do is put it all in at once. Like a premix of VG PG and nicotine
    yes and no....
    the thing that you have to remember is that, while your base may be 3% nicotine and lets say a 50/50 pg/vg, you are adding flavorings to it so that will dilute your base and also add more pg so your end product will not be 3% nic nor 50/50, it'd really be something more around the lines of 1% to 2% nic and 60/40 to 70/30 pg/vg

    which is why I always try to talk people into getting higher % nic base, it's a common mistake that new mixers make thinking that I only vape 3mg so a 3mg nic should be fine....but there again you have to remember that you are adding pg, vg, and flavorings so that in the end your juice really will only end up being about 1mg nic....
    the other reason to get a higher % nic base like 100mg is because you are only using a very little so it will last you a lot longer....example, I vape at 1.5mg, using a 100mg nic base in a 50ml bottle of juice I only use .92 grams (about 15 drops or 0.75ml) but if I used a lower % of nic base, we'll go with the 60mg that I used to use, so 60mg of nic base in a 50ml bottle of juice I would have to use 1.44 grams (about 25 drops or 1.25ml)

    It's hard to say until you figure out about what percentage of flavoring you like in your mixes. If you used an average of 15% flavoring then 4mg base would give you right around 3.4% nic or 3.4mg. I'm assuming when you say 3% nic that you mean 3mg and not 30mg?
    as hittman suggested, if you know what % of flavoring you mix at then yes you could use that to make up a premixed base

    for me, I don't see the point for myself as I mix at max vg and am only using a few drops of nic per bottle so it's not worth the effort for myself to make up a premixed base

    ;) I'd rather spend the time making oneshots (premixing flavorings for a juice so I can make it easily again next time, just add nic and vg)

    One’s cheaply made and one’s not?

    BTW The Rose is kinda cool.
    I should change that to all other mods (not just the aegis) but yeah the capo series is kinda cheaply made, whatever board they use is messed up

    I kinda botched the rose, really needed an extra fine point sharpie but I didn't want to go raid my daughters room for an outline marker :lol: so just used a normal sharpie
     

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    Morning, mixers.

    Aahhh. real rain! Toe webs are happy :) Nearly an inch yesterday, so the garden is happy, too.

    I've got a ton of EHpro KFL+ v2s and v1s and several Russian 91%s. Only one KFL+ v2 is in the rotation, because I feel obliged to try the other RTAs I've bought (though I'm falling down on that job), but I think it might be my favorite so far. Having to take out that screw to fill is the only thing I don't like about it.

    Yes, that was the complaint from many. The way I tootle it's not a big deal. IF I only used one at a time, well, a full tank would get me through a day, anyway, so it would only be a once a day event. And I only use "needle" point bottles, no syringe needed. Agree, the EHpros were the best of the bunch :) I do have a few V4s, in the box. Yeah, WAY over engineered!!

    Can I make up a big batch of vg/pg and nic at a 3%? so when I put together a recipe all I have to do is grab the bottle and if it's a 30 ml bottle that I'm doing all I have to do is put it all in at once. Like a premix of VG PG and nicotine

    Absolutely! And see above for tips. Yes, you'll want to mix the "base" as a slightly higher nic and a slightly higher VG, since, as said, the flavors will reduce the nic and raise the PG %. I usually mix a liter of my base at a time. Dispense measured flavors, top with the base, clean up.

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    Morning, mixers.

    Aahhh. real rain! Toe webs are happy :) Nearly an inch yesterday, so the garden is happy, too.



    Yes, that was the complaint from many. The way I tootle it's not a big deal. IF I only used one at a time, well, a full tank would get me through a day, anyway, so it would only be a once a day event. And I only use "needle" point bottles, no syringe needed. Agree, the EHpros were the best of the bunch :) I do have a few V4s, in the box. Yeah, WAY over engineered!!



    Absolutely! And see above for tips. Yes, you'll want to mix the "base" as a slightly higher nic and a slightly higher VG, since, as said, the flavors will reduce the nic and raise the PG %. I usually mix a liter of my base at a time. Dispense measured flavors, top with the base, clean up.

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    I admit to being a bit sloppy mixing my base. I vape 6mg but if it comes out 4mg or 8mg I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. I also measure my pg and vg by eye.
     

    FranC

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    Morning, mixers.

    Aahhh. real rain! Toe webs are happy :) Nearly an inch yesterday, so the garden is happy, too.



    Yes, that was the complaint from many. The way I tootle it's not a big deal. IF I only used one at a time, well, a full tank would get me through a day, anyway, so it would only be a once a day event. And I only use "needle" point bottles, no syringe needed. Agree, the EHpros were the best of the bunch :) I do have a few V4s, in the box. Yeah, WAY over engineered!!



    Absolutely! And see above for tips. Yes, you'll want to mix the "base" as a slightly higher nic and a slightly higher VG, since, as said, the flavors will reduce the nic and raise the PG %. I usually mix a liter of my base at a time. Dispense measured flavors, top with the base, clean up.

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    Also really glad to hear of your rain :thumbs:
     

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    yes and no....
    the thing that you have to remember is that, while your base may be 3% nicotine and lets say a 50/50 pg/vg, you are adding flavorings to it so that will dilute your base and also add more pg so your end product will not be 3% nic nor 50/50, it'd really be something more around the lines of 1% to 2% nic and 60/40 to 70/30 pg/vg

    which is why I always try to talk people into getting higher % nic base, it's a common mistake that new mixers make thinking that I only vape 3mg so a 3mg nic should be fine....but there again you have to remember that you are adding pg, vg, and flavorings so that in the end your juice really will only end up being about 1mg nic....
    the other reason to get a higher % nic base like 100mg is because you are only using a very little so it will last you a lot longer....example, I vape at 1.5mg, using a 100mg nic base in a 50ml bottle of juice I only use .92 grams (about 15 drops or 0.75ml) but if I used a lower % of nic base, we'll go with the 60mg that I used to use, so 60mg of nic base in a 50ml bottle of juice I would have to use 1.44 grams (about 25 drops or 1.25ml)


    as hittman suggested, if you know what % of flavoring you mix at then yes you could use that to make up a premixed base

    for me, I don't see the point for myself as I mix at max vg and am only using a few drops of nic per bottle so it's not worth the effort for myself to make up a premixed base

    ;) I'd rather spend the time making oneshots (premixing flavorings for a juice so I can make it easily again next time, just add nic and vg)


    I should change that to all other mods (not just the aegis) but yeah the capo series is kinda cheaply made, whatever board they use is messed up

    I kinda botched the rose, really needed an extra fine point sharpie but I didn't want to go raid my daughters room for an outline marker :lol: so just used a normal sharpie
    I'm sorry I didn't make myself very clear. The nic I bought was 2 bottles of 100mg/250 ml pg from liquid barn and 100mg/150 ml vg from river supply co. I think you didn't understand like if I have a 70/30 or a 80/20 pg n vg made up just say I make 200ml of each the total nic. I want to be a 3mg . Like if I made a recipe I would want it to be a 3mg nic if I made a30 ml, 60 ml or 120 . Sorry did I make myself more clear and say it correctly. This is what I ended up buying to start out. I also I like 10 or 12 new flavors that's not in the pic along with the bottles I ended up getting.
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    FranC

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    I'm sorry I didn't make myself very clear. The nic I bought was 2 bottles of 100mg/250 ml pg from liquid barn and 100mg/150 ml vg from river supply co. I think you didn't understand like if I have a 70/30 or a 80/20 pg n vg made up just say I make 200ml of each the total nic. I want to be a 3mg . Like if I made a recipe I would want it to be a 3mg nic if I made a30 ml, 60 ml or 120 . Sorry did I make myself more clear and say it correctly. This is what I ended up buying to start out. I also I like 10 or 12 new flavors that's not in the pic along with the bottles I ended up getting.View attachment 908863
    Very nice collection of flavors :thumbs:
     

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    As Hitt says, mixing the base at 4 mg, if an average of 15% flavoring, will get you pretty close to 3 mg/ml in a final mix of any quantity. That's another part of pre-mixing your nic "base", you don't have to measure the nic, pg and vg for different amounts of final mix.
     

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