Question.This is the first 10% dilution I've ever done. So if I want 1% HS IC in a mix then I use 1% of the dilution for every 10ml? As in 3ml for a 30ml bottle?
If I understand things correctly...
You made a 10% Solution of some Flavoring. Now you want to make 30ml of Flavored
e-liquid that is at 1% Flavoring using the Solution as the Flavoring.
Yikes... This is going to be one of those Word Problems where Answer is some 10x Multiple or 10x Quotient of the everything else. And everything looks the Same it's just the Decimal place is in a Different Location.
LOL! Anyway... Let's start at the End and Work Backwards.
You want to End Up with 30ml of Flavored
e-liquid that is at 1% Total Flavoring.
So => 30ml @ 1% Flavoring = .3ml of Total Flavoring
Now if you had some 100% Flavoring, you'd just add .3ml to 29.7ml and it would be Miller Time. But you Don't have 100% Flavoring. You have a Solution that is 10% Flavoring. So to get to the Same amount of Total Flavor, it sounds like you are going to have to Add More than .3ml because the Solution is "Weaker" than 100% Flavoring. It's only 10%.
So How Much of the Solution do I need so I have .3ml of Total Flavoring?
Well, if we call the amount of 10% Solution I need "SOL", then SOL x .10 needs to equal to .3ml
=> SOL x .10 = .3ml
=> SOL = .3ml/.10
=> SOL = 3ml
This sounds about Right. I need 10 Times more Solution than Pure Flavoring because my Solution is 10 Times weaker than Pure Flavoring.
So to Make 30ml of Flavored e-Liquid at 1% Total Flavoring I need to use 3ml of my 10% Solution.
OK. But Now that I'm half way down the Rabbit Hole, Might as well go All the Way to the Bottom. So let's look at some other Mixes...
30ml @ 1% Flavoring = .3ml Total Flavoring => Use 3ml of the 10% Solution
30ml @ 2% Flavoring = .6ml Total Flavoring => Use 6ml of the 10% Solution
45ml @ 4% Flavoring = 1.8ml Total Flavoring => Use 18ml of the 10% Solution
I think I see the Pattern here.
For a Given % of Flavoring, I multiple the amount of Flavored e-Liquid to be made by the Flavoring % which gives me my Total Flavoring. Then I Multiply the Total Flavoring number by 10 because my Solution is a 10% Solution.
Now the Multiply by 10 thing ONLY works with a 10% Solution. And in a Way, it is kinda a Trap (see the Yikes above). Because if I was working with a 20% Solution, it would be Easy to think I would just Multiply by 20. But that Not Right.
Because a 20% Solution is Strong than a 10% Solution. So you would need Less Solution. Not More.
More like multiply Total Flavoring by 5. But I'll let someone else Check the Math.
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BTW - If this is all Wrong. And Not what you are trying to do, then LMK. And I'll Delete It.
