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Just giving back what I have always gotten in this thread. It's the reason I don't share recipes any more.

Share your recipes... I'd love to try them! :wub: anything dessert.. :) this is how i curb my sweettooth...

Be warned though, I'm slow at mixing!
 

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I have not checked but suspect there are few threads bigger on ECF ..............there is your answer................oh and thank you for startin it ...............Sir Paw Paw ..........galant knight of the ECF realm..........:headbang:

Enough, I'm wearing New Balance, not hip waders ;)
 
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I would certainly look to those before going with the 13th. At least those sites offer information from many many well known mixers with a crap ton of real life DIY experience. :)

ETA: besides combing thru them sites is part of the fun, imo
You have oodles more oomph than I, my friend. I often only check ELR and AtF, and a single, comprehensive, reliable list sounds just dandy to me.
 

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I don't "get" something. So, I'll just say what I'm thinking.

Many people on here regularly post their recipes, with the flavoring % that "work" for them in that recipe. Some people ask others, when they're using a new-to-them flavoring...what % would they recommend starting with, or what % worked for them in an sft if they did one. Others will often say "oh, that would be way too high for me, I'd go with X% instead", or "I'd go higher on the (whatever flavoring)", etc. Everyone is fine with those statements, because we all know personal preferences and tastes vary greatly. There haven't been snide comments, jabs, etc. directed toward the person who originally posted the % they used that worked for them.

Vaper1960 has posted, several times, as he's ordered/gotten new flavorings...that he's doing sfts on each of them, so he'll know what % he'll use for them in his DIY recipes. So the sft % list he posted shows what has worked for him and his tastes.

"Master flavor list (with solo %) done. A lot of work but it's going to be so much easier mixing now."

"Wasn't going to post this but thought it might help someone (keep in mind these are SOLO %)."

It seemed clear, to me anyway, that the list he posted was his own findings, based on the sfts he did, and that it would make mixing, for him, much easier. Maybe it would even help some other people, too.

So, I don't understand, in this case anyway...why some of the posts about it have been made. It's honestly surprised me. :?:
I just wasn't sure whether it was a "this is what I like best" list or a "this is a consensus of what works best" list. The latter would be useful to me; the former, only if @vaper1960 and I have similar tastes, which I don't know. If it is a list of his preferences, good on him for making it and I envy his having such a useful tool.
 

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    Yeah, I looked it over, and some of the percentages seemed iffy to me, too. Oh well.
    The big thing is one list does not fit all since most of us have very different tastes. Another thing is he’s a relatively new mixer and likes higher percentages, I know I did. Coming off vendor juice more of less requires high %.
     

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    I just wasn't sure whether it was a "this is what I like best" list or a "this is a consensus of what works best" list. The latter would be useful to me; the former, only if @vaper1960 and I have similar tastes, which I don't know. If it is a list of his preferences, good on him for making it and I envy his having such a useful tool.
    I believe he said it was a list of sft %.
     

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    There was a huge TFA thread going where a recommended % list of all their flavors was regularly posted and updated. I still have a copy of it saved somewhere. Not sure where it came from but it was very helpful to me early on. It wasn't always right for me, but it was good to have somewhere to start.
    At one point, maybe shortly after Bill's Magic left I created a shareable Dropbox link for average mixing % used by each person that input theirs.
    Yes I followed the 100 drop test when all I had was TFA, and it worked with other vendor flavors because the rebottler used the same plastic bottles so the drop size would've been super close. Joel even came up with a way to test starting below 1% which was also useful.
    Now I still SFT SOME flavors. But it gets worse. Here's an example. I know with FA Cucumber the % I get a fairly light taste, the % where I get cucumber with seeds, and the % for the green skin on the outside. In a mix depending on what I taste, I'll know relatively more or less how much I should change up or down.
    I remember @Redbird11 and INW Rhubarb. Personally, I find it difficult to balance anything with it, even at a whopping .3% ymmv.
    Because I commonly ignore some postings I'll only say I do use FW Salted Caramel at 3% in some of my full mixes. :)
     

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    The big thing is one list does not fit all since most of us have very different tastes. Another thing is he’s a relatively new mixer and likes higher percentages, I know I did. Coming off vendor juice more of less requires high %.
    I know. I was just hoping for a shortcut, being a lazy bum and all.
     

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    The big thing is one list does not fit all since most of us have very different tastes. Another thing is he’s a relatively new mixer and likes higher percentages, I know I did. Coming off vendor juice more of less requires high %.
    And the kind of hardware and watts used. ;)
     

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    I know. I was just hoping for a shortcut, being a lazy bum and all.
    Don’t blame you. It’s helpful if you can find a mixer with similar tastes. I like some recipes by @uthinkofsomething. The detailed information from @ShowMeTwice is helpful also. There are others also.
     

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    Yes, but, again, I wasn't sure whether it was just what worked for him or whether it was distilled from a range of sources.
    I kinda doubt a wide range of sources use Mascarpone at 2%.
     

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    Somewhere between here and there
    There should be an asterisk beside it. *Alcohol mutes the taste buds, your taste may vary.

    Stop poking the bear.:D

    Does this mean I am a bad person for starting an entire thread about recipes ?

    Oh yes, you are bad because you started a thread that makes people buy new flavors to try the recipes there.:p

    Actually I would say quite the opposite. You have been more than generous with me and others here sharing your wonderful NET extractions. If enabling makes someone bad then we are all evil.
     

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    I kinda doubt a wide range of sources use Mascarpone at 2%.

    I mentioned one time on FB that I use it at 1% and someone couldn't believe that I used it that high.
     

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    Stop poking the bear.:D



    Oh yes, you are bad because you started a thread that makes people buy new flavors to try the recipes there.:p

    Actually I would say quite the opposite. You have been more than generous with me and others here sharing your wonderful NET extractions. If enabling makes someone bad then we are all evil.
    YES!!!!! I love Brett’s nets also.
     

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