11-15-2011, 12:08 PM#169
Kurt
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Originally Posted by markfm
Is nic inherently kind of like a vinegar and oil scenario (or a can of house paint), where you have to keep mixing/shaking at each point in the process to get it distributed?
Don't the tier 1 suppliers all have to start with pretty pure nicotine, somewhere up around 997 mg/ml, which then gets mixed with PG and/or VG? (and even if they buy at a lower level, say 500 mg/ml, that means they actually aren't tier 1, since they are relying on the group they bought from having done that initial cut properly). If they haven't used the equivalent of a paint shaker, for a decent period of time, will there be voids of lower mg, and hot spots of higher mg?
I'm trying to understand if there is anything about supplier A vs. supplier B, if somehow there is "better" nic that stays dissolved uniformly better, or if it is a case of all suppliers, end of the day, need to be making sure they are thoroughly shaking/mixing their nic, all the time, prior to use. If someone makes up a gallon of 100mg/ml, and it is tested as 100, if it sits on the shelf for any length of time doesn't it have to be remixed/shaken in order to know that the 120ml decanted from it is really 100 mg/ml?
I don't think so. Once in solution, it shouldn't start to separate back out. The initial mixing, however, does need to be complete, and hot spots can occur, especially in very thick VG juices. Diffusion of nic is slower in VG, and I could imagine a gallon of 100 mg/mL total nic content still not mixed completely, with hot portions coming out for sale. But it is not like vinegar and oil. More like honey and milk. Takes a bit to mix fully, but once in, it stays in.