Only for Unflavored NIC
juice. No need to do this with plain PG or VG.
And what i have read,, never store flavors or flavored
juice in the fridge or freezer.
The consensus that I have come up with is,,,
Just as an aside, I am still not sure which bottles are better Cobalt or Amber.
You will want the least amount of air possible in the bottles, NIC base does not expand or freeze solid. You can leave a bit of room at the top, just not a lot.
Store in smaller bottles, I have most of mine in 125ml Cobalt bottles with PolySeal lids, then food save them and mark the bags with date and Lot# and 100mg NIC VG or PG, then stored in outside freezer. When I am ready to break into one, I will split them into 30ml or 15ml Amber bottles with PolySeal lids, and do the same as above. then keep one bottle in the house freezer and take about 10ml's out into a 10ml squeeze bottle as needed.
Reason....
You want the least amount of exposure to air and light as possible, it sounds like I am not really accomplishing that,
but should be fine, I did it this way to conserve some space at this time. I have roughly 2000ml's of 100mg VG NIC.
Why I put them in a food saver bag is,, if one breaks, it doesn't get all over everything.
And to protect the caps from ice forming and weakening the seal.
If you are not tight on space, i would recommend breaking them down to the 30ml or even 15ml bottles and then do what I did above
and put about 4 bottles per food saver bag. Remember, you want the least amount of air in a long term stored bottle as possible.
The freezer should help prolong the life of your juice, outside a freezer it will turn dark and go bad in about 1 to 2 years, or sooner???
Better safe than sorry I say.
Reports have been noted on some threads that juice taken out 3 or 4 years later was still perfect as the day they put it in.
I am not 100% sure that is the case, but you can search for this info.....
Here is one thread I found, there are others, just can't find them right now.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/423063-freezing-60mg-pg-nicotine.html
You will generally only need an amount equal to the strength you vape, so, 18mg = 1.8ml per 10ml
Depending on how much you vape a day or week will determine how much you need to make at one time and store the rest.
Hope this helps.
once you take one out of the freezer,, you can wram it in your hands by handleing it for a bit and and once warmed a bit, you can run under warmer then hot water for a short time. you don't want to break the bottle by shocking it with hot water.
This is a good place for bottles and caps....
http://www.wholesalevials.com/servlet/the-153/18-dsh-400-Poly-Seal-caps/Detail
But I think they are actually this place,,, TrueEssence.com, I ordered those lids for some 15ml bottles i got that did not have PolySeal caps. and they actually were billed to TrueEssence.com,, but I did get them, so I think its legit. And good prices.
But go through wholesalevials,, they have the free shipping.
One last thing,, sterilize your bottles before you store your juice...
Bring water to a rolling boil,, I actually use Distilled water for this, wash your bottles in the sink with soap and hot water and rinse really well, then use tongs and dunk them several times in boiling water, and set aside to dry a bit.
I then use Everclear, or anything over 100 Proof and use a syringe to squirt some in and shake really well and dump, then set aside and let them dry for a couple of hours. Do the same with the polySeal lids,, I take the inserts out also. Then you should be good to go from there.
If working with 100mg NIC juice. Always Always wear gloves, and a plate or something so you don't get it on the counter. You will spill some.
Believe it or not, it's not bad... not bad at all. Needs steeping though. And some tweaking. This is fun.
