I live in Buffalo, NY so it obviously gets cold up here during the winter months. I prefer to keep my steeping bottles in the garage because we have 3 dogs and 2 cats and I don't want them knocked over. My question, is it too cold out there to be effective or does that not matter? My garage is not heated nor is it insulated so the temp in there stays around 40 degrees, give or take. It never gets below freezing in there though.
Steeping in the garage...too cold??
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I would say that it needs to be warmer. VG will thicken and being cold I don't see how the different ingredients can meld together.
Damn, I hate getting conflicting answers. I guess I will just try it and see what happens. Otherwise, its going to be tough finding a place in the house that I would feel comfortable leaving bottles of juice open.
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I think 40 is too cold to steep juice. I give mine a warm water bath to speed steep (120F or less).
I forgot to add if your juice gets down to 40, make sure to bring it back up to room temperature before vaping or the flavor will be muted.
Here's a thread I found on steeping - a post on the 1st page (womanofheart) and 2nd page (vapenstein) that you might find interesting: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-liquid-discussion/142675-steeping.html
Here's a thread I found on steeping - a post on the 1st page (womanofheart) and 2nd page (vapenstein) that you might find interesting: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-liquid-discussion/142675-steeping.html
I just throw my juice in a cabinet of my desk hutch to steep. It's zero out right now, so I think a garage would be too cold.
As I understand it, the only point in leaving bottles open is to let any alcohol or perfumy flavor evaporate off. I don't think they need to be left open for very long to accomplish that, maybe day.
I couldn't agree more. I would only leave a bottle open to evaporate off a strong alcohol or perfumy smell and then just generally overnight.
I think of steeping as being with the bottles closed to let the flavors blend together.
Heck, I live in Arizona and as dry as it is here, if I left bottles open for a week, I think I'd come back to empty bottles lol
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Steve
I prefer to heat them in a heating pad on low, then take the caps off to let anything that needs to escape. I just keep them in the cabinet above the fridge because I am the only one tall enough to reach them there. There are as many ways to make juice steep faster as there are people. You may find some good info in the following link.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/seanchai/5416-what-steeping-how-do-i-do.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/seanchai/5416-what-steeping-how-do-i-do.html
I agree a warmer place is better. Coldness thickens liquids. Flavor molecules take longer to move through thicker liquid.
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