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eliquid lasts over a year if stored in halfway decent conditions (generally cool, dark, place).
Steeping for up month or so can be necessary for some mixes, though most are fine much sooner.
Steeping = just letting the eliquid sit there, allow the different compounds to mix by themselves. An occasional shake can help.
Evaporating = something you do if an eliquid has a significant alcohol/perfumey smell/taste. For evaporating you leave the bottle uncapped, including popping off the dropper top (most come off if you push sideways on the tip). Let the bottle sit overnight like this, or for a shorter time have a small fan blowing over the top (to help speed it up).
Steeping for up month or so can be necessary for some mixes, though most are fine much sooner.
Steeping = just letting the eliquid sit there, allow the different compounds to mix by themselves. An occasional shake can help.
Evaporating = something you do if an eliquid has a significant alcohol/perfumey smell/taste. For evaporating you leave the bottle uncapped, including popping off the dropper top (most come off if you push sideways on the tip). Let the bottle sit overnight like this, or for a shorter time have a small fan blowing over the top (to help speed it up).
No, certainly not a dumb question. It's actually 2 different questions 
Juice can go bad. I've read a year, I've read 2 years. But somewhere in that time frame ingredients degrade, things taste or smell off, stuff starts to grow. So juice can definitely go bad.
Steeping will be done well before you reach that time frame. Some juices are better after a steep, others don't really require it. More importantly: I might like a juice after it steeps a week while you might only find it vapable after steeping it a month. While not the easiest thing in the world, I would recommend tasting and taking notes every week when you have a juice steeping. Once you find out you like a juice after, say, a 3 week steep it becomes a lot easier to order and have some steeping so it's always ready at its prime when you want/need it.
Juice can go bad. I've read a year, I've read 2 years. But somewhere in that time frame ingredients degrade, things taste or smell off, stuff starts to grow. So juice can definitely go bad.
Steeping will be done well before you reach that time frame. Some juices are better after a steep, others don't really require it. More importantly: I might like a juice after it steeps a week while you might only find it vapable after steeping it a month. While not the easiest thing in the world, I would recommend tasting and taking notes every week when you have a juice steeping. Once you find out you like a juice after, say, a 3 week steep it becomes a lot easier to order and have some steeping so it's always ready at its prime when you want/need it.
i'd never heard of this steeping stuff before now. does it go with any particular sort of juice? (clear vs. darker?)
I had a friend say he steeped his like tea. I don't know how to steep tea but it involved hot water and the bottle.
Caps off for a day or 2 then throw them in a drawer shaking once per day. try them out after a week and if you like it..Vape away. If not rinse & repeat until you do
The hot water bit can help, but I'd generally avoid it, since at least the eliquids I DIY are mainly done with organic flavorings, things that I only want to heat right when I vape them. I have read a few interesting threads on people using ultrasonic cleaners (for jewelry) to speed steeping, which makes sense to me though I haven't bothered trying it.
Which mixes need it varies a bit. A basic tobacco, with a little other flavoring, I'll vape right away. My caramel cappuccino I give 4 days to a week. A three flavor mix I do with organic flavorings I give a minimum of two weeks, and the flavor does continue to evolve out to about a month.
If you're buying bulk China-made eliquids, they'll already be as steeped as it gets by the time you receive them. Steeping comes into play when you're buying boutique (smaller) shop stuff, from places that do make to order or small lots, for example a backwoodsbrew or kickbassvapor. In those cases just ask in the vendor forums/threads -- people are pretty good about sharing information on which mixes need some time.
Which mixes need it varies a bit. A basic tobacco, with a little other flavoring, I'll vape right away. My caramel cappuccino I give 4 days to a week. A three flavor mix I do with organic flavorings I give a minimum of two weeks, and the flavor does continue to evolve out to about a month.
If you're buying bulk China-made eliquids, they'll already be as steeped as it gets by the time you receive them. Steeping comes into play when you're buying boutique (smaller) shop stuff, from places that do make to order or small lots, for example a backwoodsbrew or kickbassvapor. In those cases just ask in the vendor forums/threads -- people are pretty good about sharing information on which mixes need some time.
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