Super Easy DIY Method

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DancingHeretik

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This is actually pretty close to what I do. I mix up my base liquid (PG, VG, and nic) ahead of time and keep in a big bottle. Then, whenever I want to mix something up, all I have to do is put some of my pre-mixed base into a smaller bottle and add flavoring.

It's cheaper and more adaptable. And, to me, it's just as easy to do.
 

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<snip> Any flavors that you stay away from?

Cherry. Stay far, far away from cherry. Cherry is evil.

Sounds good, doesn't it? I love cherry. I have long been a jolly rancher cherry candy addict.

I have NEVER found a cherry flavor that, once mixed to vape, (or a pre made cherry from any vendor) doesn't taste exactly like Robitussin.

Still looking.

Also, "cream" from anywhere I've tried it tastes like baby formula that sat in the baby bottle in the sun in the middle of the Sahara for a couple weeks. (But "Bavarian cream" is nom nom nom :))

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No problem at all. Like I said my fav flavor company is FA - my "all-day vape" is hypnotic mist and I buy oba oba, royal tobacco, menthol arctic and watermelon (mixed w/ menthol ice is awesome btw) regularly plus I usually try 3 or 4 other flavors - on the way to me now for ex. is cookie, whipped cream, cocoa and magic mask. Think I've tried about half of all FA flavors at this point and honestly you can't go wrong w/ any of em.

FA cookie is great with coconut. :)
 

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Cherry. Stay far, far away from cherry. Cherry is evil.

Sounds good, doesn't it? I love cherry. I have long been a jolly rancher cherry candy addict.

I have NEVER found a cherry flavor that, once mixed to vape, (or a pre made cherry from any vendor) doesn't taste exactly like Robitussin.



Still looking.

Also, "cream" from anywhere I've tried it tastes like baby formula that sat in the baby bottle in the sun in the middle of the Sahara for a couple weeks. (But "Bavarian cream" is nom nom nom :))

JMHO
YMMV

Have you tried Flavor West Wild Cherry? Hubby is crazy about it!
 

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Cherry. Stay far, far away from cherry. Cherry is evil.

Sounds good, doesn't it? I love cherry. I have long been a jolly rancher cherry candy addict.

I have NEVER found a cherry flavor that, once mixed to vape, (or a pre made cherry from any vendor) doesn't taste exactly like Robitussin.

Still looking.

Also, "cream" from anywhere I've tried it tastes like baby formula that sat in the baby bottle in the sun in the middle of the Sahara for a couple weeks. (But "Bavarian cream" is nom nom nom :))

JMHO
YMMV

try Bluemists DIY cherry flavoring its actually very good! and there cherry limeade is freaking amazing!(dont forget to use a little sweetener and a few drops of sweet tarts if you want a jolly rancher flavor)
ive tried other cherrys and like you i couldn't stand them!
 

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try Bluemists DIY cherry flavoring its actually very good! and there cherry limeade is freaking amazing!(dont forget to use a little sweetener and a few drops of sweet tarts if you want a jolly rancher flavor)
ive tried other cherrys and like you i couldn't stand them!

I did not like the "cherry vanilla swirl" (alone. It makes a great mixer, tho, at about 1/2 % when I want just a tiny hint. Great with about 15% white chocolate:vapor:)
I'm actually looking for one that tastes just like a maraschino straight out of the jar.
 

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Super Easy DIY Method

A bunch of ppl have followed the directions for this in my Newbies thread and told me they love it as much as I do now so I figured I'd post a new thread and explain it a little better and maybe update some of the links.

So this is the absolute simplest, easiest way to get started w/ DIY juice, it's super cheap (about 20 cents a day to vape as much as you want) and could not be easier. You only need 3 things to do this - nicotine base, flavor and an empty bottle. That's it.

Basically, instead of buying condensed nicotine and diluting it w/ PG or VG , calculating the measurements, etc all you have to do is buy pre-made nic base at the same mg you normally vape and add flavor. For example, I vape 12mg so I buy a 215ml bottle of this - http://www.ecigexpress.com/nicotine...flavored-e-liquid-nicotine-select-size-p-1479

Here's the link for all strengths - http://www.ecigexpress.com/nicotine-bases-1mg-24mg-bases-c-43_49_100
Lots of other sites have this kind of base btw - RTS, Wizard Labs, etc - but I like ecx cuz it's cheap, clear/clean and I can get the flavors and bottles at the same time.

Once you have your base all you need to do is add condensed flavor - http://www.ecigexpress.com/diy-flavoring-c-16
My favorite company is Flavour Art from Italy btw, they have the best flavors imo - I have yet to get one I didn't like enough to finish the bottle. They tell you it's super condensed stuff which it is but don't go thinking 1 drop will taint an entire 30ml bottle of base. Personally I like to start w/ a little 5ml bottle of base and add 5 drops, take a whiff and add more till it smells good, drip a drop into my 306 and go from there. If I like it I just multiply the # of drops I added to make a bigger bottle. So for ex if 8 drops is perfect into 5ml, a 30ml bottle = 48 drops. Here's a good juice calculator if you wanna get all technical about it, imo it's more fun just to wing it like cooking - essentially just add to taste - http://www.ecigexpress.com/ejuice-calculator.php

You can also buy empty bottles from ecx - http://www.ecigexpress.com/diy-supplies-empty-bottles-c-43_44
My advice is get at least 10 of various sizes, you'll need em...personally I like the 30ml size plastic ones and I have a couple 60ml and a few 30ml blue glass ones for my favs. You can get a syringe from there too btw, I bought one but never use it cuz nic base it very thick and takes forever to fill up a syringe so I tend to mix 30ml size bottles by just dumping the stuff straight into the bottle and adding/measuring flavor by dripping directly from the bottle (FA flavors all have dropper tops).

btw I vape 50/50 but if you like 70/30 for ex obviously you'd just buy 120ml of PG and 120ml of VG and figure out the percentage to ml conversion and then use a syringe to measure

That's it, easiest thing in the world and not only will it save you at least $40 a week over buying from a vendor but it'll be some of the best juice you've had cuz you can tweak it to your taste plus you know when you order something like oba oba you're getting the original Flavour Art flavor and not some cheap knockoff (also, making crazy concoctions is way too much fun and can produce some really good stuff - my fav is hypnotic mist, oba oba and royal tobacco - it's like fruity, vanilla-tinted tobacco w/ exotic undertones...love it).

Also, I'll just add my take on steeping - If a juice you mix is terrible most likely it will improve w/ time but chances are it'll never be really good. Steeping serves to enhance and blend flavors so a freshly mixed juice that's pretty good can become amazing w/ just a couple weeks of steeping but a bad juice will only ever get marginally better, at least that's my experience anyway. If you don't know what steeping is - Steeping E-juice explained

Hope that was all easily understandable, the vendors will hate me for this but I hate them for taking all my $ for the first 2 months so I guess we're even...

Enjoy, get your juice on, happy vaping, etc. :D
Thank you so much for this information! I have always been curious about DIY but after looking through some of the threads my head would be spinning. I kept saying I am not advanced enough for this. But your method seems really very easy. I'm definitely going to try this next month when I have some extra cash.

thanks again!:toast:
 

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