I asked my pharmacist and he sold them to me for $.23 a piece. Just a suggestion that worked for me. 
Syringe life expectancy?
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I asked my pharmacist and he sold them to me for $.23 a piece. Just a suggestion that worked for me.
Slow Rabbit, Trix are for kids! I had placed the second order about 30 seconds before you responded...I will know for next time though, thanks!
Not a stupid question. I use oral dosing syringes for my PG, VG, and Nic. These dosing syringes come with a stepped wedge stopper that fits in the bottle and on the end of the syringes. (Which is much larger diameter than luer anything so it is great for VG and quick measurements of PG.) I have a stopper on each bottle and a syringe in each stopper.
I bought a bag of 100 1ml syringes when I started more than 4 years ago. They are marked every 0.02ml and a slip luer tips. They are thin enough to fit inside nearly every bottle known to man so I don't need any needles. I use a syringe for each flavoring. I still have over 3/4 of the original bag because popping them apart and throwing the parts in a glass of water keeps the flavorings from doing much damage to the rubber or the PG from erasing the markings.
I'm completely baffled why folks want to use needles, but plenty of them seem to want to. Bought a bunch when I started because of so many posts on here talked about needing them. I discovered I didn't need them and they were a bother to use. My flavoring syringe will go right into a 3ml drip tip bottle once the drip tip is knocked off. That's the smallest opening I've ever seen on a flavoring bottle, so I don't know what use the needle is.
Mix the way you want. You can make it as simple or as complicated as you like. Low level of equipment or a high level. I like mine method.
You can clear coat them, you have to be a bit careful of what you use, as some things flake off into your mixes 
I just use tape as i always have some...would be interested to know what else works though.
I just use tape as i always have some...would be interested to know what else works though.
The problem I've found with some is the markings fade off pretty quick, use those to fill the attys
.....Until the graduations wear off. I have had great success with covering the markings with clear nail polish for durability. Works for me!
The plunger should not stick, I never had that happen in many years od using them for various work. I keep them until my measurement text starts to fade. It fades fast with PG because of the alcohols that are in it.
You can clear coat them, you have to be a bit careful of what you use, as some things flake off into your mixes
I etch my 5 and 10ml lines cant go wrong there...
I use 3-4 coats of clear nail polish and this has worked great for me! No wearing off of markings and you can always add more coats as time goes on.
I have a bunch of cheap syringes, and on those if I put nail polish on it smears the print! (Excel syringes, I think)
yup me to.. i did that. didnt even use the dang thing once. swiped it on and it was gone lol. I used the scotch tape method on everything else after that
The first coat I put on very loosely and thickly so as not to rub the markings, this helps prevent the smearing. It takes longer to dry but it is what it is. After it dries I put the other coats on a bit thinner since I don't have the smearing to worry about.
Some brands of clear nail polish will flake off plastic syringes when in use -- hard to see and can drop into juice being mixing. I believe this happens because some polishes dry hard/rigid while plastic syringes actually bulge slightly as the plunger moves in and out. Might want to test polish over several uses. I switched to scotch tape after this. And finally packaging tape (which is more durable); works for me.
Minwax wipe on polyurethane works well for me. More flexible than nail polish and wont crack or peel @ 4 months and going strong. I also have glass syringes that the ink won't rub off. $$$ though on e-bay, I got some 1ml ones at a garage sale, of all places to find them, for 5 for 50 cents total.
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