I have searched for the answer to this, but have not found it. I have found tons of TFA only recipes, I have tried those, and all have this funny taste. I just recently purchased 20 to 25 flavors from WL, all TFA. I used a hodgepodge of flavors before from CAP, FW, TFA, LA...but I have never noticed this before. Sorry for the long post, but this is where I am at and what I have tried:
Now, I use TFA only for about 99% of my blends. I have some old CAP, LA, and I think 1 other flavor company other than TFA, but most of my blends are TFA only. I have made a test batch of each flavor at 10% flavor in an 80/20 VG/PG blend with 0 nic. I had a vape party where several of us got together and tasted all of the single flavors in our RDA's. We took notes as to which tasted good by themselves, which tasted like the name of the flavor, and which were just NOPE! I made a peanut butter cheesecake that was pretty tasty, but eventually began to have this strange chemical taste. Everyone who has tried any of my blends say the same thing (one exception, see below). I have all new PG, VG, and nic. Nothing over 2 months old. Always stored in a cool dark place. Lid off only in use, as soon as I'm finished with each juice, the lid is back on before I go to the next.
Some things I have tried are: more PG, which helped bring the flavor up. More VG with no added PG except what is in the flavors, took a lot more flavor to get the taste up there obviously. Made a few 0 nic blends at 50/50, at 60/40, and 70/30 all VG/PG respectively. All of these still have the chemical taste. I have tried bake and vape, hot water steeping, 1-3 week steeping, and none of this gets rid of the chemical taste.
There is only 3 things that seems to get rid of the chemical taste, and I know this sounds weird, is to make single flavor only blends or some of the fruity blends work better when I add honeydew melon.
I started this post separate because I am not looking for a recipe, but rather trying to see if anyone else is experiencing the same strange chemical taste. It seems to me that when I mix more than 2 or 3 flavors is when the chemical taste is the worst.
Oh, the 3 thing that gets rid of the chemical taste, which is VERY strange, is this: Most of us use RDTA's or RDA's and that is when the chemical taste is the worst. When I use a tank such as the TFV8 with a stock coil, I, nor anyone else that uses any tank with a stock coil, cannot taste the chemical taste. It is as if the cotton being on the outside of the coil such as in the case of the stock coil tank versus the cotton being on the inside of the coil, is the issue. Almost as if the stock coil is "filtering" the ejuice. I vape them both basically the same wattage settings: higher PG= lower wattage (30 to 60), higher VG= higher wattage (80 to 150+). I have tried to crank the higher PG, but we all know what happens...gurgle and massive spit back!
BTW...my usual blend is: 80/20 VG/PG, 5 nic, 4 to 5 flavors @ 24% to 28% flavor. When I drop to a 60/40 VG/PG blend or lower, I can get away with a 20% flavor using the same recipe as the 80/20 recipe.
I mix using e-liquid Calculator. I start with VG, then PG, then flavors go in from highest amount to lowest amount, then the nic. I use separate syringes for each liquid going into the batch. I use a dremel tool with a blender bit to mix the batch. This works awesome as I only have to blend for about 30 seconds versus the shake method. I only use this dremel tool for my DIY ejuice. I have mixed up several batches without the dremel tool as well thinking there is too much air being blended into the batch. I switched to the dremel tool because I was having several batches of ejuice separate after it sat for a day or so no matter how much I shook it. Since the dremel tool, I have not had a single batch separate.
Other than going to all CAP flavors (which I have tried and could not make a bad batch of flavor using...trust me, I tried!), I am stumped. Thanks for any advice!
Now, I use TFA only for about 99% of my blends. I have some old CAP, LA, and I think 1 other flavor company other than TFA, but most of my blends are TFA only. I have made a test batch of each flavor at 10% flavor in an 80/20 VG/PG blend with 0 nic. I had a vape party where several of us got together and tasted all of the single flavors in our RDA's. We took notes as to which tasted good by themselves, which tasted like the name of the flavor, and which were just NOPE! I made a peanut butter cheesecake that was pretty tasty, but eventually began to have this strange chemical taste. Everyone who has tried any of my blends say the same thing (one exception, see below). I have all new PG, VG, and nic. Nothing over 2 months old. Always stored in a cool dark place. Lid off only in use, as soon as I'm finished with each juice, the lid is back on before I go to the next.
Some things I have tried are: more PG, which helped bring the flavor up. More VG with no added PG except what is in the flavors, took a lot more flavor to get the taste up there obviously. Made a few 0 nic blends at 50/50, at 60/40, and 70/30 all VG/PG respectively. All of these still have the chemical taste. I have tried bake and vape, hot water steeping, 1-3 week steeping, and none of this gets rid of the chemical taste.
There is only 3 things that seems to get rid of the chemical taste, and I know this sounds weird, is to make single flavor only blends or some of the fruity blends work better when I add honeydew melon.
I started this post separate because I am not looking for a recipe, but rather trying to see if anyone else is experiencing the same strange chemical taste. It seems to me that when I mix more than 2 or 3 flavors is when the chemical taste is the worst.
Oh, the 3 thing that gets rid of the chemical taste, which is VERY strange, is this: Most of us use RDTA's or RDA's and that is when the chemical taste is the worst. When I use a tank such as the TFV8 with a stock coil, I, nor anyone else that uses any tank with a stock coil, cannot taste the chemical taste. It is as if the cotton being on the outside of the coil such as in the case of the stock coil tank versus the cotton being on the inside of the coil, is the issue. Almost as if the stock coil is "filtering" the ejuice. I vape them both basically the same wattage settings: higher PG= lower wattage (30 to 60), higher VG= higher wattage (80 to 150+). I have tried to crank the higher PG, but we all know what happens...gurgle and massive spit back!
BTW...my usual blend is: 80/20 VG/PG, 5 nic, 4 to 5 flavors @ 24% to 28% flavor. When I drop to a 60/40 VG/PG blend or lower, I can get away with a 20% flavor using the same recipe as the 80/20 recipe.
I mix using e-liquid Calculator. I start with VG, then PG, then flavors go in from highest amount to lowest amount, then the nic. I use separate syringes for each liquid going into the batch. I use a dremel tool with a blender bit to mix the batch. This works awesome as I only have to blend for about 30 seconds versus the shake method. I only use this dremel tool for my DIY ejuice. I have mixed up several batches without the dremel tool as well thinking there is too much air being blended into the batch. I switched to the dremel tool because I was having several batches of ejuice separate after it sat for a day or so no matter how much I shook it. Since the dremel tool, I have not had a single batch separate.
Other than going to all CAP flavors (which I have tried and could not make a bad batch of flavor using...trust me, I tried!), I am stumped. Thanks for any advice!
