the math has stumped me. % mix of two flavors

[captainbrianbeard]

I tried a few calculators and none have helped me with what im trying to do. So i have about 20ml of Mountain Dew (mixed at 10% flavor) and about 4-5ml of Cherry (mixed at 5% flavor). And i want to mix them together to get a 8% Dew 2% Cherry liquid. This cherry is real strong i dont want to overpower the dew. Dont know why, but i cant figure out this math lol. can someone help me out? I'd like to throw this is my vivi nova when i get home. thanks!

 

[tc1]

For 2ml of juice: 1.6ml of Dew ... 0.4ml of Cherry (that's 8% of your Dew blend and 2% of your cherry blend)

Unless your talking about total flavor percentage ... in which case the math is much harder to quantify.

 

[sidetrack]

ejuice me up calculator will allow you to add in percentages. if you were making a 10 ml batch at 10% flavor that would be .8 ml of the mountain dew and .2 ml of the cherry, if i understand your question correctly.

 

[captainbrianbeard]

thanks for the quick reply. does that take into account the two juices are mixed at different percentages? Im ok with mixing them into a bottle. the nic, pg, vg %'s are all the same in each liquid but there is twice as much mtn dew flavor as cherry flavor. (10% flavor mixed in mtn dew liquid, and only 5% flavor mixed into cherry liquid) This would throw off the mixing percentages right? or am i over thinking it? lets aim for a 10ml final bottle. 8ml of dew would be 8% flavor, 2ml of cherry would not me 2% flavor in the final mix, it would be 1% of the final flavor percentage? I may not be able to get it perfect by mixing these two already made juices together but if i can it would give me a better idea of what it tastes like before i make a large batch

 

[sidetrack]

You came up with the 8% and 2% because you tasted the cherry and you felt you needed 3 parts of mt dew to every 1 part of cherry, correct? . Just as if you were mixing non premixed flavors some are stronger than the other so you use less.
My advise would be to mix a 2 or 3 ml test batch.

 

[GrannyM]

If you like 80% of your Mountain Dew mix with 20% of your Cherry mix, then to replicate the flavor amounts from scratch just multiply.

Mountain Dew - 80% of 10% = 8%
Cherry - 20% of 5% = 1%

So your new formula would be 8% Mountain Dew flavor and 1% Cherry flavor.

 

[captainbrianbeard]

You came up with the 8% and 2% because you tasted the cherry and you felt you needed 3 parts of mt dew to every 1 part of cherry, correct? . Just as if you were mixing non premixed flavors some are stronger than the other so you use less.
My advise would be to mix a 2 or 3 ml test batch.

exactly. the cherry is strong by itself. I got the same results Granny. I may just try this in my vivi nova first. 8% and 1%. Hope it tastes like Code Red!