Vanishing flavor?

[1LastShot]

I recently made some juices, and they were wonderful when I made them. Now 4 days later, I can only taste the VG in one, and the other is clearly very muted! What gives?

I am using a 100% VG base (have PG issues) with of course PG based flavorings. Total flavor load in each was between 15-20%.
To be specific, they were RY4 double and the other was a banana, strawberry, sweet cream combo. It's the RY4 that's got nothing now.

 

[thejaker]

maybe something to note is the absorption of flavors is very slow with VG compared to PG. How long did you wait after mixing to sample the eliquid? another factor might be your mixing. The VG is crazy thick from my experience doing 100% VG blends, and I have to use a vortex to get the stuff to mix correctly after nic and flavoring.

What flavorings did you use btw? lets start there haha

-Jake

 

[Uncle Willie]

sometimes, a drop of ethel malto or a drop of white vinegar or a drop of lemon juice can help perk up a flavor ..

sometimes, your taste buds go on vacation

sometimes, you need to let the alcohol evaporate from the liquid for a day or two

sometimes, it needs to just steep longer

sometimes, your delivery device is not fully doing it's job

 

[1LastShot]

My flavorings were TFA, the ones listed in my OP. I taste tested after a few rounds of shaking and water bath, then vaped them happy as a clam for 2 days (back and forth between the two because, well, they were good!). It was just upon gettin up on day 4 and dipping into my RY4D that I realized there was basically nothing there. So it WAS there, for sure, from the time I made them.

I haven't had any real problem with mixing them, especially after a hot water bath and some serious shaking.

No problem with my other flavors...I drip, same atty, even tried a new batt to be sure....*sigh*. Poop.

 

[1LastShot]

I think I may have figured it out...possibly- wanted to update in case someone was curious. Thought some more about what you guys said, combined. I realized the one thing that I DID do just before my flavor "vanished". I got some sweet gingerbread e liquid from a vendor, and had vaped it some before bed. All I can figure is that the flavor was still in my atty and was somehow "canceling out" my homemade juices. My atty was washed out, and now all is well with my flavors! Interesting, and maybe not the reason, but quite a coincidence I'd say. Thanks for the help Uncle Willie and The Jaker

 

[thejaker]

Glad to hear things are working as they should now! Sometimes it's the simplest of things

 

[unloaded]

I read about using apple cider vinegar as a stabilizer in tobacco juices. I noticed juices with my extractions losing flavor so started using the ACV 1drop/5ml. Don't know if its placebo effect but the disappearing flavor act is no longer a problem.

 

[Blackbeard]

TFA Double RY4 seems to have that vanishing characteristic for me as well. I very seldom switch flavors. DRY4 will taste caramelic for me some days, and others will give me some other mild flavor, but never vanilla. Regardless of which hint of flavor I get, I like what I'm tasting. But then, there's those days where flavor is gone only to reappear the next day. Same bottle and device. The only variant I can be sure of is the battery condition. When it's fully charged (I use a non-VV), I usually get flavor, usually the caramel. On the bad days, battery doesn't matter, it's just a tasteless vape.

One other factor I'm aware of... and I'm discounting this one.... is a severe head cold mutes pretty much everything....vaping, taste of whatever I'm eating, overflowing septic systems, you name it.