How safe is inhaling saline? I will search certainly, but sometimes I get such a variety of answers, guess there hasn't been any verifiable studies done for vaping. I don't want to add alcohol, but then some of the flavors I got are mixed with it.
My first juice was bleh, just a simple 83% VG, 17% water, 5% flavor (vanilla ice cream). It got late so today I will add more flavor and check, but that thing about letting it steep -- I want juice now ya know. I did order the suggested enhancers (TFA's Ethyl Maltol, Acetyl Pyrazine, Smooth Flavor Concentrate), was hoping to keep things somewhat simple tho. Will also be trying different cartos coming in any day now. Gosh the combos are unlimited with juice ratios and coil ohms etc.
Thanks for the responses so far, good starting points. This new hobby of mine is out of control.
Well, since sterile saline solution has been the base liquid (to which all medicines are added) for
virtually all nebulizer treatments (for lungs/bronchials, etc) - and for simple hydration of mouth, sinuses, bronchials... I'd say it's pretty-durn safe!
5% of 'what brand' of 'vanilla ice cream'? 5% might not be enough for some - with others, it might be too much. (And 'too much' can actually cause lessening/alteration of flavor). Be sure to read Hoosier's blogs (if you haven't already).
Additives:
EM - While most refer to EM as a sweetener, always rememember it mutes & smooths flavors. Many DIYers know that if they add it, they have to increase flavor.
TFA's "Smooth" (and FA's Vape Wizard & Magic Mask). We won't use them - ever. These are not "flavors"! They have substances that chemically force/change the actions of our taste buds/receptors (temporarily). So adding them to a bottle of juice means our taste-receptors are chemically altered into different actions every time we inhale juice from that bottle (hundreds? thousands? per bottle). While the chemical substances that do this in various ways are approved by 'the authorities' for ingestion, no one has any idea what they'll do when inhaled directly into the bloodstream (without first being broken down by the digestive fluids/enzymes & liver). Chemicals that alter the actions of one part of our body going into systemic circulation with our blood cells (throughout our organs & brain), are going to temporarily alter them all how exactly? Oh that's right, no one has any clue. There's no reason we can't make satisfying juices without altering our taste buds to do it! (really, how dumb do they think we are?)
Yeah, the combos ARE unlimited with the various flavors & vape-gizmos. We learned early on to stick to just one type of tank/coil for daily vaping (and to make sure our 'testing atty's' delivered a similar flavor to those). We rebuild our own heads/coils for eVods (previously) and now Glassomizers. And when adding two coils to the eVod heads to change resistance, the flavors of almost all our juices changed substantially (the creams became WAY more prevalent).
(we've tried 25% and 30% dilutions and they seem to lessen the amount of vapor).
