Weird dots in mix, VG+Flavor.

[aalmosawi]

I am trying my best to make my own ejuice and its not easy in Baghdad. ordering stuff is lengthy and frustrating. I was lucky to find the VG and the flavoring thats concentrate.

Now. This is rather odd. I am trying to mix just VG and Flavoring.
I believe that my flavors have enough PG to do the job.
Furthermore, i have no need for nicotine and honestly i prefer to pass on PG as i believe it gives me a throat scratch.

I have mixed two flavors for 10mil output.

1mil strawberry
1mil banana
8mil VG

Thats it.

The content is now in a small bottle BUT i noticed that the mix now has some weird dots in it. its like a sand dot in my mix?
I have some pics. its just not transparent?

is it my flavors?
Should i go on and just ignore it and vape along?

furthermore, do i have to wait? i'd like to test this out. can i do so on a new triton2 coil?

please advise.

 

[Burn_notice_fan_NY]

What are the ingredients of the flavoring? What brand flavoring? If it contains oil, I definitely would not vape it. Not all flavorings are suitable for vaping. If it's not, it may just be air bubbles trapped in suspension.

 

[aalmosawi]

What are the ingredients of the flavoring? What brand flavoring? If it contains oil, I definitely would not vape it. Not all flavorings are suitable for vaping. If it's not, it may just be air bubbles trapped in suspension.

This is one of those things where the herbalist has like a huge bottle that just gives you the amount you want. So i am not sure. I guess i'd have to go back and read the label?
There are no air bubbles in my mix. none visible at all. i just see dots as if sandy dots.

i have another flavoring which is labeled and on the label it says:

Ingredients: Monopropylene Glycol E1520, Water, Nature Identical & Artificial Orange Flavor.

Can i use that instead of the Herbalist flavor?

 

[herb]

When VG/PG is shook it always has millions of those tiny bubbles , completely normal . Don't know about the herbalist flavor though .

You can vape with the tiny bubbles , i do all the time .

 

[aalmosawi]

When VG/PG is shook it always has millions of those tiny bubbles , completely normal . Don't know about the herbalist flavor though .

You can vape with the tiny bubbles , i do all the time .

The herbalist flavors are in those big bottles that are like, closed and everthing, but they're kinda not clean bottles. they give people the mixes the want mind you and people are ok with it.

I am gonna opt for the ones pictured below. I dropped in them water and they mix. they dont want leave oil residue.

 

[herb]

The herbalist flavors are in those big bottles that are like, closed and everthing, but they're kinda not clean bottles. they give people the mixes the want mind you and people are ok with it.

I am gonna opt for the ones pictured below. I dropped in them water and they mix. they dont want leave oil residue.

Hey , you got to work with what you have , hopefully it works well enough .

 

[crxess]

I'd be concerned with the purity of the flavorings and whether any contain oils. Most Orange is oil based.
Glucose syrup?

You should try and find Pure Baking flavors with No Coloring added.
Web search a bit and look for suppliers.
Don't take unnecessary risk.

 

[Ryedan]

The herbalist flavors are in those big bottles that are like, closed and everthing, but they're kinda not clean bottles. they give people the mixes the want mind you and people are ok with it.

I am gonna opt for the ones pictured below. I dropped in them water and they mix. they dont want leave oil residue.

I agree with crxess, the orange flavoring very likely has oil in it. Some oils are reasonably safe to vape, but most of us stay away from the added risk.

It is really unsafe to vape anything that you are not sure is safe to vape. I would take this slow and make sure I had the right stuff. I buy some of my flavorings from a food flavoring company here in Canada. They carry LorrAnn flavorings which a lot of people vape so I can find good data on their safety. I wouldn't buy anything from a supplier that was not in the vape business unless I could do that.

Stay safe and best of luck with it!

 

[Bunnykiller]

maybe it is sand... isnt there quite a bit of it there where you live?

 

[aalmosawi]

ok. left it for two days. came back and its clear. i guess it was the bubbles. LOL
tried to vape it in a sub-ohm tank. omg it tasted like dried cardboard. absolutely awful!
i mixed strawberry and banana at 1mil each for a total of 2mil for the flavors and 8mil of VG. thats it. nothing more. it was awful!

if i cant get a good mix going thats somewhat good i am afraid i maybe screwed. in baghdad, the crap they bring here is generic chinese 10mil bottles for like $3 and has no dates of expiration or whatever. horrendous.

 

[USACelt]

@aalmosawi good to see the bubbles went away, you say it is awful. when I have a doubt about a flavor I do one of two things, dip a blunt needle in to the flavor and then taste it or get some coolwhip and put a small amount in the whip and stir-then taste the suspect flavor.

 

[aalmosawi]

@aalmosawi good to see the bubbles went away, you say it is awful. when I have a doubt about a flavor I do one of two things, dip a blunt needle in to the flavor and then taste it or get some coolwhip and put a small amount in the whip and stir-then taste the suspect flavor.

ok.
how do i know the culprit isnt my vg? the guy gave it to me from a bottle he sells to customers in quantity of. in other words, i dont have a label to read.
my flavorings though do have an amount of PG in them ...
you also say you taste the ejuice without vaping it? is that doable? i guess from now on i'll do small 2mil output mixes.

 

[puffon]

Taste the VG.
Should have a light sweet taste.

 

[aalmosawi]

Taste the VG.
Should have a light sweet taste.

interesting idea.
i have a small bottle i bought from a pharmacy. it says on it "Pure medical Glyceric". Thats about it.
it tasts very sweet. quite pleasant.
should i mix with that?

 

[puffon]

interesting idea.
i have a small bottle i bought from a pharmacy. it says on it "Pure medical Glyceric". Thats about it.
it tasts very sweet. quite pleasant.
should i mix with that?

Sounds like its good.
You could also try just vaping the VG.
If it tastes OK, then you know it's your flavors, giving the cardboard taste.
Process of elimination.

 

[USACelt]

Vape some of the suspect VG unflavored

 

[USACelt]

Yes process of elimination and the like. "could" be something as simple as to much of one or the other flavor. causing the awfulness

 

[aalmosawi]

what about the fact that in the triton2 tank when i tested this and held the button on my ipv3LI no vapor came out. i am talking like 5 to 6 times.

 

[USACelt]

Well now you are venturing outside of the original question. Too many points for Me to speculate on now.