Ok... I've searched long enough for the answer to this question so here we go.
Coming from an Engineering background I'm a tad .... when it comes to exact numbers and god knows I'm a danger to myself and others if I walk into a kitchen to make ANYTHING with one of those things called a measuring cup. lol
So my question is really very simple to most of you normal folks.
What is the deal with all the various ways to give the ingredient to a given recipe? Why is it not made into federal law by the United States government that ALL recipe's be written in ml? lol
I see some written in drops... some in ml... some in % and my favorite "add just a few drops". LOL
The one that really has me stumped is the % ones. I'm fairly certain that this wide array of formulation documentation is why a lot of folks wind up making bad batches.
I've studied and played with Dan's calc sheets for what seems like 20 years now and it's finally starting to make sense to me. But then I read someones recipe and they say to use
10% Joe blow
14.75% Joe blow's sister
3.5% Joe blow's dog with honey mustard
and a few drops of ketchup
So where is the 100% part here? If you go into Dan's recipe sheet page they all HAVE to equal 100%.
So can someone tell me how to measure e-juice with a pair of digital calipers or something? lol
Seriously though.... What's up with this % thing?
Coming from an Engineering background I'm a tad .... when it comes to exact numbers and god knows I'm a danger to myself and others if I walk into a kitchen to make ANYTHING with one of those things called a measuring cup. lol
So my question is really very simple to most of you normal folks.
What is the deal with all the various ways to give the ingredient to a given recipe? Why is it not made into federal law by the United States government that ALL recipe's be written in ml? lol
I see some written in drops... some in ml... some in % and my favorite "add just a few drops". LOL
The one that really has me stumped is the % ones. I'm fairly certain that this wide array of formulation documentation is why a lot of folks wind up making bad batches.
I've studied and played with Dan's calc sheets for what seems like 20 years now and it's finally starting to make sense to me. But then I read someones recipe and they say to use
10% Joe blow
14.75% Joe blow's sister
3.5% Joe blow's dog with honey mustard
and a few drops of ketchup
So where is the 100% part here? If you go into Dan's recipe sheet page they all HAVE to equal 100%.

So can someone tell me how to measure e-juice with a pair of digital calipers or something? lol
Seriously though.... What's up with this % thing?
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