What tools do u use for mixing?

[JimZet]

What do you use for juice mixing?

Right now i'm using an 500ml bottle and small 50ml pet cup oh and some syringes.
-_- It causes a lot of pain in ... because i use the syringe like 999 times to put right amount of vg/pg nicotine into the bottle ( base ). The bottle only has lines for 50ml 100ml 150... etc..

I am looking for something comfortable to use... I guess glass would be the best

Tell me what do you use and post a pic if possible.
Also if you know some good things that would make my mixing life easier feel free to recommend something.

 

[sketchness]

A scale, squeeze bottles, a funnel, and glass droppers. I measure everything by weight.

 

[ghola1was]

Mixing By Weight: Basics 101

Very informative thread.

 

[kross8]

small batches in a small glass jar with ml's markings & needles-+ milk frother

larger batches i use the jar mentioned above and needles while pouring everything into a small food mixer.

 

[AzPlumber]

You could mark your 500ml bottle for VG and PG then you just need to measure out the nic and flavors.

 

[ckquatt]

I use 500ml graduated beakers for larger batches and a 50ml beaker for smaller (test) batches.

Syringes for measuring. 1ml, 3ml, 5ml, and 50ml.

To actually mix my liquids I use a hand held milk frother. It works amazingly well!


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[Jim_ MDP]

What do you use for juice mixing?

Right now i'm using an 500ml bottle and small 50ml pet cup oh and some syringes.
-_- It causes a lot of pain in ... because i use the syringe like 999 times to put right amount of vg/pg nicotine into the bottle ( base ). The bottle only has lines for 50ml 100ml 150... etc..

I am looking for something comfortable to use... I guess glass would be the best

Tell me what do you use and post a pic if possible.
Also if you know some good things that would make my mixing life easier feel free to recommend something.

Hmmm... depends whether that 500ml is juice, or base.

I make 400ml of base in an old 500ml VG bottle, that's about a month's supply.
I use graduated beakers for the PG and VG and a syringe for the Nic. Easy peasy.
Then I keep a 100ml squeeze bottle of it on hand for juice mixing.

For juice... I use FA flavors primarily which are their own "dropper" bottles, so I just put the amount I want in my little juice bottle and top it off with the PG/VG/Nic base.
(I've measured their drops per ml)

For the other brands of flavor I have to go to the disposable plastic 1ml pipettes (they're washable). Same deal... in goes the flavor, top it off.

I only lung hit sub-ohm so I don't need separate widely different nic levels, others would.
I'm also not particular about the PG/VG/Nic being precise, or rather being just slightly different with different recipes' percentages.

Mixing by weight is cool, but it's not the "be all and end all".
Saying there's less clean-up ignores the pipettes/syringes I'd still have to use... and rinse.

No pun intended, but... it's a wash.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

You could mark your 500ml bottle for VG and PG then you just need to measure out the nic and flavors.

That's perfectly acceptable if, like me, you're not concerned with a 3-5% variance in the PG/VG.

This ain't rocket surgery folks... stop trying to make it so.

 

[Capt.shay]

Mixing by weight is cool, but it's not the "be all and end all".
Saying there's less clean-up ignores the pipettes/syringes I'd still have to use... and rinse.

No pun intended, but... it's a wash.

Your failing to grasp the concept here Jim. It is obvious that you have not used a scale before. There is considerably less or no clean up using a scale. It may or may not be more accurate but it is most defiantly quicker and cleaner. You might want to check out my thread listed above so you can see how working with a scale actually works.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

There is considerably less or no clean up using a scale.

If I still have to use pipettes/syringes for my non-FA flavors, and I would of course, then the clean-up will be the same.

No?
The alternative would be for me to buy ~60 tiny dropper bottles and transfer all my TFA/TPA, Cap, FW, INW etc. flavorings into them (they actually make up only ~%10 of my recipes which is why I'm not set up that way).


Or you're not grasping the concept of how I mix.

 

[BrotherBob]

I am looking for something comfortable to use

If money is not a concern, the scale method would be the most comfortable (guessing). I use the syringe and I mix maybe 4-5 times a year. If you don't have the right set up for syringes, mixing can be a PITA.

 

[dannyv45]

I use a graduated cylinder like this one for large batches. I buy my syringes by the hundred on amazon or e-bay.

Graduated Cylinder Glass 100ml

I use a 100ml cylinder but they come in sizes up to 500ml.

 

[Capt.shay]

If I still have to use pipettes/syringes for my non-FA flavors, and I would of course, then the clean-up will be the same.

No?
The alternative would be for me to buy ~60 tiny dropper bottles and transfer all my TFA/TPA, Cap, FW, INW etc. flavorings into them (they actually make up only ~%10 of my recipes which is why I'm not set up that way).


Or you're not grasping the concept of how I mix.

I see you still have not read the tutorial.

Mix however is more comfortable for you but try not to spread misinformation. If you haven't even looked in to it then perhaps you should refrain from giving advice

 

[smacuser]

I just got started after watching this video, I even bought the same scale.

 

[sofarsogood]

What do you use for juice mixing?

Right now i'm using an 500ml bottle and small 50ml pet cup oh and some syringes.
-_- It causes a lot of pain in ... because i use the syringe like 999 times to put right amount of vg/pg nicotine into the bottle ( base ). The bottle only has lines for 50ml 100ml 150... etc..

I am looking for something comfortable to use... I guess glass would be the best

Tell me what do you use and post a pic if possible.
Also if you know some good things that would make my mixing life easier feel free to recommend something.

Up to now I mix 2 week or 1 month batches, either 100 ml or 200 ml. I have been doing that with a combination of syringes and Erlenmeyer flasks. Going forward I'm going to try to do everything with graduated cylinders which come from RTS Vapes. I'm looking for more precision because I want to slowly reduce nicotine, not for health, but to make my stash last longer.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

I see you still have not read the tutorial.

Mix however is more comfortable for you but try not to spread misinformation. If you haven't even looked in to it then perhaps you should refrain from giving advice

Don't pretend you've invented the wheel, or that you're the master of some arcane alchemy.
I fully understand the process of mixing by weight. I don't have anything against it.
But don't tell me there's less cleanup when you didn't read what I wrote.
With an FA recipe... I HAVE ZERO CLEANUP. Understand?
Did you read why?

This from your fourth paragraph...

"On the left are the two flavors I will be using for this recipe (Flavor West Yellow Cake and TFA Marshmallow) and on these bottles I have Yorker caps that I ordered from Flavor West. For flavor bottles that wont accept Yorker caps, I use disposable pipits to transfer the liquid..."

And there's the same cleanup I have now with non-FAs.

It appears it is YOU who has an issue with reading comprehension.
Or you're just territorial about your preferred method.

Either way... *plonk*

 

[Capt.shay]

Yes, it's the wheel I have invented. sigh

You say you have no clean up if you use droppers for your flavors but you also state:

I use graduated beakers for the PG and VG and a syringe for the Nic.

Do you not clean these beakers and syringes? That counts to ya know.

But what ever. Do it any way you feel comfortable and that works for you.

Enjoy

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[markfm]

15 ml graduated plastic beakers.

Marking are at 5/10/15 ml, and there are a couple of English system intermediate markings.

 

[mcclintock]

I mix straight into the final bottle, 3-30 mL, except one time I tried 60 mL and it came out terrible. I don't even use very large containers for my working amount of PG and VG, poured from the gallon jugs. Anything larger than 120 mL is too hard to get a syringe to the bottom of. I often premix base, but only 60 mL at a time, it's quick. I do mix up to 5 bottles worth of juice in a short session, all different, never too full to shake up. I currently have about 70 bottles in various stages of use (too many full ones I'll never vape again, too many good ones empty).

Equipment wise, I use a 30 mL syringe with no tip, same one for PG and VG, a red base needle on a 1 mL syringe for nicotine, and a couple more, plus a bunch of pipettes. I only clean the pipettes when I run out of them, to not cross-contaminate flavors. I use a dedicated room and just leave it all sitting out.

That's not ideal but it's what I currently do.

 

[Alien Traveler]

I use bottle like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Kimble-Chase..._SR174,320_&psc=1&refRID=82N3W31MXJG9FXBPMRQQ
The only thing I measure (measuring cylinder) is nicotine. For Pg and Vg marks on a bottle are perfect.
And I do not bother with changes that flavorings can make - I use 5% or less, its negligible.