Will e-juice steep the same without nicotine?

[kohl]

I am currently out of nicotine and was wondering if I could mix the flavors now, adding the nicotine upon arrival. The only reason why I ask is because I notice that the more nicotine in the mix, the darker it gets in the steeping process. I'm just not sure if this would restart the steeping process or not. Thank you!!

 

[MissAmerican]

I've made flavors with zero nic and to me it hasn't made any difference with steeping. I don't think you'd have to restart the steeping once your nicotine arrives

 

[Hoosier]

Since steeping is a sealed bottle sitting for a period of time out of sunlight, it probably won't need to steep more after nicotine is added..... Unless you have one of the non-typical mixes that jump starts the nicotine oxidation and the nicotine oxidation is key component of the notes that mean "fully steeped" to you.

If you are confusing steep with airing-out or breathe, which is an open bottle sitting for a period of time out of sunlight, and since one of the points of doing this for a period of more than a day is to get the nicotine to oxidize and add that bitter note, then airing-out a non-nic mix will not have the same results as doing so with the nicotine in.

I also noticed the same question was posted to Ask The Veterans. (Ask The Vets is always slower than asking in the open forum due to us Vets having to come into the hidden section and answer the transferred questions.)

 

[ut1205]

When I first started DIY I did not add nic to my test batches. Once I decided on a percent and added nic the flavor changed totally. I now add nic to all my test batches (ususally 3ml total sample). I don't really know if it takes longer to steep since I steep all of my test batches for a minimum of two weeks before testing. I figure that by then the flavor will stabilize at what I can expect "long term".