You can Feel it in your fingertips

[OcalaFlGuy]

Working on fountain pens, there's a saying, See with your fingers. Use your "calibrated" fingertips to sense Vs a tool that Isolates you from the object. (The temperature where you will NEED to move your fingers NOW is just a few degrees from where vintage Celluloid turns into a road flare.)

Though all so far of my #1 vendor Ohm's have been good FOOB, I've found that especially since it only takes 48 damn hours from the time I place the order until it's in my mailbox (and that includes mix time), that most of them come into their own at 10-14 days from birth.

I have 3 30's now that are 12 days.

They get severely shaken once, sometimes twice a day. They have needle spouts and I burp them then hold the bottle between thumb and 1st finger and shake it into the next galaxy.

I can Feel it in my fingertips when the juice Starts to get Good. The viscosity rises. Shaking it, it Feels
and Sounds more "slop-py".

And that's without noticing any of the ambering.

Pretty cool. Of course, NOW it has me wondering what Scientifically is happening during a steep. I aintna Enganneer but I gotta figure it takes more than just "mixing" by shaking to change a viscosity.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

[jaytex1969]

Words from The Master...



Jay

 

[I'mnotZak]

Great post Bruce! I have enjoyed reading all of the various member thoughts and opinions on the subject of steeping. Being new to vaping since early May, I soaked up all of the information and decided to purchase an ultrasonic cleaner to "speed" steep new juices. I usually run 5 -6, 30 minute cycles with a 30 - 45 minute cap off rest between cycles. I then let the juice sit for about 8-12 hours max with caps off in a dark place in my office. After this process, for the first week, it is caps back on, and at least one daily vigorous shake, caps off for a quick breathe, and then caps back on to retire in my dark desk drawer. So far, I have been extremely pleased with this process and the taste of my juice. Always a ton to learn in the world of vaping.

 

[WonderDude32]

I started DIY-ing about 8 months ago and use a mixing table (the glass beaker with the magnet inside) to decrease steeps from weeks to 2 days. I figured that since we were talking about the blending of the liquid, what could work better? I usually mix larger quantities around 300 ml. I just set it and let it go. The longest steep time so far has been 3 days or 24 hour a day stirring. It was a butterscotch sweet cream vanilla custard with a hint of caramel. I expect the people from Werther's to call any day for the recipe. This used to take 3 to 4 weeks.

 

[Icemanxxxv]

I too use a magnetic stirrer to mix my juice. Although I don't mix more than 30mils at a time I do let it mix for at least an hour. Sometimes over night if I'm running low on juice and need some faster. I have experienced drastically reduced steep times. I have seen it drop from a week to one day for the overnight mixes and two days for the 1 to 3 hour stir times. OBTW Instructables has a good magnetic stirrer project instructions that I used to build mine for about 25 bucks.