My first batch of ejuice

submitted over 11 years ago by [deleted]

Hi!

A few days ago (Thursday) I bought a premixed 50/50 base with 6mg nic in it. The shop owner told me to mix 2% strawberry flavour and 0,5% menthol in it and it should taste great. I did exactly that gave it a good shake and let it rest on my shelf until sunday I filled it into my kayfun and the first hit was kinda okay it had a bit of menthol and a bit of strawberry and I was kinda happy. But a few more pulls I didn't taste anything at all anymore. Did I put too much flavouring in the base or does it just need more time to steep?

Also if I shake it really well many many small bubbles appear in the bottle. And after I added some water it looked like crystals are forming inside the bottle but after a few hours the solution was clear again. Did I do something wrong? I assumed I had read enough about diy juice and was ready to mix some but now I just dont know what to do next.

Comments

2 points

by captaincannibalover 11 years ago

Did you just add plain tap water? You should only use distilled. Did you use a calculator to get your amounts? Also 2% and 0.5% are really low, especially if these are TPA flavorings.

The bubbles are pretty normal though.

Also in my experience menthol tends to be super overpowering until the mix sits for a bit.

2 points

by magistry1over 11 years ago

2% is way way way too little flavoring. You should be at a minimum 10% with the strawberry and if all you're using is strawberry and a little menthol you could go up to about 12-15% strawberry and 2% menthol. Just play with the ratios and you'll find the sweet spot. Work with small batches, around 10ml.

3 points

by billgarmsarmyover 11 years agoFrugivore

this is impossible to know without knowing the brand

1 points

by magistry1over 11 years ago

I've yet to find any brand of flavor concentrate, especially strawberry flavor, where 2% could really even be tasted. Other flavors 1-2% flavor is plenty to get a good strong flavor but not strawberry. The main point of my comment though was to start at around 10% and go up or down from there.

1 points

by billgarmsarmyover 11 years agoFrugivore

http://www.inaweraflavours.com/en/-fruitnsweet-e-flavours/312-strawberry-10-ml.html

1 points

by on_a_mooseover 11 years ago

Inawera is insanely strong (in a good way). 2% is just about perfect for a lot of their flavours, and a few are better towards 1%.

Just for accuracy's sake, it can be useful to dilute their flavours by about 5:1 with PG, so that you can measure "normal" amounts of them.

2 points

by [deleted]over 11 years ago

Bump up the strawberry 2% at a time...give it a few days in between bumps. Don't GI to 10-15% right away...6-8% might be what you like. I rarely go above 8% with TFA.

1 points

by TieDyeSkyover 11 years ago

You should shoot for 15% or so with the flavoring.

1 points

by ogimbeover 11 years ago

What brand of strawberry are you using? That makes a big difference. Add 3-5% at a time until it tastes good.

-8 points

by Kamfyover 11 years ago

Didn't know you were making tea... Learn the difference between Steep and Age