So I bought 500 ml each of vg, pg, and 18 mg/ml of nicotine in a 100% vg base. I started simple and made a 6 mg nicotine batch of strawberries and cream using only 1 flavor and it came out good, but I'm hoping to try mixing the flavors I have.
Here is a list of flavors I bought:
-Bavarian cream -guava -mango -mint chocolate chip -pineapple -acai -apple tart -banana cream -butterscotch -grape candy -honeydew -key lime -orange cream -strawberries and cream
I bought everything from wizard labs if that helps at all, I really appreciate any help with recipes, or any other helpful pointers for newbies that you can think of. I've done a good amount of research but you can never know too much!
Before jumping head first into recipes, try mixing each flavor individually instead. That way you know what the flavor is like on its own, how long it takes for the flavor to fully age, and have a better idea of how to mix 2 flavors together. Just make 10 ml bottles of each juice. I would go with 5% flavor to start. You can always add more flavor if it is light.
Ok, how do you age your juices? Should they be steeped or should I just keep them in their closed bottles?
People have various methods. Some use an ultrasonic cleaner. Some use a warm water bath. I personally just throw it in a cool dark place and wait.
Burping the bottle from time to time helps the alcohol evaporate. Just replace the air in the bottle by either squeezing a plastic bottle or opening and blowing into a glass bottle.
Shake the bottle vigorously from time to timer as well.
I wait at least a week before judging a flavor.
I just got into DIY but this is what I am trying first to minimize waste of all the shit i bought. I made a batch of each individual flavor, then when I fill up my tank I will just mix whatever flavor combination I want in the tank. If I like the mixture then I will write it down and make a batch of that mixture. I'm not sure if this gives it a different flavor than if you mixed them together originally, but I can't imagine it would. I already do this with flavors I buy from the store so I figured why not? Better than making a big batch of something you don't want to smoke.
Mixing right into the tank like that is akin to vaping immediately after mixing. Nobody's going to argue with you if you enjoy the results, but in order to get the full flavor you need to let it steep/age again. Even mixing a max VG blend and 100% PG blend of the same flavor together will require re-steeping.
The sidebar on the right side is an amazing tool if you havent used it yet! You can type in any flavor and all the recipes that its been used in will pop up! But Ill throw a few ideas at you. Mango+guava+pineapple is awesome, banana cream+butterscotch. Honeydew+bavarian cream. grape candy+bavarian cream. Oarnge cream would go good with banana cream or guava or mango. The pineapple is pretty strong if its from TFA. I use it at 2-6%. Strawberries and cream is good by itself at 10-15%. The PG/VG ratio you use will also determine how much flavor youre going to use. I use the sidebar and look for recipes and then I tweak them to what I would like :)