My E-Juice is really harsh on my RDA, any suggestions?

submitted over 10 years ago by Introtropic

Comments

3 points

by meanrockSDover 10 years ago

What flavoring brand are you using? What are you mixing in? What is your PG/VG target blend, looks like 50/50? You may want to try 70% vg for an RDA.

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

I am going for 50/50 because I haven't tried anything else yet. I got all the supplies from Wizard Labs, the flavors are from LorAnn and The Flavor Apprentice through Wizard Labs I believe. I'll try out a 70vg, thanks for the input!

3 points

by meanrockSDover 10 years ago

I would also highly recommend upgrading from a notebook to a calculator. I still have my best recipes written down, but a calculator lets you be precise with your total contents. 15 drops is ~.75 ml - about 1ml would be 5% flavoring. Depending on the brand of each flavor, I'd probably recommend higher.

3 points

by Kernowashover 10 years ago

In general, I find drippers don't like PG and will be harsh with too much. As you don't have to worry about a tank wicking the juice, go as high VG as you can and this will definitely decrease harshness.

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by sixoutover 10 years ago

This is my experience as well. I make all of mine max vg now, simply because anything more than 20% PG and it'd hurt pretty bad.

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by kvanniceover 10 years ago

If I remember right, Coconut gunks up coils like a mofo no matter what you do.

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

I have also tried plain mango and peach, both are still pretty harsh at 3mg

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by TheAlmightyDover 10 years ago

Describe the harshness if you can. Is it a peppery hit to the back of the throat? Or does it feel like your lungs are strained? Or a bitter/sharp taste in your mouth?

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

It just feels like a mix of hot/thick/dry in the back of my throat when I take a rip longer than about 2-3 seconds. I'm running dual vertical coils at .25 ohms.

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by daathover 10 years agoMixologist

Maybe it needs steeping?

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

Does steeping decrease harshness? I was under the impression that it only increases flavor, but ill give it a shot

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by daathover 10 years agoMixologist

In many mixes it smooths things out :)

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by vinniepover 10 years ago

Some flavor can be a bit perfumey. Steeping and letting it breath (cap off for 12-24h) can mellow them significantly if that is the case. Several other flavors just generally blend and mellow with age.

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by Roenixxover 10 years ago

Where did you get the nicotine?

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

I got everything from Wizard Labs

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by terror_faceoffover 10 years ago

I've noticed that some of my flavors contain ethyl alcohol which makes them harsh. If I mix in a bottle, I will shake it and leave the dripper cap off for the first 12-24 hours to help the alcohol dissipate. Maybe try a higher vg level too. 30pg 70vg mix is what I use for my RDAs.

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by tranceinateover 10 years agoMixologist

You should leave the cap on. The alcohol will eventually mellow out. Evaporating alcohol based flavors will also evaporate away some of the flavouring within the alcohol.

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by Introtropicover 10 years ago

I'll try out the evaporation method with one of my juices, thanks

1 points

by Moravec_over 10 years ago

Isn't the flavour percentage a little low? Assuming 20 drops per ml for the flavours, that's only 3.25% flavour. I tend to mix around 15 to 20% flavour, mostly using Capella or premixed flavour concentrates from my fave vendors

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by A_ARon_Mover 10 years ago

Might want to reconsider the nic level. I'm not familiar with ml/ml nic ratios, but I usually vape 6-12mg/ml. That's in my Atlantis. I hear 3mg/ml on an rda is equivalent to 12mg/ml from a tank.

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by SenorSativaover 10 years ago

You're using coconut with a few drops of lemon?

You're using 50/50 PG/VG. PG gives you a throat hit, VG for vapor. Use as little PG as you can in your recipe. Just enough to thin out the VG (or use DI to cut the VG).

Try using 1 flavor at a time. Coconut is a tricky flavor. Make just a lemon dilution and a coconut dilution, vape for test, then mix those to figure out approximate ratios you want in the final flavor.