Mixing by weight is definitely not just for advanced users. Noobs should learn to DIY with the weight method. It's cleaner, much simpler, and way more precise. And you don't have to deal with syringes.
To be honest, mixing by volume shouldn't even be a thing anymore.
Thanks for this comment.. I'm about to start mixing my own with a diy kit from heartland vapes... I'll do some more research on volume mixing.
Edit: meant weight mizing., not volume.
> I'll do some more research on volume mixing.
Did you mean weight mixing? Because if you're just starting, definitely go with weight instead of volume.
Get the AWS-LB501 scale and you'll be good to go (the current Amazon price of $27 is actually really great; it normally goes for ~$35). Make sure to get the 500g capacity; it's the only one that measures to 0.01g, which is necessary.
American Weigh Scales LB-501 Digital Kitchen Scale
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I agree and disagree. I agree that mixing by weight is easier...but I think that it is easier when you have a little more confidence in your mixing ability. I help a lot of newbies and many are often even scared to get started -- so adding in doing it by weight and having to do conversions and understanding the weights of different things, flavors, vg, pg, nicotine, can seem overwhelming to someone who hasn't ever mixed before. Most recipes on the various sites are written for volume measuring as well, so knowing how to mix by volume is helpful in the long run.
That being said, I mix by weight now. When I first started mixing by weight wasn't a thing. Of course back then people weren't making 500mls of juice for personal use back then either... when you get into mixing large amounts by weight is far easier.
I also didn't want to make the beginner book too long. It's meant to just be a starting point, but also if people didn't want to do any more research what so ever, they could successfully mix recipes using what is in the book.
I will however be putting how to mix by weight in the next book, because it is likely to be a chapter all to itself giving full details. The next book is going to be significantly longer and will have more complicated information in it, along with the rest of my recipes (like another 50 or so.)
So sick of this bollocks. Who the fuck are you to say how people should or shouldn't be doing stuff? Dick. That's all I hear lately, mix by weight, only put in 0.003% flavour vape at this temperature, bronuts, getting sick of it Of course mixing by volume should be a thing, mix anyway you fucking want. If you're using percentages, then mixing by volume is absolutely THE easiest and quickest way to start mixing, fuck screwing around weighing different flavours and bases and all that bollocks, buy a couple syringes and you're done.
Woah there, hoss...
> buy a couple syringes
That's exactly the point, though. With weight mixing, you don't need to mess with syringes. You just drip the flavorings/vg/pg/nic right from their bottles into the final e-liquid bottle. You drip until you get the right weight and then you just stop. No syringe to fill up or clean out. Also, you don't have to keep track of the weights of flavorings; ELR does that for you.
If you prefer mixing by volume, that's totally fine; but I still think that the standard procedure taught to noobs should be mixing by weight.
I don't know about you, but I also still buy syringes mixing by weight...simply because I needed 1ml syringes with 30 gauge blunt needles in order to measure tiny amounts being put into a mix. Mixing by weight can be more complicated than simply dripping from a dripper bottle. It also is an added cost for the beginner just starting out to purchase a scale. Not everyone has the funds to buy a good scale, and the little cheapy scales are not much more accurate than mixing by volume. Even if it goes down to the 0.01 range, the cheap scales may not read a single drop from a needle nose bottle that would actually measure in the 0.008 mark.
So for the newbie starting out without lots of money to throw at learning how to mix, doing it by volume can be the way to go. Once they have more confidence in their mixing ability and have decided to stick with it, then purchasing a decent scale and learning how to do by weight may be their next step.
Nice work. ~~Downloading now.~~
It's a good start for sure. Probably would suggest a more eye-pleasing and readablr layout but ePub is a bitch to layout well.
Didn't read yet, what does it cover?
The basics. It's fine.
These guides are good starting points but they're misguided in my opinion.
One shouldn't write as an expert to teach newbs, one should write from how newbs think.
I've started and trashed 5 different DIY guides in 6 months. They all suck. I have to think like a newb in order to write for them, and it requires a lot more groundwork to get that mindset.
Nice, though I'd be tempted to organise your international section into individual countries.
I did try to group them together by country. After spending 3 weeks putting together the list, I had to stop somewhere. lol