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Just bought my 4th litre of 48mg base.
submitted almost 10 years ago by PalmRoyale

I vape at 4mg so that's 48 litres in total I can mix up. I usually vape 10ml per day which gives me enough juice for the next 13 years :) Is anyone else prepared?

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by Vurvealmost 10 years ago

Doesn't nic have a finite life time?

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by _Yodaialmost 10 years ago

It does, however you can extend the that time line by using multiple smaller bottles (less exposure to oxygen at any given time depending how much you mix), using glass bottles (tinted to prevent uv if you are not using it in a freezer) not all plastic bottles are make equal or good (See HDPE and LDPE plastics), freezing or sub freezing temp, also if you are big in to wine like I am there is somethings you can get that will inject argon into the bottles to displace the O2 that will help more.

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by danielfromparisalmost 10 years ago

can you tell us where to get the argon? once added the gas do you need to add a custom cap to the bottle as well?

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by Blaggyalmost 10 years ago

You can find them on amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-Preserve-Preserver-Prevents-Oxidation/dp/B0000DCS18 for example. You can also check out wine making websites, there'll be sure to have em. Like e-juice, wine making has a huge crafts/hobbyist side so there'll be a lot of info about if you google.

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by _Yodaiover 9 years ago

I get the argon from a local shop, it comes in little cartridges (kind of like for whip cream) that I put into this thing that I can put the tip into the wine bottle that will displace the o2, in the bottles I use for nicotine (250 ml brown tint) and leave a tiny bit of room at the top so i can ease in the gas.

Here is another kind of of the Cartridges out there but not the ones I used can't find them online

Here is the machine thing I use, well similar, but pretty much the same idea.

For the bottles I plan on using in the next 4-12 months I don't use a special cap. For anything beyond that, I'll use some sealing wax (again more stuff I use for wine >_> ), and then vac seal ( in case of leaking seals or breakage), that then goes into the deep freeze (currently set for -2C/28F).

If you have anymore questions I'll be glad to answer them ;p

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by trecentersover 9 years ago

I keep thinking about the kid that put the argon nozzle into the nic base and let it fly. lol

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by doityamaover 9 years ago

Instead of argon you can use the butane from your lighter. Safe for food, cheaper and always available.

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by jkermanalmost 10 years ago

2 years from date of manufacture in a sealed container of PG or VG. I have yet to buy nicotine solution with a date of manufacture on it :(

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by cjinctalmost 10 years ago

12.5 L of 100mg in the freezer. I would've bought more but for some reason, my family also wants "room" for "food" in there. :/

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by Lunnesalmost 10 years ago

Why would you need so much nic ?

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by cjinctover 9 years ago

I mix for myself at 12-18mg. I got my sister's BIL and SIL to make the switch from cigs and I give them juice. I also gave hardware sets, coils, etc.. to my sister's best friend, her daughter and her MIL along with liquid and they all switched as well.

I've still got quite a few family and friends that haven't made the switch yet. And I want to make sure that if and when they want to quit smoking, no deeming regs or nic restriction or flavor ban or enormous taxes are going to prevent that from happening. So I've got enough nic base, flavoring, mods, tanks, coils, rba bases, etc...to ensure that whenever they want to switch, they can switch.

It is better to have and not need, than to need and not have....

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by captdelover 9 years ago

Doing gods work

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by Lunnesover 9 years ago

Thank you for the explanation, and good on you for making that many people switch to vaping :)

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by The_Mosephusalmost 10 years ago

because he is addicted =P

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by Lunnesover 9 years ago

12500ml of 100mg nic is 1250000mg of nicotine. Assuming you vape 50ml at 10mg/ml in a day that's 500mg nic per day. 1250000/500=2500. So that's 2500 days (6.849315 YEARS) IF you vape 50ml at 10mg/ml per day. Pretty enormous IMO. But then maybe he sells to friends or has a shop or something I don't know.

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by surfishermanalmost 10 years ago

I buy 100 mg nic in PG , you always will get a lot more juice out of buying 100 mg strength than anything lower but many like buying lower mg.

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by PalmRoyalealmost 10 years ago

I would buy 100mg if I could but a while ago new regulations came into effect and 48mg is now the maximum amount that can legally be sold in the EU. It doesn't really matter though because 13 years is a long time.

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by surfishermanalmost 10 years ago

Didn't know that , thanks .

Yeah, you have enough anyway lol.

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by cjinctalmost 10 years ago

> 48mg is now the maximum amount that can legally be sold in the EU

Really? When did that happen? I thought it was 72mg.

Of course, it's gonna drop down to 20mg max in a few months. I assume that nonsense is still a go :(

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by j4_jjjjover 9 years ago

I think 72 is max for uk, 48 for eu

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by PalmRoyaleover 9 years ago

The CEO of Hisvape told me about it in August and that it would go into effect in September.

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by tyrrytover 9 years ago

Don't know the state of the "official" eu rules, but there are plenty of eu vendors selling 72mg base.

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by _Yodaialmost 10 years ago

2.5 L of 100 mg/ml in deep freeze with argon in place of o2. Should get me around 83,340 ml's of mixed juice @ 3mg / ml.

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by Oldvaporuseralmost 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I purchase PG and VG in gallon jugs. At the moment I have three gallons of VG and one and a half gallons of PG. I purchase 100mg/ml nicotine in 120ml bottles and transfer it to 1oz amber bottles that I keep in the freezer until needed. I only purchase one 120ml bottle of nicotine at a time. At this time I'm vaping 180ml per week so I figure I have enough juice I can mix to last me a little over a year.

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by seanrquinnover 9 years ago

Welcome to DIY, be prepared to start going through 30mL a day, having your juice be practically free helps a lot.

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by yoopergeekalmost 10 years ago

I purchase about 500ml of 100mg each month. I don't need it, i just Kerri sticking the deep freezer.

I haven't done the math to figure out how long my stock will last me though.

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by Lunnesalmost 10 years ago

A bottle would last you 500 days assuming you vape 10ml @ 10mg/ml in a day

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by yoopergeekover 9 years ago

I vape at 4mg, and my usage varies... Maybe 5ml some days, maybe 30ml another.

I've never really tried to do the math either because i mix for friends and family as well who vape at different rates and nic strengths, plus I'm not their only juice supplier.

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by Poerdalmost 10 years ago

Bought 3 liters of 36 mg a while ago. I think i have 2.5 liters left, and I want to buy extra. Also EU here. Where did you get yours?

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by PalmRoyaleover 9 years ago

I bought the first 3 litres at Hisvape but they're currently out of stock. I now bought it at vapebase.de who also have a reputation for high quality nic. It comes in brown PET bottles. http://www.vapebase.de/Vape-Bases/VapeBase-Bunker-Base/10x-100ml-VapeBase-Bunker-Base-48mg-ml::189.html

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by Poerdover 9 years ago

Thanks!

edit: I just bought 2 extra liters of the base you mentioned!

Now i'm ready! ;-)

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by bluedogmilanoover 9 years ago

ELI5: Why are we rushing for nic?

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by PalmRoyaleover 9 years ago

In July 2016 the TPD will come into effect. This is going to regulate the entire vaping industry including the maximum allowed amount of nic in the juice which is set at 20mg. It also forbids the sale of juice at 20mg in bottles larger than 10ml so this will most likely completely kill DIY. This is why I and many others have stocked up on nic base.

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by bluedogmilanoover 9 years ago

TDP? does it come from our geniuses at bruxelles? sorry for the newb questions but I'm vaping since less then 3 months

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by PalmRoyaleover 9 years ago

It's actually article 20 of the TPD that regulates vaping and it is indeed the retarded brain child of the politicians in Brussels. They have done everything they can to ensure vaping is completely unappealing to smokers without actually banning it. If you or I did something like this we would be prosecuted for intent to cause bodily harm but these fuckers get away with it.

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by mygoddamnameistakenover 9 years ago

Buy 100 base.

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