Just a friendly reminder to always check your source nicotine.. I bought a bottle on nicotine from a popular supplier and made the mistake of not checking it till after I made multiple batches. Luckily we have processes to catch it before it goes out the door.
Even the best suppliers can make mistakes so I don't want to trash anyone but if your lot number is 24611 you might have the same issue as me.
Cheers
I have a over 2 gallons with the same batch number I'll do some titration test ASAP and post back.
Well....?
What company if you could post that would be great, many people don't have the same bottles that their nicotine came in for storage. Just curious, generally suppliers are good about correcting mistakes if it's tested wrong, was it stronger or weaker then intended?
There is a test using pool chemicals to indicate the strength of your nicotine. I don't have the instructions, but if you search around, you'll find it. Paul
How can you catch it before it goes out the door? Once you mix it with flavors, a standard nicotine test won't work.
Do you have a gas chromatograph?
I assume he means he has some kind of product or lot number tracking system that allowed him to prevent the bottles from leaving the warehouse. Or maybe the process is just one dude puffing on the different mixes thats like "nah man thats way too harsh"
Is this really true? I have a nic test kit that works no problem even after flavors are added. In fact, the nic is already in a PG or VG base and most flavors are attached to PG.
"nicotine" test kits are actually pH test kits, which test for alkalinity through acid titration. VG has a neutral pH and PG is chemically inert, so they do not affect the outcome of the test. You could say they are part of the test, since you could claim to be using acid titration to be checking for the basic nicotine ... or the neutral diluent. You could also consider it a test of your acid, if you have a known nic level.
On the other hand, flavoring compounds can change the pH - I think pure acetyl pyrazine has a pH of 11, and pH will probably differ from batch to batch of compound. If you test for nicotine (pH) after adding flavors, you'll wind up with inconclusive data.