I am trying to figure out what is the correct formula to create an eJuice with pre-mixed VG/PG. I am using steam engine to calculate the recipe.
Ingredients:
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Nicotine Shot: 18mg/bottle (70vg/30pg) - 10 ml
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Flavors: Flavor 1 (5%) & Flavor 2 (5%)
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PG/VG Mix: 60 VG / 40 PG - 500ml
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Target Nicotine: 3mg/ml
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Target ml: 30ml
How would I go on about modifying that recipe to fit my ingredients since I do not have seperate PG/VG?
Since you don't have separate PG and VG, you won't be able to get the exact percentage PG/VG hat the calculator gives you. You'd have to either just add the PG & VG amounts together and use that amount of your mix, or buy separate PG & VG. Mathematically, you can't get the exact percentage without separate VG.
Yeah that's unfortunate, you could buy separate VG or just add the total amount of 22ml of your 60/40 mix, which will result in a less VG/more PG mix total. But it's a small difference (in this case).
I couldn't find a calculator for this. If you add 22ml of your pre-mixed VG/PG it will result in 13,2 VG and 8,8 PG instead of 14,5 VG and 7,5 PG, and I think that's acceptable. A total of 56% VG / 44% PG (approximately). The problem is when you add more flavors, the PG percentage will increase.
You don't really have the ability to yield a particular VG/PG ratio when you're using a premixed base. Instead, just do that math yourself:
You're looking for 30mL total of 3mg/mL juice, so you want 90mg total of nicotine. (30mL * 3mg/mL = 90mg)
Your nic shot has 18mg/mL, so you want to use 5mL of nic shot. (90mg / 18mg/mL = 5mL)
You want 5% of that 30mL to be Flavor 1, so you need 1.5mL of Flavor 1 (30mL * .05 = 1.5mL)
You also want 5% of that 30 mL to be Flavor 2, so you need 1.5mL of Flavor 2 (30mL * .05 = 1.5mL)
So you've put all that in the bottle, which comes out to 8mL (5mL + 1.5mL + 1.5mL = 8mL)
That means to get a total of 30mL, you need to add 22mL of your base liquid (30mL - 8mL = 22mL)
As I said, you don't have the ability to change your final ratio of VG/PG with premixed base. On the upside, once you take that ratio out of the equation, the math is super easy - no fancy calculator required.