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Whats should i look for in a good starter kit or what should i buy individual to get started mixing accurately.
submitted about 7 years ago by dabrick2017

So far ive just been measuring with a 30 ml granulated cylinder, but its not quite precise enough to mix recipes with a lot of flavors at small percents

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by OdieDoodahabout 7 years ago

Try this -> Essential Equipment from the DIY Wiki

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by DarkJester89about 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

good scale AWS LB 501 scale

drip tip bottles

solid surface

spare bottles

PPE, gloves, goggles, etc

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by VikkBlackabout 7 years ago

Why wear gloves?

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by DarkJester89about 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

best practice, its a safety measure that is expected when dealing with chemicals. Yes, you probably don't need it, but I don't know you well enough for assumptions to say that you won't pour it all over yourself or to pour the bottle of nicotine directly into mouth or eye.

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by Sponcotelloabout 7 years ago

I’m clumsy. I spill Nic on myself. Even at 48mg concentration (which I chose specifically because I’m clumsy) I’ve still gotten enough on my skin to cause a headache and slight nausea. I wear gloves now.

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by juthincabout 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Depends.. some prefer the ability to be careless while mixing.

I prefer to be careful and rely on not pouring chemicals all over myself. It works as well... But then I could disarm mercury switches and such,. Others can't. You know yourself you know if you need safety equipment.

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by imNAchogrlabout 7 years agoKooky

I do not wear goggles or gloves. It’s probably smart to wear gloves I just don’t. Goggles, LOOL, I think is going a little overboard but to each their own ...;)

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by DarkJester89about 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

Just giving textbook definition when handling potential poisons and chemicals.

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by imNAchogrlabout 7 years agoKooky

LOOL gloves and Goggles? Really now? You telling me you wear goggles and gloves when making juice?

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by DarkJester89about 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

For a new mixer sure, rather make good mixers instead of bad practices, don't need someone failing and getting it in there eye or something and then coming back to sue someone like mcdonalds/coffee incident.

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by rubermnkeyabout 7 years ago

nic river has a pretty great starter kit, but since you seem like you are already mixing I would suggest looking into mixing by weight rather than mixing by volume.

the lb-501 is probably the most popular. good capacity for large batches, but still accurate down to .01 g's. You can mix right in the bottle and cut out a lot of other steps.

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by dabrick2017about 7 years ago

Ty for all the advice! Great community here it appears

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by Lulzorrabout 7 years ago

A scale above all.

Ldpe bottles. Pg, vg, nicotine. A few flavors.

That's all you really need. But to move on to mixing by weight all you'll need is a scale since you've probably already got the rest.

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by dabrick2017about 7 years ago

Why is mixing by weight better? I've been just measuring percentage of juice to get the 70/30 ratio and the correct percentage of flavor

2 points
 
by penatbaterabout 7 years ago

Less cleanup. No syringes or whatnot to clean. Just dump everything straight to the bottle. I used to use a syringe for my nicotine and cleaning it after every session is a pain. Now I use disposable pipettes

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by Lulzorrabout 7 years ago

Pretty much what everyone else has said.

You can be way more accurate in your mixes. Some flavors are vastly different even in small measurements. syringes are for the most part accurate but it's incomparable to weight.

there's no problem with cross contamination. some flavors 'stain' plastics, so to speak. with mixing by weight you just use the bottle the flavor came in to dispense it into the bottle you're mixing in.

Mixing by weight is as simple as mixing inside the bottle you plan on filling your tank with.

Plus, buying new syringes can be eventually expensive. or at the very least it's an additional expense you can avoid entirely by mixing by weight.

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by upboatugboatabout 7 years ago

Buy PG and VG separately, but buy more VG. More bottles than you think you need, a scale, pipettes are fine when bottles don't have fine droppers (usually 60ml+). Stick to 30ml flavors for first- so long as you still mix by weight. Shake extracts, base, nic, all before measurements, agitate bottles frequently daily to greatly accelerate steep. Stick to 3 flavor recipes and don't fall for the hype of most high rating flavors with way too many flavors.

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by vdarkstarvabout 7 years ago

I started with the liquid barn starter kit and would recommend that. Easy flavors to start with and they recently added a scale kit that comes with the lb-501 and some bottles with detachable tips.

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