Welcome, Everyone.
This is your thread to chat about anything remotely DIY-related that might not fit into one or our other Weekly/Monthly threads or that you’re just not comfortable posting to the front page. If you’re a New Mixer check out the DIY Beginners Guide and the links below then feel free to ask about anything you’re still not clear on.
Current Weekly/Monthly threads (Archive of all weekly threads):
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Weekly ‘Suggest a Recipe for my Flavors’ Thread - You picked a bunch of flavors that either sounded good or were in recipes that looked good but now you want more ideas for what to do with them? Ask here and get suggestions.
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Weekly ‘What are you Vaping?’ Thread - Talk about the latest recipes you’ve mixed up whether they’re yours or someone else’s.
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Flavor of The Week - Every week the community gathers to discuss one flavor category and share recipes, notes, ideas, advice, pairings and more. After that the Noted crew (/u/ID10-T, /u/mlNikon & /u/CheebaSteeba) try as many flavors in that category as they can and discuss their impressions, opinions and notes.
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Throwback Thursday - The newest weekly thread/project to revamp and improve the resources in our sidebar with feedback from the community.
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FAQ Friday - Where I (and a few other contributors) tackle one Frequently Asked Question as comprehensively as possible.
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Monthly Recipe Thread - Share your recipes here with or without development notes.
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Monthly Clone Request Thread - Want a recipe or idea for how to mix your favorite commercial juice? This is the place to ask. Check out FAQ Friday: Clone Requests for some ideas on how best to ask and get closer to accomplishing your remix.
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Monthly Clone Challenge - A community driven effort to tackle one clone request at a time.
Highlights from last week:
- Highlights of 2018 are meta-meta. Check them out for a recap of the year with some quasi-circlejerking for good measure.
- Best Recipe of 2018 awaits your nominations and votes.
- /u/sirfletchalot was, and possibly still is, at his wits end trying to create something tolerable for his wife to vape.
- /u/aaraT asked for advice on "Fixing" store-bought juice. Putting lipstick on a pig? Eh, to each their own.
- And finally /u/bigtidder with a self-proclaimed shitpost asked "What was your last vape in 2018 and your first vape in 2019?" a decent topic and not nearly the shittiest post last week.
Just for fun here are some goofy highlights from the past...
DIY LIFEHACKS
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For your quasi-circlejerking pleasure: Half of all boxing photos look like gay weddings.
Circle jerk man! He's in a cape, flying through air...jerking...it
He's a hero, not a creep, what just fell into my hair?
It's a circle jerk
When you or your buddies want a good time,
He jerk off only when he's not fighting crime..
Nothing to do but want a handful of goo?
I know the right place, don't get it on your face.
Find a place to sit, he's got the Kung full grip!
Circle jerk, circle jerk!
Is there a way to test the nicotine percentage that a juice contains (asking for multiple reasons).
You're looking for a Nicotine Test Kit. You can get one from NicRiver and several other suppliers. The kit contains Bromothymol Blue, Hydrochloric Acid and a few syringes to measure. It's a pretty simple process . . . .
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Measure out a specific amount of juice
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Add a few drops of Bromothymol Blue
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Slowly drip Hydrochloric Acid until the solution changes color
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Use the amount of acid added to calculate nicotine concentration
Been trying to create my own rendition of Kanpai! by Fu Man Brews.
It's a white grape lychee sake vape that I've tried at a party a few weeks ago, and it was amazing.
I am 95% certain that they use CAP Sweet Lychee, but not too sure about the rest.
V1:
|Co.|Flavor|%| |:-|:-|:-| |CAP|Sweet Lychee |3%| |INW|Grape|2%| |TPA|Champagne|1| |CAP|Super Sweet|0.25|
SnV = a little bit harsh, and I reckon the sweet lychee is a little overwhelmed by the grape.
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Also, the description of the juice is 'white grape', unfortunately I do not have any white grape on hand but planning to get one in my next order, any recommendations?
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Not too sure how I'll achieve the sake part of the juice.. So any suggestions will be much appreciated!
I find INW grape a very purple tasting grape,
Try real flavours grape at 2% with 1.5% TFA dragonfruit, the dragonfruit really helps boost the fleshy grape feeling
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/6pevlo/real_flavors_grape_sc/
I posted this question in last weeks weekly question thread but I was too late....
I'm really trying not to ask a bunch of stupid / repetitive questions, I really can't find the answers to my specific questions.
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With the calculations of how much nicotine to add to increase the nic level of an ejuice, (asked about my math last week) should I also factor in the weight of nic (100mg/ml in PG = 1.035) grams per ml to my result or is that considered negligible ?
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In most cases you include it. At least the decent online tools do.
Consider, assuming 2ml, there's a .07g difference. Your scale is capable of measuring that amount easily. With three ml target, you'd be off by .1g, and your scale should be capable of measuring an additional significant digit beyond .1
I mixed a new juicce with two aromas and nicotine in size 30ml. But I was mixing it in a container bottle of 150ml. Steep time will be arround 4 weeks.
Should I transfer liquid to smaller bottle because of the air inside (30ml vs 150ml bottle)? Can it ruin liquid?
If you have another bottle to transfer it to, it would certainly be a better idea. I doubt it would ruin it completely but it might speed up the oxidation of the nic enough to be noticable.
Hey guys, I recently bought a flavouring from a manufacturer I can't find much info on/am not familiar with, and the flavouring itself is cloudy and separates after sitting. It's meant to taste like 7Up, so it contains lemon/lime and a cooling agent I can't identify.
I wouldn't sweat it over a mix of this flavour profile that separates, but I hadn't encountered a flavouring that behaves that way before this, and the fact that I'm unfamiliar with the manufacturer worries me a little. Am I being silly?
Some lemonades do that... I think FW is known for it.
I just got an order in from nic river and they sent me a sample(which is the biggest bottle I have at 4oz since I have been buying things in small quantities to find out what I like) of tfa pralines and cream. I have no idea what to do with it. I enjoy mostly fruity flavors, but I don't want just let the gift go to waste. Anyone have experience with this one?
I would toss it. NR seems hellbent on giving away flavors that aren't good
I saw they gave one guy a 120ml bottle of tpa taro Haha. Maybe I'm mistaken and that's a good flavor but i figured why would they give away a 120ml "sample" unless they were trying to get rid of it
Yeah TFA Pralines & Cream is a disgrace. Quite possibly the most disgusting thing I’ve ever vaped. Tastes like what I imagine warmed up cat piss would taste like.
Hey all, was wondering if anyone knows where I can order RF cherry pie super concentrate. I had previously ordered the vg base from bull city about a year ago, but it looks like they don’t carry cherry pie at all now. I’m not sure why, that was a GREAT standalone flavor. I saw I could order a 16oz bottle of SC directly from real flavors, but I doubt I’d be able to use that much so was hoping for something like a 1oz bottle. I’m in US on the east coast if that helps
https://www.diyvaporsupply.com/cherry-rf-1/
Appreciate the help but that’s regular cherry, not cherry pie and it doesn’t say the base is the SC version. They have cherry pie on the site but judging by the price I’d say it’s not SC
Let's say you have mixed 30ml of juice and start using it after a couple of days. Is the rest of the juice remaining in the bottle considered to be steeping?
Wondering; have any of you tried the Toasted Marshmallow offerings from One on One or Delosi? I’ve been after an authentic toasted marshmallow vape for two years and TFA Toasted Marshmallow just doesn’t cut it. All I get is straight chemicals and a slight burnt sugar note.
I’ve tried building from the ground up, with little success, but I’m wondering if either of those concentrates mentioned above might offer a good shortcut.
Is this Organic strawberry? https://imgur.com/a/sTIngZx Got it as a free sample from Nicotine River, and not sure what the O.C. means
It's likely this but I'd still toss it, based on the "strawberry" part.
Is there such thing as a resource that has recipes using flavorings from only a specific vendor?
For example. Recipes using nothing from cap or etc
Thnx
There is. In the Wiki/FAQ Index there are links to TFA, CAP, and FW recipe threads.
hello everyone.
ive been using different nicotine from different suppliers. atm im using liquid barn nic and its great. 100mg/ml pg base
all my recipes are made of 50pg/50vg plus the % of the nic. almost everytime a 3% recipe works great but when i bump it to 6% it taste good but really harsh (stronger), it feels like its 9% nic
some flavor can increase the harshness of the nic hit? am i doing something wrong? should i begin mixing at lower pg rate, like 40pg/60vg or 30pg/70vg? why at higher percentage my recipes feel that harsh after steeping is done?
thx in advance
Maybe you just can't tolerate 6%. Don't overthink this
i tolerate it, besides that i do sell liquid to my friends, they tell me that its kinda harsh too and they vape at 6%, all of them.
PG will induce pain (aka 'throat hit') at levels that high. If the nic strength isn't the issue, and it's not the really high PG content, I'd suspect you're oxidizing you nic somehow, like using a magnetic stirrer or otherwise mixing a lot of air into your juice.
so u suggestions its good to go on 60vg/pg40 or 70/30? im not using magnetic stirrer. mixing a lot of air into the juice? what u mean by that