So I'm very new to this, getting into it with help from a bunch of the fine folks here. I happened across this DIY video and there is a clamp thats inserted into a drill to help with mixing. It can be seen at 8:23. Ive looked for longer than I care to admit to find it ANYWHERE online to no avail. Does anyone know anything about this piece of equipment?
I can tell you that it's completely unnecessary.
Why? Hand mixing is enough? Really at this point I was just obsessing because I couldn't find anything about it.
Not only is shaking by hand sufficient, it's better than any mechanical method that will expose more of your mix to air. A mostly filled, sealed bottle, which is shaken (by hand, with oscillating movement like attached to a sawzall blade, or by use of a vortexor) is best for preventing oxidization of your nic.
Isn't that attachment acting like a centrifuge as well? The liquid is separating in the middle and then being forced against the top and bottom. Not really mixing anything, right?
*Look at the bottle before and after. First they shake it by hand so the before is opaque and after drill thing, it is back to being translucent. If they aren't faking anything with the shots, then that really shows that attachment is counterintuitive.
u/Bonzoo is correct, it acts like a centrifuge - the liquid doesn't mix, it just settles at one end while it's spinning.
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How do I know? I wasted $10 buying a similar lab clamp from Amazon.
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If you're dead set on getting one, the one I bought is now $12 214F2 Karter Scientific Extension Lab Clamp 3 Prong Single Adjust 10-90mm Jaw
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Shake the crap out of recipes that are steeping once a day, then give a couple shakes before filling tanks or dripping on bottles that are being consumed.
Wouldn't this have the opposite effect you'd want since it's basically a shitty centrifuge? Proper mixing needs agitation. If you had to go power tools I've seen people say a sawzall works well.
Probably right. Might try the sawzall instead.
Just buy a vial shaker if you really need to spend money. Thats actually used for mixing.
Man you dont need that. Just go to the local construction site and ask someone to ducktape your bottle to a compactor and bam you have well mixed ejuice.
Tape your bottle to the forearm of the guy using the jackhammer, if they're doing demo.
Best is 12 yearolds forearms.
I just shake the whole container when 1st made and everytime I have to fill up a smaller, everyday use bottles. I mix anywhere between 1,400mls to 1gal jug of each recipe. They are all shake n'vapes, no need to steep as a separate step
How do you differentiate between Shake'nvape and one that would need to steep?
All my recipes are of my own design using the ratio method of testing flavor combos so I know right away what it should taste. Then when I mix it I try a bit and if its as good as the tester then it's a shake n vape. I've never used other people's recipes so idk how to tell on those
If you have a drill you can easily make something like this with some stiff wire like a coat hanger
but as alot of people have said it isn't as great as it seems and probably doing more harm than good.
lots of oxygen gets dissolved and oxidation is REALLY bad for nicotine
You can just shake it like it's Andre 3000 and it'll be good enough my man. Everything still going good?
Haha will do. Really Good man Thanks!! Saw you won that flavor contest wanted to say congrats!! Couldn't have happened to a nicer dude. Hope you're good as well!
I have used every method to mix juice, even putting it in my dogs backpack while she ran around the dog park. I found the best way is rolling the bottle. How did I come to this idea? I got a soda stream and using the flavorings I already have for juice, I make soda too. However, in the directions it says, "Soda stream mixing Cap the bottle tightly and gently invert or roll the bottle several times to mix the syrup. No need to shake vigorously. " I thought WOW, let me try that. When I did, no bubbles in the mix, zero. So I went to Harbor freight and bought their rock tumbler. The red one that rolls a black plastic cylinder. I put my bottles in there and let it run. Then BOOM! Mixed juice, no bubbles, perfectly mixed, and my arm didn't hurt from hand shaking. I have now used that method for over 7 years and has never failed me.
STEEPING 101 By Melody Andrews I’ve had so many people recently ask me about steeping that I thought maybe a tutorial would be beneficial. WHAT IS STEEPING? Basically, steeping simply involves letting a bottle of e-juice age in order to achieve better flavor. HOW DOES STEEPING WORK AND WHAT DOES IT DO? It gives the molecules in your flavor concentrates time to bind with the vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol molecules to mellow and mature. The small amount of alcohol in your flavor will slowly evaporate, mellowing out the notes in your flavor. The different flavor concentrates combine to make the new flavor that you’ve created, and you’ll notice that your mixture is changing color. Steeping is not a myth. When you make a “Shake and Vape” (SNV) you’re basically vaping vg/pg, nicotine and flavoring that hasn’t had time to mature and mellow, so sometimes it can taste sharp or harsh. There are those who insist that you can “speed steep”, but nothing is as effective as Just TIME. Some recipes can be made as an SNV, but in my opinion, every batch of e-liquid benefits from the time that it sits and rests. Sometimes if you haven’t allowed a bottle of vape juice long enough steeping time, it will taste harsh and if you allow it more time to steep and you go check back at a later time, you’ll find its aged perfectly. CREAMS, need the longest steep time. Heavy creams(custards, Bavarian cream, Vienna cream, Creme Brulee,etc) 3 weeks to 30 days or longer. Light creams(whipped cream, marshmallow, meringue)10 days to 2 weeks. You can try checking these after 2 weeks, for a faster steep but creams really benefit from the longer steep time. Soda and tea flavors usually benefit from 2 weeks to 3 weeks. You can check them in about 7 to 10 days, but you might still have a sharper taste than you want. Pastry, pie, doughnuts, fried dough flavors All can usually benefit from 10 days to 15 days. You can recheck in 7-10 days. Coffee flavors, including cappuccinos, lattes, espressos, etc is usually 7-10 days for light coffee flavors, 10-15 days for dark coffee flavors, and SNV is not recommended for coffee flavors. They really benefit from steeping time. Tobacco and woody flavors (I.e. whiskey, rum, etc aged in wood) are usually 2 weeks to 3 weeks. Light tobacco flavors such as RY4 usually need one week. Vanillas and chocolates benefit from roughly the same steeping period of 10 days to 15 days, and expect a sharper or possibly harsher taste at 7 to 10 days. Cereal and nut flavors usually require 7 to 10 days to mellow and are usually a little sharp at around 5 days.Fruits are the fastest to steep and taste good. They can be good at from 1 hour to 24 hours, but best at one week to even 10 days. After that, usually all alcohol taste and sharpness has mellowed. If you’re in doubt about steeping times for a certain recipe, choose the time for the main flavors, then add a few extra days. I know that it’s easy to be impatient when you’re just dying to vape test a brand new mix, but in making e-liquid, patience always pays off. Enjoy!
I shake my eliquid and then put my bottles in a ziplock bag and then into a cup of hot water and then one more shake and everything is mixed nicely, without overdoing it.