Mixing with one-shots are an easy way to use a premix of a combination of flavors in a single shot. For testing recipes, mixing batches of different size bottles, sharing with friends, or because you’re a lazy ass. I will be using ELR to do it but other known calculators like ATF have this feature as well. For this tutorial I will be mixing a one-shot of a custard base I often use.

On ELR I start by opening the recipe I want to make. Or if you want to start fresh click “Create recipe”. I recommend you save this one-shot if you’re going to tweak it in the future or mix more batches. In my case I’m going to adapt this recipe by clicking the wrench then selecting “Adapt this”. Go ahead and rename it ‘one-shot’ or something you will remember in case you have to stop unexpectedly. We will be changing the name again before we’re finished anyway.

If you know how much you want to mix up go ahead and put that at the top in “Amount to make”, we can always change this later. I mix 6ml in these cute little bottles. Ain’t they adorable?

I recommend you mix 0mg for “Desired strength” and 100% PG in “Desired PG” if you suck at mathing. The rest you can leave alone.

If you adapted the recipe go ahead and zero out all the flavors that don’t belong in your one-shot then save it and look it over. Click the wrench and select “edit” if something is wrong or missing. If you created new go ahead and add your flavors with percentages and save it.

Now that you have looked it over and are satisfied I will use one of my Custard bases as an example:

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Co. | Flavor | %
---|---|---- TFA | Bavarian Cream | 2 FA | Custard Premium | 2.25 INW | Shisha Vanilla | 0.5 CAP | Vanilla Custard | 3 WF | Vanilla Cream Extra (SC) | 1.5

You will notice at the bottom the Flavor total is 9.25%.

Click on the wrench again and select “Make one-shot/concentrate”. Now put in the “Amount to make”. If you have a 6ml bottle like I do I like to give it a little head room and mix a 5ml for example. You will notice no matter the amount you choose the percentages will not change, only the volume, weight, and at the bottom the amount of finished liquid you can make using your on-shot. So don’t get too crazy and mix a shitload of a one-shot you might not use all of. Plus you want it to all fit in your bottle of course. But as I stated earlier, once saved you can always change the total batch volume later. The flavor percentages will stay the same and the weight for the flavors and your PG will adjust with the new value.

So, if you’re going to be doing this often you can “save as default” but it really doesn’t matter. Don’t touch the “Desired mixing percentage “ unless you’re pretty savvy or a brain wizard. This is the 9.25% flavor total from the last page. When you start using your one-shot for the first few times you can adjust the percentage up or down on the recipe if so desired.

Click the wrench again and select “To the recipe”. Click the wrench once more and select “Edit”. Now rename the recipe and include the percentage to use the on-shot at. If you done forgot already you can scroll down to the bottom and you will see Flavor total (9.25%). This is my custard base example. I would name it something like:

Kuri’s Coil Killing Custard [one-shot] use at 9.25%

Now put in the “Amount to make” and click save. Mix it up now or whenever. Remember, one-shots do not steep. They start steeping like any other flavor when added to PG, VG, and nic. Remember to label your bottle with THE PERCENTAGE to use at and when you plug it into your recipe(s) you will be using it at 9.25% (this is my custard base example).

Here are three examples of how you can use your new nic-shot:

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Co. | Flavor | %
---|---|---- 1-shot | Kuri’s Coil Killing Custard | 9.25

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Co. | Flavor | %
---|---|---- INW | Creme Brulee (yc) | 1.25 1-shot | Kuri’s Coil Killing Custard | 9.25 SSA | Milky Caramel Fudge | 1.75

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Co. | Flavor | %
---|---|---- FW | Butter Pecan | 2.25 1-shot | Kuri’s Coil Killing Custard | 9.25 FLV | Milk & Honey | 1

Thanks for reading, stay safe, and enjoy.