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New Mixer Questions Thread - Week of January 10, 2022
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by Choppedlivverover 3 years ago

I like a good throat hit and my vape shop only sells 60PG/40VG base mix and I have always enjoyed 80PG/20VG when vaping.

How do I calculate how much PG I will need to add to my bottle to take it from 60% PG to 80% PG?

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by duncanyoyo1over 3 years agoMixologist

Check out this calc, https://en.liqcalc.com/baseMixer

It should let you do what you are asking.

Do know that adding anything to the mix will dilute it, both the flavors and nicotine.

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

100% PG. So if you have 30ml of juice you add 30ml of PG

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by Just_Jaffover 3 years ago

Hey guys I’m about to place an order to get some more flavours does anyone have any beginner friendly shake n vape recipes you think I should try. Thank you

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by Apexifiedover 3 years agoThe Kingmaker

https://diyejuice.org/faq/shake-and-vape

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by toxicoptimismover 3 years ago

Pazzo jack by flavor art

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by Just_Jaffover 3 years ago

Sounds interesting do you know where I can find that

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by toxicoptimismover 3 years ago

Bill city flavors has it. I got it from gremberry farms. I’d also recommend the white peach also from flavor art.

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by Antimariaover 3 years ago

Any good recipies for a saltycaramel popcorn flavour ?

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by Naysayistover 3 years ago

Salted Caramel FW, Kettle Corn TPA is surprisingly good... Those are two concentrates I'd use, won't even need any AP or anything with the Kettle Corn as it has a pretty punchy flavour to it

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by Antimariaover 3 years ago

Tnx. Will check that out, ordered both flavours now.

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by SGT-DRYHITover 3 years ago

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/250720#flatline_by_sgt_dryhit

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by Antimariaover 3 years ago

Tnx. But i get that the recipie is hidden/private. So you would have to make the recipie public for me to see it.

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by SGT-DRYHITover 3 years ago

Im so sorry I make it visible ofc

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by MonkeyPoop85over 3 years ago

So.. I am trying to mix my favourite flavour mint cherry 🍒 I have FA black cherry (3.5%) and FA cherries (5%) what ratio would you recommend between those two to enhance the chery flavour?

I am trying to achieve a deeper cherry flavour I know my mint ratio for it. I used 2.5% last time and I found it perfect but no idea how much of the cherries flavour to add to give a second layer of complimentary flavour

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by Mother_Punkerover 3 years agoUnsung Hero

Are you using a pod? Cuz 3.5% & 5% is pretty high for those cherries otherwise. You might be getting muting. I would probably not use this combo if I wanted a good full cherry flavour tbh. But working with your given combo, idk. Try lowering by 25%? Add a touch of lemon to brighten up or even a touch of another fruit like strawberry or pomegranate to give it something more for backnotes. You could even go outside cherries to get a cherry flavour like INW marzipan.

My go to’s for cherry are SSA juicy cherries or SSA cherry compote depending on what profile I’m aiming for. Those are frigging gooooood.
WF black cherry jellybean is also fantastic and might add the depth you’re seeking while giving it some “chew”. If I were to make a nice full round cherry I’d probably do 2% cherry compote, 1.5% juicy cherries and .35% black cherry jellybean. And though I’ve not got my hands on it yet, I’ve heard great things about the new FA cherry juice.

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by MonkeyPoop85over 3 years ago

No pod. Lost vape grus with zenith 2 mtl tank. Thanx for the ideas though

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by Mother_Punkerover 3 years agoUnsung Hero

Thought of this after my first response. This is how I knew about marzipan tasting like cherry lol. cherry bomb by ID10-T

To me this is a good example of a well crafted and non cough syrup tasting cherry. It’s not what you’re after but perhaps you can work with parts of it.

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

That mix is so good.

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by MonkeyPoop85over 3 years ago

Thanx I will check it sounds like good inspiration

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by tourqueflover 3 years ago

Not used to reddit and the rules was told to post over yonder. Thanks

I only have the bottle sizes of tried and true flavors I have been vaping for years and years. My local shop can't swap and mix flavors and they only have one that I like. The other shop I go to..the owner made another location and sold this one off and they can't mix at that location and are always out of stock. Every other "vape " shop is crap with sweetened nasty crap juices. So here I am .

Strawberry 30ml Kiwi 12ml Cantaloupe 12mg Watermelon 12

Bought a 500ml premixed 50/50 vg/pg With no nic And another 500ml premixed with 12mg nic.

I do want more strawberry/melony flavor with hints of the kiwi and even less of the watermelon.

Anyone with vast enough knowledge to know by like half a bottle of this quarter bottle of that of am I a With those sizes is there anyway to guesstimate how much flavor I should add??

Thanks guys .

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by FatBaldingWhiteManover 3 years ago

>Anyone with vast enough knowledge to know by like half a bottle of this quarter bottle of that

You are in for a disaster. First off, you haven't told us what brand your flavors are. Second, there is NO WAY you are going to mix "a half bottle of this and a quarter bottle of that": considering that recipes are 5-20% total flavoring, we're talking 3-12ml in a 60ml bottle TOTAL. Then there is the issue of your base: are you aiming for 70-80% PG in your mix?

Stop. Read all the articles in the side bar. Start again.

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by tourqueflover 3 years ago

What side bar? Not used to reddit and all the rules. I've been directed twice but know I know lol. I'm ok with 50/50 to 85/15 pushing it. I figured with the PG in the juice and dilution ect.

Delosi labs

I figured with the ML measurement you could get a round about. I'm not crazy picky nor a brand new vapor so I know it's not mac and cheese. I bought enough to play around with.

I always learn from disaster lol

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

> What side bar?

This Sidebar. If it works for you. But usually it’s right there on the side.

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by Mother_Punkerover 3 years agoUnsung Hero

That link comes up as mod tools and inaccessible. On mobile at least.

Adding for u/tourquefl that if you’re on a mobile app the sidebar info is under the menu or about tabs from the main page of this sub. The links in the weekly new mixers post (above) also have relevant info. Rule number 1 in this sub is read the sidebar. We are here to help but we expect you to do your homework and understand the absolute basics first. 🔮I see lots of reading in your future. 😉

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Please edit or reply to your own comment

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

The sidebar is the info on the right side of the screen if you are using reddit on a browser.

Your amounts don't make sense in regards to diy mixing. We mix using accurate percentages and measurements. There's no need to flail around aimlessly when starting out mixing.

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by Gxrubover 3 years ago

What are some flavors I should just hands down NOT get in your opinion?

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by duncanyoyo1over 3 years agoMixologist

TPA Honey

INW Wunder Waffle

anything on the avoid list.

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by mamijlolover 3 years ago

im in the north east and the flavor ban is in effect. my only option is to make my own. i have a 60 ml bottle of 6mg naked 100 cuban tobacco and im using a novo 3. online it says you can mix premade juice and flavoring concentrate, im interested in making a cool mint flavor. i was reading the basics on here but im still confused on percents. if im mixing premade juice and flavoring do i still need percents or can i just put in as many drops as i need (i do remember reading that flavoring shouldn't be more than 10% of the juice) i will be using oooflavors menthol and capella spearmint.

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by [deleted]over 3 years ago

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Sure you can mix premade juice and flavor, but generally it's not a good idea. Adding menthol to tobacco kind of makes sense though.

You want to start low with both of those. 0.5% each

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by 3Bixx_over 3 years ago

so i kinda read through this thread and i still dont get it

got a 50/50 10ml nicotine base 3ml nicotine 10x

flavour 20ml i need it to be like 20% its probably PG idk

so what the heck do i do how to mix this im new to this diy ejuice thing. and em i missing something? cuz the math just doesnt add up i must be missing something...

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by duncanyoyo1over 3 years agoMixologist

Well first things first, you can't make 3mg with a 3mg base. Anything you add to it will dilute it.

Secondly you probably need VG and PG in addition to your nic base and flavoring.

Aside from that, take a moment and read the sidebar, or check out https://diyejuice.org/ and the Getting Started Guide , Premixed base information, and Mixing by weight

The closest you can get to 3mg with that nic base would be using only the nic base and flavoring. But that would put you at ~60PG if you mix 20% flavoring, since your base is 50/50. E.g. take 80mls of the nic base(50/50), and 20mls of flavoring(100PG). To get 100mls of 2.4mg, 60PG 40VG liquid.

Or if you wanted to use all of the shots, 100mls of nic base and 25mls of flavoring.

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by 3Bixx_over 3 years ago

ok so i think i did it:

PG 13ml VG 25ml Nic 10ml Flavour 12ml

does this make sense? also changed it up to 18ml Nic bottle

edit:

so can i just do 30/50 80ml Nic(18ml) base and 20ml flavour? so that would be 50/50 but 18ml Nic right?

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by duncanyoyo1over 3 years agoMixologist

I don't have enough information to really know if it makes sense.

Adding that much VG will lower the nic even more. So that's probably like under 1mg, if you are starting with only a 3mg base.

Check out this calc, it should help you figure it out. https://en.liqcalc.com/baseBaseFlavor

Enter one "nicotine base" as 100 VG, 0mg, and the other as whatever your 18mg/ml nic shot is ( PG/VG wise ), put 20% flavor, and it will tell you what ratio you will end up at.

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by Mother_Punkerover 3 years agoUnsung Hero

Have you read mixing math for dummies? You need to use a mixing calculator like all the flavors. It will do the calculating for you.

Edit. Yes flavourings are PG but the calc will take that into account.

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by 3Bixx_over 3 years ago

yeah i did that and i got -500drops of vg or something like that so i must be missing something

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Don't mix by drops. Mix by weight

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by Mother_Punkerover 3 years agoUnsung Hero

I don’t know what calculator you’re using but all the flavors doesn’t give amounts in drops. It gives grams and mls.

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by TommyDiamond05over 3 years ago

Thinking about making a simple, sweet vanilla creamy custard, not extremely sweet, an adv only using CAP Vanilla Custard, TPA Sweet Cream and FA Meringue. At what % should I mix them?

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by Wide_Boysenberry_158over 3 years ago

Yeah, woah be careful with that damn sweet cream...I've ruined several recipes with it! It's strong and gives a kinda nasty "off" sour milk taste to any recipe. I use a ton of FA's "Fresh Cream" in my dairy mixes instead of sweet- it has a much more clean, subtle fresh milk taste and pairs great with fruits and other creams/vanillas. I also use FA "Marshmallow" quite a bit (in an Orange Creamsicle recipe,), and a little Bavarian Cream in a Dragons Blood clone. FA makes a "vanilla swirl" that's really good too.

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

I don't know that those three will necessarily give you anything that would be great, but if you want to mix them,

CAP Vanilla Custard 5

TPA Sweet Cream 0.5

FA Meringue 0.5

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by TommDiamondover 3 years ago

What others would you recommend? Why wouldn't they be great? I also have the ny Cheesecake, super sweet and sugar cookie by cap but idk if they'd help for what i want.

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by FatBaldingWhiteManover 3 years ago
  • CAP Vanilla Custard 6%
  • CAP NY Cheesecake 4%
  • FA Meringue 0.5%

There are a lot of good vanilla custard recipes out there, so no way I'd say this is ADV worthy, but hey, if you want to cripple yourself, this may be about as close as you can get. Even if you consider some French Vanilla's in your next order, you could do better.

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by Antimariaover 3 years ago

I got a bottle of tfa toasted almond with my last order. It smells amazing, any good tips on flavour pairings? Im totally new to mixing eliquid.

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Flavor pairings (two images, scroll down)

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by Antimariaover 3 years ago

Tnx kind stranger.

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by Jaabberover 3 years ago

hey guys!

so i recently got into DIY and learned that if my mix were not so good it probably was because i put too much flavor in it, having verified that i did put 10% instead of 5.

So my question is, can i just add base liquid to the mix so that the amount of flavor lowers to or do i have to throw the mix and make a new one?

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

You can salvage it. I would only alter 10ml at a time as a tester first. If you get the results you were expecting then do the same to the rest. How much did you mix?

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by Jaabberover 3 years ago

oh thank you ! i did a 50ml mix with 10% ! would maybe go down to 5%

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Do you have a scale? Make a 10ml test batch. Mix a 5ml using PG, VG, nic. Add 5ml (5.96g) of your bad batch. This will give you 5% flavoring

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by SGT-DRYHITover 3 years ago

Is there something wrong in providing links from ATF?

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by kuri_sanTouover 3 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Nope. You linked your Flatline without a hitch

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Providing links where?

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by texhnolyzzeover 3 years ago

I've seen several times on the Internet that you don't need to steep single flavor juice.

Is it true?

If not, then how long should I steep?

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by EdibleMalfunctionover 3 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

It does need to steep if it needs to steep. That's the only answer. It all depends on the flavor

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by isuamadogover 3 years agoRenaissance Mixer

as ed said, depends on the flavor. generally speaking, fruits are usually Shake n Vape while custards creams bakeries and baccos need a bit more time to shine/settle depending on the flavor.

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