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I'm tired of my commercial juices not being icy enough or having a mint taste, I only want the cold feeling. Can I just buy cooling drops and add a few to whatever juice?
submitted almost 3 years ago by Sub_Omen

I've seen online that it's called koolada but I also see something called ws-23 and other ws drops and I'm really not sure what it is that I need or how they differ.

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by Hellspeakeralmost 3 years ago

Ws23 100%. I don’t use it but I make juice for several friends who absolutely love that shit. I mix it 5% boysenberry 5% strawberry 1.5 ws23 and 1% sweetener and that’s been a hit.

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

Oh man that sounds delicious!!! I'd love to try that!

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

Is it pretty cheap for me to get into that and make my own nic salts? How much would it cost me to make?

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by Hate_Feightalmost 3 years ago

Not much different to regular NIC juice, look at the cost breakdown in the sidebar, I love ws-23 it's just the cooling, anything else adds minty or menthol notes, start with a test under 0.5% though.

Also yes you can add it to regular juice with almost no negative repurcussions

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

Excellent, thank you so much!! For now I'll just add the extract to juice that isn't too icy :)

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by JustACommonHorsealmost 3 years ago

Here we get commercial salts starting at ~2'5€ for the cheapest most basic brands/flavours (like, plain mint, or plain strawberry) going up to 3~3'5€ for the not-shit liquids or almost 5€ for the top-quality brands. All of this in 10ml bottles and 20mg max (some brands will have options for 18, 16, 12, 10)

Using aromas I like (~11€/30ml) I've calculated my 10ml cost to be around 1'5€ at most (this is making the full 20mg juices, since a bottle of unflavoured but nicced juice [from the brand I like] costs ~1'2€). I've not calculated for my usual 3mg or 0mg

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by aelweroalmost 3 years ago

Be ridiculously sparing when you add mint, menthol, coolada, or anything similar to an existing juice...

A couple drops of some menthols in a 500ml batch is noticable. A few drops in a 30ml bottle can completely wreck shop :)

Not saying don't try it or anything, just saying to start way way small with it.

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by Nibeskingalmost 3 years ago

Yes, little goes a long way

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

So should I just do like 1 drop?

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by DieWitKaffiralmost 3 years ago

WS23 bangs. Always have a bottle to hand in the shop to get my desired cold hit. 👌

One thing I will say is start low, try it and add more if you need. I've ruined a couple of juices by overdoing it right off the bat 😆

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

How many drops do you add? I'm using 30 ml nic salts :)

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by HaiSai_Oji-Sanalmost 3 years ago

two drops per 15ml is around 0.25%. Don't over do it, you can always add more. but you can't take it out.

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by Utthanalmost 3 years ago

WS23 rocks! I put 2ml in a 60ml bottle of juice and it's icy AF.

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

Heck yeah that's what I'm talking about!

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by Punk_Says_Fuck_Youalmost 3 years ago

Koolada is definitely what you’re looking for.

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

What's the difference between that and the ws?

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by Punk_Says_Fuck_Youalmost 3 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/gtktth/koolada_vs_ws23/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

According to this, what I want is WS-23 because I want the cooling effect on the exhale and for a few seconds after the hit. Not so much on the inhale..

So should I get WS-23 then?

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by upboatugboatalmost 3 years ago

I don't trust that ws-23 stuff, sounds a little too much like WD-40. I know people have been vaping it for a few years now but I think you should stick to the classics. mint, spearmint, menthol.

It has some seriously strange interactions. It makes custards, curds, any thick cream/ vanilla flavor go rancid. Pretty much only pairs with one dimensional flavors like fruit. You can maybe use two of the same fruit.

If mint isn't enough, reconsider your habits.

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

Really? Haha it's definitely not WD-40, but I can see why you'd think that. I just don't really like the flavor of mint too much, I just like the cold. I'll only be using it in fruit flavors.

Do you have another reason not to trust it other than the name sounding scary?

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by upboatugboatalmost 3 years ago

Hey if you wanna vape 0.5-4% N,2,3-trimethyl-2-propan-2-ylbutanamide by volume you can. Free country.

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by Sub_Omenalmost 3 years ago

I know that sounds scary, but what about consuming dihydrogen monoxide?

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