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New Mixer Questions Thread - Week of September 12, 2022
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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

Hello, I have one for you. I am new to mixing and I can't seem to calculate the VG-PG percentege. I am using a MTL RTA device so I would like to vape around 50-60% VG.

I am using Dinner Lady concentrates that should be 15% of the mix and to the best of my knolege contain only PG.

In my region i can't find 100% VG base and 100% PG base, to mix separately. My otions are 50-50, 60-40, 70-30 and 80-20 VG-PG. My nic shot options are 50-50 or 70-30 VG-PG with 20mg/ml nicotine.

I want to be precice and those online calculators don't help, because they seem to ignore the flavour concetrate's PG percentage and only indicate ml of VG-PG used separately.

I kinda figured I use 10 ml concentrate flavour, 10ml nic shot (that is the size of the bottles and wanna use it all) and 46ml base. I tried 50-50 base and 50-50 nic shot but it feels like it has a lot less VG than 50%.

What combination of base and nic shot shoud I use to get a 50-60% VG mix overall?

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by MagnusPerditoralmost 3 years ago

Juice calcs take into consideration pg amounts for flavors. You'll want to use ELR for that.

As far as precision goes, unfortunately that is thrown out the window when using premixed base. You can try to account for that of course by getting a base slightly higher than your target strength.

Getting 70/30 base would probably be the best option for you. That and get the nic shot in all PG.

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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

50/50 is the highest PG% nic shot I can find in my region. Would you reccommend a 70/30 base with that or a 60/40?

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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

I checked out ELR, it's great. Thanks for the tip, didn't know about that.

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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

I just realised too much PG gives terrible cotton mouth, never doing that again. I heard PGcarries flavour better than VG, so that was the thought process behind using a 50/50 base.

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by MagnusPerditoralmost 3 years ago

No. It's a better flavor carrier for flavors. It doesn't add more flavor. The PG/VG ratio is more dependant on your atomizer.

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by QueenBuzyBeealmost 3 years ago

Where are you located (country), perhaps someone can help with VG/PG?

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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

Does the size of the container where i leave the mixed liquid matter? I just let it sit in a dark place and shake it once a day, never opening it till it's done. I am thinking about the ammout of air inside the bottle. Using a 70 ml bottle with 65 ml of liquid inside vs a 100 ml bottle with 65 ml of liquid inside. Would the 2 have a perceivable difference in teaste?

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by QueenBuzyBeealmost 3 years ago

No. There’s no difference.

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by MrPanic32almost 3 years ago

If i would get a DL RTA and use 80W with a 0.2 ohm insetead of this MTL RTA with 25W and 0.5ohm would I get a lot more flavour? Kinda feels like it's not enough after a couple of months. I only like fruit and sweets flavours, no tabaco.

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by MagnusPerditoralmost 3 years ago

If the recipe is good, the tank is good, and the build and wicking are good, yes.

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by Xtort_almost 3 years ago

I can't seem to figure out where to buy nicotine. I know I need synthetic nicotine these days, but where do I order it from? Googling it has just led me through an endless circle of bullshit.

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by MagnusPerditoralmost 3 years ago

Nicotine sources can't be discussed here now. Either join the discord or dm me

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by Xtort_almost 3 years ago

Thanks! I kinda figured something was up.

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by snehctuh_bocajover 2 years ago

What would be a common amount of flavor concentrate to vg/pg if I am not using nicotine?

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