Another dumb question..

[giles]

Thanks Rogerh

I'll take that as a 'no' then Frogster

[chykensa]

Oct 24, 2012 15:19:58 GMT Roger said:

Oct 24, 2012 12:26:05 GMT giles said:

Thanks for that Frogster. Do you know what the situation is for PG?

Let me Google that for you

Linky

Haha, Rogerh, love that linky - how do you do that, he asks, hijacking the thread - sorry!

[Roger]

Oct 24, 2012 18:13:13 GMT chykensa said:

Oct 24, 2012 15:19:58 GMT Roger said:

Let me Google that for you

Linky

Haha, Rogerh, love that linky - how do you do that, he asks, hijacking the thread - sorry!

Go to

lmgtfy.com/

and follow the instructions, it then gives you a link to copy. You could of course have Googled it

[esmecullen]

Hope no-one minds me posting my dumb question here

Just wondering when you have mixed your concoction up......... to you taste straight away or leave and try later.............. just wondering whether you should taste as soon as mixed to check that the flavour is to your liking or should it be left.

T - Minus 2 days before operation mixing

[FirinBlanks]

Esme,
The easy answer is yes ;p
My long answer is...
Try it, leave it 24 hrs to steep then try again, see if it needs something else (more flavour, sweetener, vape wizard etc.) RECORD any changes, then leave it 24 hrs to steep then try again, then leave it 24 hrs to steep then try again, then etc.... Till your happy with it.

General thinking seems to be that a juice won't take on it's true flavour until around 2-7 days.

That's what I've done so far (and I'm still very early days) but others may go about it differently.

I'm sure some other more expert peeps will be along soon though

[goofy]

Oct 25, 2012 8:36:26 GMT esmecullen said:

Hope no-one minds me posting my dumb question here

Just wondering when you have mixed your concoction up......... to you taste straight away or leave and try later.............. just wondering whether you should taste as soon as mixed to check that the flavour is to your liking or should it be left.

T - Minus 2 days before operation mixing

Grizwald suggests steeping any mix for 24 hours before trying.......... but i normally have a quick drip test right away Some of the ones i've mixed so far are great straight away........ a couple of them have seemed a lot better after a day or two! No harm in having a quick try right away though

[esmecullen]

ah ok thats cool thanks

[kondor101]

I personally would never want to see anyone vaping de-ionised water in any of their juices and for good reasons.

I used to make DI water to use in window cleaning. If you had seen the state DI resin can get in you would never want to put any water that had passed it into your body. De-ionising does not, in anyway, take bacteria or viruses out of water. If you buy DI water from a store then it will most likely be even worse, because it will not have seen a water treatment facility. In laymans terms it is a lot cheaper for a company to make DI water from natural water sources low in metals and minerals and then run it through a DI filter than it is to take it from the water mains and push it through a Reverse Osmosis filter before putting it through a DI filter.

Put it this way, drinking DI water is almost as bad as drinking from any river or stream. Because that is basically all it is, river water with the metals taken out by runing it through some fine sand like substance. It could be full to the brim of bacteria for all the supplier cares, not that the suppliers are bad peoples. They just do not assume anyone is going to try to consume it when it is designed to be used for other purposes.

Use vodka, or make some distilled water which is easy to do. You can even use tap water as we are talking such small amounts that the TDS will be low anyway, so there isn't a need to use DI water in the first place.

[Perpetua]

I don't ever try a mix immediately Esme, for 4 days is minimum wait . . . but 7+ is more usual, simply because I find the type of flavours I prefer, do take that time to develop.

[goofy]

Oct 25, 2012 20:15:22 GMT kondor101 said:

I personally would never want to see anyone vaping de-ionised water in any of their juices and for good reasons.

I used to make DI water to use in window cleaning. If you had seen the state DI resin can get in you would never want to put any water that had passed it into your body. De-ionising does not, in anyway, take bacteria or viruses out of water. If you buy DI water from a store then it will most likely be even worse, because it will not have seen a water treatment facility. In laymans terms it is a lot cheaper for a company to make DI water from natural water sources low in metals and minerals and then run it through a DI filter than it is to take it from the water mains and push it through a Reverse Osmosis filter before putting it through a DI filter.

Put it this way, drinking DI water is almost as bad as drinking from any river or stream. Because that is basically all it is, river water with the metals taken out by runing it through some fine sand like substance. It could be full to the brim of bacteria for all the supplier cares, not that the suppliers are bad peoples. They just do not assume anyone is going to try to consume it when it is designed to be used for other purposes.

Use vodka, or make some distilled water which is easy to do. You can even use tap water as we are talking such small amounts that the TDS will be low anyway, so there isn't a need to use DI water in the first place.

I only ever use water in my whisky, never for vaping

[goofy]

Oct 25, 2012 21:55:42 GMT Perpetua said:

I don't ever try a mix immediately Esme, for 4 days is minimum wait . . . but 7+ is more usual, simply because I find the type of flavours I prefer, do take that time to develop.

You have the patience of a Saint Perpy I've only mixed about 10 different liquids so far......... and each and every one of them has been sampled straight away......... purely for testing purposes

[Perpetua]

Oct 25, 2012 22:28:40 GMT goofy said:

Oct 25, 2012 21:55:42 GMT Perpetua said:

I don't ever try a mix immediately Esme, for 4 days is minimum wait . . . but 7+ is more usual, simply because I find the type of flavours I prefer, do take that time to develop.

You have the patience of a Saint Perpy I've only mixed about 10 different liquids so far......... and each and every one of them has been sampled straight away......... purely for testing purposes

I'm surprised myself Goofy, as I'm really not a patient person by nature.

[esmecullen]

thanks for the responses I'm not sure whether I have the patience of a saint lol............ may try the sniff test after mixing its never let me down with the pre-made juices I've bought

sorry another dumb question here but.............. can I recycle the plastic bottles? it seems such a shame to get rid of them when used once and I am a bit of a recycler and not sure whether the recycle collection people will let me put used bottles in the plastic bin............ can I wash them out and re-use or is it better to buy new ones?

Thanks again

[kondor101]

When mine are empty I give them a really good run under the tap a few times, then I fill them with water and leave them to stand for a day. The next day I rinse them out again and have a sniff to see that the odour from the previous juice has gone. I find it always seem to work though. But if ever it doesn't I might give them one more day before throwing them.

I can almost guarantee you will constantly be buying bottles though, because I am pretty sure most of us have bottles standing around with stuff that we will probably never vape sitting in them. And be prepared to start getting exited when a new variety of bottle lands on your doorstep and the phrase "I have to get more of these ones" becomes part of your everyday phrases.

[esmecullen]

I have tons of bottles that used to contain juices but dont want to throw them out as some have the needle drippers on them and they are quite handy when filling the Penny. I have all the empty ones in a carrier bag wondering what I can do with them

think I may stick them in a bowl with a couple of denture tabs and give them a soak, rinse and let dry and see how they are.

Seems a shame to waste them