Cost of DIY

[matt1988]

Update: just watered it down with another 10ml of base, still the same not nice flavour, just not as strong. I am now going to empty this clearo (again) and put in my other mix, and hope that one is better!

[Perpetua]

Apr 10, 2013 18:41:04 GMT matt1988 said:

Ok, first mix has gone poorly. It doesn't taste of mint, just yuckyness. I'm not sure if its the ethyl or the spearmint or quantities. I still have to try the other one (I made up 2x5ml one with ethyl and one without(not sure which one I have tried lol). It's vapeable but nothing like the hangsen spearmint


To add insult to injury I think I have broken my 306 atty.

How long have you left them to steep Matt and what flavour concentration did you mix at?

[matt1988]

I havnt let it steep, I was told mint flavours you don't need to. I will leave it to steep for a few days and see if it improves.

I did it at 5% although LT says 1% lol (I like mint) it's now at 1.67% (roughly) as I added a further 10ml onto 5ml.

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And what were they meant to be? Must admit mine all seem a bit uninspiring now except the danish cinnamon swirl but the cough medicine is mellowing nicely

[Perpetua]

Apr 10, 2013 19:16:23 GMT matt1988 said:

I havnt let it steep, I was told mint flavours you don't need to. I will leave it to steep for a few days and see if it improves.

I did it at 5% although LT says 1% lol (I like mint) it's now at 1.67% (roughly) as I added a further 10ml onto 5ml.

They all benefit from a little time Matt, other than Menthol probably . . . I've just used some Capella Spearmint for the first time, probably weaker than your concentrate. But I've used over 20% with a dash of Peppermint to get a good flavour.

[matt1988]

They are meant to be spearmint. But it tastes like well, I'm not even sure, I can get a vague mint flavour in an aftertaste somewhere. Maybe I just mixed it all wrong?

[Karma]

Apr 10, 2013 19:16:23 GMT matt1988 said:

I did it at 5% although LT says 1% lol (I like mint) it's now at 1.67% (roughly) as I added a further 10ml onto 5ml.

Lol, I too thought that 1% couldn't be right with the LT flavours.  I've now learned that it's a good starting point

[Perpetua]

Apr 10, 2013 19:21:39 GMT matt1988 said:

They are meant to be spearmint. But it tastes like well, I'm not even sure, I can get a vague mint flavour in an aftertaste somewhere. Maybe I just mixed it all wrong?

You've not left it to infuse and most likely need to up your flavouring concentration, they are only guidelines on Vendors sites/from other Mixers . . . we've all got differing perceptions of what's tasty.

[matt1988]

Yeh indeed. I think I will leave it for a couple of days, see what happens. Thanks for the help

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If it were me and I've been mixing for all of 2 minutes, I'd bung in more flavour then let it steep.....

[oxo]

Apr 10, 2013 19:21:39 GMT matt1988 said:

They are meant to be spearmint. But it tastes like well, I'm not even sure, I can get a vague mint flavour in an aftertaste somewhere. Maybe I just mixed it all wrong?

iV JUST MIXED A BACCYTino D'Milano 

Ive just mixed a couple baccy Tino D'Milano from LT a couple of days ago. The guides are quite good, Its the first baccy batch Ive had that gives some flavour.

The dropper tips are wide and smooth like the ones they use for ear drops they deliver quite a big drop.

If yours are the same 2 drops in 5ml Is slightly over 1%, Theres not really a way to use a syringe to measure 1% in 5ml it comes out at .05ml.

[matt1988]

Thanks oxo and yeh, I over did it lol. I put like 5 of those eardrop sized droppers drops in there! Oops haha. But I did water it down to 1.6% based on drops, but that could I suppose easily be 3%. I will let it steep, if it's still the same I will add another 10ml to it, with will bring it down to 2%. If that fails to work, start again lol.

I've got a 1ml syringe so 0.05 ml I could do family easily as the increments are spaced far apart (and it's very thin).

[matt1988]

Just for you Super-Shiny

[Super-Shiny]

Thanks, i will get a good nights sleep now

[oxo]

Apr 10, 2013 19:55:10 GMT matt1988 said:

Thanks oxo and yeh, I over did it lol. I put like 5 of those eardrop sized droppers drops in there! Oops haha. But I did water it down to 1.6% based on drops, but that could I suppose easily be 3%. I will let it steep, if it's still the same I will add another 10ml to it, with will bring it down to 2%. If that fails to work, start again lol.

I've got a 1ml syringe so 0.05 ml I could do family easily as the increments are spaced far apart (and it's very thin).

If you have a spare bottle try it at there recommended 1%, for maybe a day, 5ml isnt to much to dump if it dont work out, watch you dont numb your taste buds on anything to intense,
Ive got 1ml syringes with different kinds of plungers, one kind has a rubber finger thingy that chases all the fluid out to the point of where the needle would be the other kind is just a flat plunger that leaves a tinny drop where the needle attaching thing is, I think your puching it trying to be that acurate doing a 5ml mix and would go for two drops, Thats difficult for me to say as Im all for syringe measures, but that kind of concentrate at low level mls its not that good.