Basic mixing requirements

[mikeb]

I bought the value glycerin from boots last week for £1.29 so I think it's the same as yours with a different label.

One think missing from your list as every good cook knows, a glass of alcohol of your choice

[Perpetua]

Jun 24, 2013 23:48:54 GMT lemental said:

Thanks Stamina. I believe one of the other Boots near me stocks that one. They said it was the value brand when I phoned up. The one I visited today only had the Care+ branded glycerin.
Now to try and remember which Boots it was

You'll be fine with either Lemental as Post Modern says, so if it's easier to get the Care+ then do . . . it's the grade of VG or PG that's important for inhalation, rather than the branding.

You can also dilute your VG with Vodka, I decant some into another bottle, add the vodka and then I've always some to hand.

[lemental]

mikeb Thanks Only one glass?!! Once I've decanted my nic into the bottles, I think I need a whole bottle

Perpetua Thanks I'll stick with the Care stuff and go hunting in my drinks cabinet to see if I've got any Vodka left.

[lemental]

I'm getting so much conflicting opinion on whether to thin the VG with vodka.

Do people only thin them when making up liquids with a high VG content?

Also, if it is thinned with vodka or water, does this need to be taken into account when calculating mixes or do people treat it as pure VG?

[Jen]

Jun 28, 2013 14:41:47 GMT lemental said:

I'm getting so much conflicting opinion on whether to thin the VG with vodka.

Do people only thin them when making up liquids with a high VG content?

Also, if it is thinned with vodka or water, does this need to be taken into account when calculating mixes or do people treat it as pure VG?

To make it easy on yourself:

Dilute your VG with 10% DIW, and treat it as VG. That's what I do, and it saves me so much time faffing with the calculators and so on. Never had a juice turn out too thin or what have you, works every time in terms of vapour. I mix at 80% VG, meaning I use 20% flavouring which are usually PG; the rest is VG.

Yes, some folks say you don't need to dilute your VG if you're mixing with a high percentage of PG and so on. If you're worried, only dilute half your VG and experiment yourself

[lemental]

Thanks Jen I think splitting it is a good idea.

When I look at the mixing vendors page, the boots VG is the only one marked as needing dilution. Is that because it's a different type of VG to that from other vendors?

[Jen]

Jun 28, 2013 15:04:44 GMT lemental said:

Thanks Jen I think splitting it is a good idea.

When I look at the mixing vendors page, the boots VG is the only one marked as needing dilution. Is that because it's a different type of VG to that from other vendors?

I've used Boots VG and Dr Oetker VG - I've diluted both. Are you maybe getting confused between VG and AG (aqueous glycerine)? AG has normally been pre-diluted by vape vendors/manufacturers

[lemental]

Thanks. You're right, it must be AG but I'm sure I've seen it listed as VG but prediluted for convenience (which in itself must make it aqueous!)