Need to move to mixing a bit promptly :o(

[Ancient Hermit]

Jul 14, 2013 15:24:34 GMT sue1952 said:

Don't forget to alter the top row where it says nic strength ejuice put in either 100% pg or vg. Next line it will ask you target nic strength, you enter 13mg or whatever you are aiming for, next row it will ask you amount to make, enter amount wanted. Next line will ask you the flavour your using , you put in the box the % of flavouring you're using. Further down where it says PG and VG you enter the ratio that you want your mix to be. If it comes as a negative number, you must keep playing with the ratios until you have positives on both PG and VG. Other than that if you want it VG heavy just add the 2 together and omit the PG.

The LT web site you told me about says to use about 4% as a starting point with the inawera caramel flavour they sell, however there is no mention of it's PG/VG status, in fact, no data at all? I dunno what to do about that bit.

Oh and can I enter the 100% VG as if it were a flavour to get the % cut as I want it?

I've just found out that you can enter the PG as 100% and ignore the 94.6% mentioned on the vendor's web site! Makes the software a bit less user hostile at that point.

Oh, hang on, is this a light bulb moment? Do I just cut the PG nic with VG first? (they only sell that crystal 54 as PG sadly) Then I could describe it as 50-50 to the software could I not? ???

[sue1952]

Right here we go then the quantities below are worked out on ejuicemeup. They are for a 20/80 ratio for 18mg making a 5ml tester using 100% VG nic base

1.67ml nic base
2.33ml VG
1ml flavour

My OH is a 4 x a day insulin controlled diabetic so know where you're coming from there. I vape 18mg and also prefer the vapour as opposed to the TH. I tend to mix mine at 50/50. Hope this helps.

[Ancient Hermit]

Oh and one more thing about all this, I know deionised water is presently hard to find for me (long story) I will need to go with Vodka; However I don't drink and know even less about Vodka, is there any reason I should not use the Absolut brand. It's just that it comes in smaller sizes and I could just throw it in my basket online at Asda! I'm housebound and have to use online for my shopping, but that is one choice I can gain access to! I can't seem to get deionised water in my shopping basket though! (a thoroughly daft situation really!) 

[sue1952]

I don't see why not ancienthermit but I don't dilute my vg, I use it as is cos I'm teetotal too. Don't they do a smartprice brand? could be worth looking at. Maybe a lot more cost effective

[jcol]

Jul 14, 2013 15:59:55 GMT sue1952 said:

I don't see why not ancienthermit but I don't dilute my vg, I use it as is cos I'm teetotal too. Don't they do a smartprice brand? could be worth looking at. Maybe a lot more cost effective

Agreed, afaik its fine to use any vodka, as long as its unflavoured, think most people do 90%VG and 10% vodka

and here is a how to use guide for e juice me up link

[Ancient Hermit]

Jul 14, 2013 16:28:01 GMT jcol said:

Jul 14, 2013 15:59:55 GMT sue1952 said:

I don't see why not ancienthermit but I don't dilute my vg, I use it as is cos I'm teetotal too. Don't they do a smartprice brand? could be worth looking at. Maybe a lot more cost effective

Agreed, afaik its fine to use any vodka, as long as its unflavoured, think most people do 90%VG and 10% vodka

and here is a how to use guide for e juice me up link

 Thanks for that link, it's still a bit of a brat, but a far more manageable one now!

I also just lucked in to some de-ionised water at Amazon - they said it's good for topping up car battery acid so I guess it's fine for internal consumption! LOL   A bit of a sobering thought that one! 

[fred]

Ancient Hermit
I started a quick & dirty tutorial on ejuicemeup, before jcol posted the link to breaktru 's forum tutorial.

I'll still post it, as I believe if you follow the instructions down the right hand side, in order, you won't go wrong.
It's just a very basic start, but hopefully will give newbies a bit more understanding of the software

[Perpetua]

If you're really finding ejuicemeup a bit taxing at the moment, why don't you try Post Modern's basic calculator, especially as you'll be using just the one flavour to start with Ancient? Just until you get your head round the mixing permutations.

www.postmodernsmoking.com/resources/advanced/diy-mixing-calculator/

Caramel is one of my all time favourite flavours, I haven't used Inwera so don't know what that's like, but a couple I have used and enjoyed are:

The Perfumer's Apprentice - Caramel Original ( a toasted Caramel taste for me )

Flavor West's - Caramel Candy ( yummy and very morish, makes a brilliant standalone )

Both I mix at 20%, you may want to start a little lower.

Carrie at 28vapeslater has a lovely selection of flavourings:

www.28vapeslater.com/concentrated-flavourings-16-c.asp

[Ancient Hermit]

That's got to help a lot! Nice job.

My only deviation is that I rolled up my sleeves and dug into the "nic combine" function and tweaked out my own version in there using data for the crystal54 and also for no nic VG - seems to have tamed it all now as it has a "transfer to main form" function. As long as you don't then manually specify a target mg level it knows what to do with it all! Very nice to use it like that too! You could endlessly mix it up in that section with 3 "bases" at once 

I've been hatching out a shopping list! One corner of my kitchen will look like a pharma lab soon! LOL 

I'll get a standby order in place, and then back on track and take a little more time and trouble over this shopping list I think, I need some time to plan it just right, time spent there might well pay off productively. 

[Ancient Hermit]

Thank you so kindly Perpetua! I've managed to pin the wee brat into a corner now, and it's a bit but workable at last!

I will look over the other one at some point too!

Now I shall have to go spend a lot of time and probably money looking into all those caramel links - you must be psychic as I had spotted that you liked caramel too, so I was about to ask you for some advice in that area, and here you are with all the info! Nice!

[jcol]

If you ever get stuck, i am at MK boot sale most Sunday mornings if you ever want to meet?

[Ancient Hermit]

Jul 14, 2013 19:45:41 GMT jcol said:

If you ever get stuck, i am at MK boot sale most Sunday mornings if you ever want to meet?

That is a handy thing to know, and I shall bear it in mind!  I don't get out a whole lot, but you just never know! I've known a fair few boot sales down the years in MK, which one is it you go to?

[Ancient Hermit]

Oh my, 28vapeslater - what a place that is! Thanks again Perpetua!

[breaktru]

Jul 14, 2013 19:11:39 GMT fred said:

Ancient Hermit
I started a quick & dirty tutorial on ejuicemeup, before jcol posted the link to breaktru 's forum tutorial.

I'll still post it, as I believe if you follow the instructions down the right hand side, in order, you won't go wrong.
It's just a very basic start, but hopefully will give newbies a bit more understanding of the software

Very good fred. Thanks for taking the time to create and post this

[jcol]

Jul 14, 2013 19:50:49 GMT Ancient Hermit said:

Jul 14, 2013 19:45:41 GMT jcol said:

If you ever get stuck, i am at MK boot sale most Sunday mornings if you ever want to meet?

That is a handy thing to know, and I shall bear it in mind!  I don't get out a whole lot, but you just never know! I've known a fair few boot sales down the years in MK, which one is it you go to?

the one at MK Bowl, good luck in your mixing adventures