brain meltdown!

[Ron]

100 ml of 50/50 vanilla custard
seems a lot for a first mix
better to make smaller quantities first

[fred]

OneDay - least that means I'm not having a brain meltdown as per title.

Suppose I don't really think about it, as I tend to mix at 80/20, so when using PG base, I just need 1/5 of the total as VG.
Also applied exactly the same when using 75mg VG base & mixing at 15%.
Don't tend to use VG base at the mo, as I currently mix @ 12%. Will probably leave it in freezer until I mix @ 7.5%, just to ease the calculations.

Oh & crin766 - is your phone android? POTV calculator is OK - think I got it free from Google store

[Perpetua]

Oct 23, 2013 22:30:19 GMT Ron said:

100 ml of 50/50 vanilla custard
seems a lot for a first mix
better to make smaller quantities first

Couldn't agree more Ron . . . you'd do much better to make up 3 or 4 custard recipes in 10ml bottles and see which suits you best Crin before you go into large volume production. Which tends to end in tears when you've not tried a recipe or mixing at first.

[crin766]

Oct 23, 2013 21:46:36 GMT fred said:

crin766
This PG is what I use & Glycerol (VG) from Boots.
According to them, pharma is better than food grade.

You may want to consider PG nic base, as VG is slightly cheaper & easier to get hold of

I was going to get pg but 28 were out of stock. Ordered everything last night with some eggnog for a christmas vc blend *excited smiley*

[crin766]

Oct 23, 2013 22:54:01 GMT Perpetua said:

Oct 23, 2013 22:30:19 GMT Ron said:

100 ml of 50/50 vanilla custard
seems a lot for a first mix
better to make smaller quantities first

Couldn't agree more Ron . . . you'd do much better to make up 3 or 4 custard recipes in 10ml bottles and see which suits you best Crin before you go into large volume production. Which tends to end in tears when you've not tried a recipe or mixing at first.

I think I'll take the advice and do just that

[crin766]

Oct 23, 2013 22:30:19 GMT Ron said:

100 ml of 50/50 vanilla custard
seems a lot for a first mix
better to make smaller quantities first

The actual plan was to make 300ml straight off and I'll still have 40ml of nic base for more custard when I vape/drink/bathe all that. But as I said above I'll try to resist and make up a few samples first!

[Perpetua]

Oct 24, 2013 7:22:07 GMT crin766 said:

Oct 23, 2013 22:54:01 GMT Perpetua said:

Couldn't agree more Ron . . . you'd do much better to make up 3 or 4 custard recipes in 10ml bottles and see which suits you best Crin before you go into large volume production. Which tends to end in tears when you've not tried a recipe or mixing at first.

I think I'll take the advice and do just that

. . . I think many of us fell into the trap of making up large volumes in the beginning Crin. It doesn't tend to make for successful mixing, even now I only make up 30ml max of tried and tested recipes. It's so much easier ( and can be less wasteful ) to tinker with 10ml if it's not immediately to your tastes.

[Deleted]

Oct 24, 2013 7:06:12 GMT crin766 said:

Oct 23, 2013 21:46:36 GMT fred said:

crin766
This PG is what I use & Glycerol (VG) from Boots.
According to them, pharma is better than food grade.

You may want to consider PG nic base, as VG is slightly cheaper & easier to get hold of

I was going to get pg but 28 were out of stock. Ordered everything last night with some eggnog for a christmas vc blend *excited smiley*

I see you have already ordered everything @crin776  .... for future Nic base orders I would highly recommend:

vapersemporium.co.uk/index.php?id_product=29&controller=product&id_lang=2  ....  probably the best value in the Uk atm and the 72mg will go further than 54 mg

[fred]

crin766 -

I still mix 10ml each of greendollar, oneday, perpys and my own (changing) custards, as I still cant decide which one I prefer.
If I'd mixed a big lot of my own blend to start, I think it would have gone down the drain, or still be steeping now


(or for even better value nic-base get your name on this list for 500g or a kg  )

[crin766]

Ok so all my equipment and ingredients have arrived and I've decided my first attempt will look like this;

10ml of 50/50 @10mg

Vg nic 54 19%

Vg 31%

Pg 19%

Vanilla custard 20%

Vanilla delux 5%

Dulce de luche 5%

Em 1%

How does that look to the trained eye?

[Perpetua]

Oct 29, 2013 16:43:35 GMT crin766 said:

Ok so all my equipment and ingredients have arrived and I've decided my first attempt will look like this;

Vanilla custard 20%

Vanilla delux 5%

Dulce de luche 5%

Em 1%

How does that look to the trained eye?

I'd probably have gone:

20% VC

3% FVD

3% D de L

1% Sweetener ( Sucralose based )

1% Vanillin

But you don't know until you try Crin.