My first mix,and my conclusions(and now the waiting)

[dognosh]

So , you know you will mess up the first time you do anything !!! 

I decided since I am likely to do so, I will go simple and small. I went for simple Capella vanilla custard(CVC) mix. I wanted 2 mixes, to compare, and 2 method of measuring for the recipe, again to compare.
First mix is a 25% CVC flavour in a 50/50 pg/vg , using a 72mg VG NB, PG and neat VG from boots(value health Glycerin) ,Amount: 5 ml. Method :dripping
(dripping : using 30 drops per ml )

2nd  mix is a 20% CVC flavour in a 50/50 pg/vg , using a 72mg VG NB, PG and neat VG from boots(value health Glycerin) ,Amount: 5 ml. Method : 5ml syringe

Dripping has given me about 3.5ml of juice , syringe about 4.25-4.5
1. dripping is good for small test amounts, as final total size is unimportant, the ratio is and dripping is accurate in that respect
2. syringe method using small amounts is inaccurate, but not only better but also handy and simpler for larger amounts, still not my choice of method
3. Once you know what you want in your recipe and decide to make a large batch, use accurate graded measuring jugs,not syringes. I will be looking for these, preferably 20-50 ml sized ones

Observations :
1. need to change my pen to maybe a bic,as the labels smudge,even after a while and with cellotape on them
(amendment, it is the cellotape that is chemically smudging my labels   time to buy clear nail varnish  and nail polish remover )
2. my crafting knife is brill and a must,for cutting labels to correct size,less fiddly than a scissor
3. kitchen towel !!!
4. 30ml bottles are fine for holding my NB/PG/VG ,for when I am experimenting with small amounts. Otherwise I need 100ml bottles with wider necks !
5. wash hands immediately after brewing or you will feel a slight burning sensation when you scratch just under your eye

Now the hard part, the waiting(I will be doing a tasting after 24 hours,1 week,2 weeks, 4 weeks)

[Roger]

If you have a 1ml syringe you can extremely accurate with small amounts, so I must disagree with your inaccurate statement.

[dognosh]

Nov 30, 2013 17:39:02 GMT Roger said:

If you have a 1ml syringe you can extremely accurate with small amounts, so I must disagree with your inaccurate statement.

soz, my fault, I meant with my 5ml syringe  

[stonethecrows]

dognosh, the 1ml syringes that Roger mentioned, is a must and get yourself some 14g blunt needles. I cut my VG at 0.5% with vodka, to make it that bit easier to handle. If you don't want to use vodka, get some distilled water. FWIW, I use the syringes for my nic/vg/pg, but for the concentrates, mostly CAP/PA/FA - I use the '38 drops= 1ml'. Some people might tell you this is wrong, but, for me - I get 38dr per ml. I did this multiple times and consistently counted 38dr into a syringe, to make up 1 ml. So, if my flavour is 15% to make a 10ml bottle of juice, that would be 57dr's. A 5ml bottle at 15% flavour would be 28 (ish) drops. We all have our different methods, just experiment a bit and see which works best for you.

If you can get hold of some 100ml brown/white glass bottles - To make yourself a bottle of 50/50 PG/VG, buy a small funnel (sell them at Asda) measure 50ml of water in ya' bottle - mark it with a marker pen or something, empty the bottle - then just funnel your VG up to the mark, then just add your easier to handle /measure, PG.

Good luck.

[Pepperty]

earlier today, I had an Epiphany moment - for at least 20 years of my life I've had a massive roll of small stickers (that I've never thrown out) Somehow I knew - one day- they would be useful ???

Just the correct size and width for labeling weeny plastic bottles. Another useful aid for my foray into 'make you own e-juice'
I've already clear nail varnished my syringe collection of 1ml, 2ml, 5ml and 10ml

[Super-Shiny]

Loads here: Clicky

Just don't get the ones with the needles

Bung some of this over the markings and they will last for ages

I do all my mixes now with syringes no matter how small the ml is, makes mixing so much faster using syringes only.

I used to use droppers before for small amounts but now i just use syringes.

[dognosh]

Nov 30, 2013 18:31:50 GMT stonethecrows said:

dognosh, the 1ml syringes that Roger mentioned, is a must and get yourself some 14g blunt needles. I cut my VG at 0.5% with vodka, to make it that bit easier to handle. If you don't want to use vodka, get some distilled water. FWIW, I use the syringes for my nic/vg/pg, but for the concentrates, mostly CAP/PA/FA - I use the '38 drops= 1ml'. Some people might tell you this is wrong, but, for me - I get 38dr per ml. I did this multiple times and consistently counted 38dr into a syringe, to make up 1 ml. So, if my flavour is 15% to make a 10ml bottle of juice, that would be 57dr's. A 5ml bottle at 15% flavour would be 28 (ish) drops. We all have our different methods, just experiment a bit and see which works best for you.

If you can get hold of some 100ml brown/white glass bottles - To make yourself a bottle of 50/50 PG/VG, buy a small funnel (sell them at Asda) measure 50ml of water in ya' bottle - mark it with a marker pen or something, empty the bottle - then just funnel your VG up to the mark, then just add your easier to handle /measure, PG.

Good luck.

good idea, ty

[dognosh]

Nov 30, 2013 18:40:31 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Loads here: Clicky

Just don't get the ones with the needles

Bung some of this over the markings and they will last for ages

I do all my mixes now with syringes no matter how small the ml is, makes mixing so much faster using syringes only.

I used to use droppers before for small amounts but now i just use syringes.

ty, I already got some SS needles coming, 14 and 18