Newbie mixing hysterics

[Super-Shiny]

Dec 7, 2013 19:37:32 GMT tominmids said:

Dec 7, 2013 18:43:13 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Just for info i done a test and found that 20 drops does not equate too 1ml, got a 1ml syringe and found 30 drops equates too 1ml

Hmmm!!! Looks like I'm gonna have to benchmark a dropper of some description to get a consistant measure.
Thanks Super-Shiny 

Best thing to do is try it yourself as i find some droppers have thicker drops to others (maybe something to do with quality of the dropper) get a 1ml syringe and drop 20 drops from your dropper and see if it fills it, with my droppers it takes 30 drops too fill it.

[Sal]

Dec 7, 2013 18:26:58 GMT Pepperty said:

Sal it has to! I'm somewhat ( by my nature) a penny pincher? --- mixing own e-liquid makes sense

Me too! And it's great fun trying them all out, I mix so many I don't even have to worry about steeping time either, i don't have enough time to catch up with myself 

[tmg]

Could you put the needle tip into the pointy end of a syringe and squeeze it in? Measure it that way Pepperty?






oh...just read on and realised that's already been suggested...I'll shut up now lol

[Roger]

Pepperty it has been mentioned by others, but if you raise the syringe plunger slightly before pulling up the liquid, you then get a small gap between the plunger and the liquid. It makes it far easier to be accurate then as you can level the liquid on the correct marking.

Well done on your first mix, give it a couple of days and you will be wondering what you were worrying about.

[almac]

Dec 7, 2013 19:08:18 GMT Super-Shiny said:

This is my saved template:





hey rom. should that 72 not be in the pg or vg box depending on what your base is or am i doing it wrong

[Super-Shiny]

almac nope, i use 72mg PG nic base, see here for more details: allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/21122/beginners-guide-mixing?page=1&scrollTo=393373

[almac]

Dec 8, 2013 8:57:31 GMT Super-Shiny said:

almac nope, i use 72mg PG nic base, see here for more details: allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/21122/beginners-guide-mixing?page=1&scrollTo=393373

oh dear, looks like i've been doing it wrong , only done about 12 mixes since i got all them concentrates off you but they've all been ok . so looking at your correct way next to mine, must mean that my 24mg target nico strength actually works out about 30% lower than yours meaning mine will prob only be about 17%.

can you check that for me m8. my base is 72% pg also.

[Perpetua]

almac . . . . in the top box you input your nicotine base strength and it's composition, the box under your desired finished strength.

Then in the PG/VG boxes, the finished ratio's you'd like to achieve:

[almac]

Dec 8, 2013 9:45:59 GMT Perpetua said:

almac . . . . in the top box you input your nicotine base strength and it's composition, the box under your desired finished strength.

Then in the PG/VG boxes, the finished ratio's you'd like to achieve:



yeah, i realise that off your last post rom. what i was wondering was, if you get your calc up and do it with the 72 in the pg which would auto put 28 in the vg and 100 in the mg, with the target strength at 24mg.

what would the actual nico strength end up. i can't get my head round that bit.

cheers if you can work it out m8.

[Super-Shiny]

almac you will end up having around the 17mg mark.

[almac]

Dec 8, 2013 10:08:35 GMT Super-Shiny said:

almac you will end up having around the 17mg mark.

that's what i figured out. can't believe that's strong enough for me tbh. all the premade at 18mg i've tried does nothing for me.

will mix an 18 and 24 properly next time and see what happens, be great if i can get away with 18mg.

thanks for the help rom.

[Carpe Vapor]

Tis partly in the mind. You thinking it was 24mg satisfied your subconscious I guess, kinda like a placebo effect

[almac]

Dec 8, 2013 10:40:20 GMT Carpe Vapor said:

Tis partly in the mind. You thinking it was 24mg satisfied your subconscious I guess, kinda like a placebo effect

it's all in the throat hit for me carpe. can't get a hit out of 18mg premade but can out of the way i've been mixing it. as they say, trial and error, oneard and upward and all that

[Carpe Vapor]

Higher PG will also help with the TH

[OneDay]

Great thread, and all the good advice has been given, so congrats

All I would add, for my 2 cents worth, is never use drops, it's too inaccurate. Syringe every time.


Assuming you can get the tops off the bottles of course