This is how i do things
CaptainChaos but i have OCD:
Before I start please note that this is how I do things when mixing and is in no way asking others to follow, we all have our own mixing styles.....
It's just a guide that you may take parts from it to use in your own style of mixing.
Before I even think of mixing I have two simple rules:Only start mixing when all is quiet and in a stress free environment.
Children and pets will not in anyway be in the near vicinity of me mixing at anytime.
If the above two simple rules are in place I can start mixing.
Preparation, for me is the key to a stress free and easy mixing session, my aim is not to have any need to move from my mixing area and also making sure everything is at hand.
Space/Room is your friend..............This is the order with my preparation:1: Decide how many mixes I am going to make (in this guide I am making 4 fictional mixes).
2: Remove top caps and inners from the four bottles and put the caps and inners to one side.
3: Label up the bottles with: Name of juice – Nicotine strength – Date juice was made.
4: Get a pot filled with clean water, this pot is used for flushing out a just used syringe.
5: Get a second pot with clean water, this pot is what I call the final flush for the syringe.
6: Make sure all bottles containing the PG/VG/Nic base are full or have enough inside them for the mixing session.
7: Get a 1ml syringe fitted with a 18 gauge needle, this will cover anything that is 1ml and below.
8: Get a 10ml syringe fitted with a 14 gauge needle, this will cover anything above 1ml.
9: I then lay it all out as per picture below:
You will notice on the four following recipes that they are all:16mg in strength
60pg/40vg ratio
30ml size
And they all have another thing in common, they all have:6.67ml of nicotine base
12ml of VG
The only difference is the percentage of flavour concentrate and how much PG is being used.
PG percentage will normally always be different because of the different percentages used with the flavour concentrates.
See pictures below of the percentages of flavour concentrates and how it effects the percentage needed in PG, the more percentage I use with the flavour concentrates the less PG will be needed.
Example of how my ejuicemeup calculator looks for making the Apple flavour:
Now onto the mixing part...........As all my mixes are using 6.67ml of nic base I fill each bottle with 6.67ml of nic base......
I am now finished with the nic baseAs all my mixes are using 12ml of VG I fill each bottle with 12ml of VG......
I am now finished with the VGAll I do then is go back to the first recipe and put the required amount of PG needed for that recipe, then onto the next recipe and so on....
I am now finished with the PGNow all I do then is go back to the first recipe again and put the required amount of concentrate needed for that recipe, then onto the next recipe and so on....
I am now finished with the concentratesAll mixes are now done and I can now put the inners back onto the bottles, once this is done I give the bottles a good shake whilst making sure I am holding the tip to stop any juices coming out and then squeeze each bottle a little to get rid of any air built up inside the bottle.
Put caps on the bottles and then store them in a cupboard to steep for their required amount of time.
Then it's just a case of cleaning the two syringes and putting everything away for next time.
Mixing session is now over
