First time mixing by weight

[reefcat]

Saw a post from lairey recently about mixing by weight & thought I'd give it a go. I hadn't realised that my favourite calculator (www.dot1ml.com) had a weight function. It has defaults set for VG, PG & PG based flavours so thought I would go with those. It was a bit of a rainy day today, so got all my mixing kit, chose a few recipes I fancied and off I went. Kreeds Pinapple Upside Down Cake, a Muffin Man clone & a Milk & Honey Clone

What a revelation, so easy compared to my normal combination of measuring cylinders & syringes. Just really easy, really quick, & minimal clean up.

Think the syringes will be packed away and into the garage.

Just got to be patient now for the steeping, but quietly confident.

[b1mble]

I still use syringes for mixing by weight - it is a simple way to add very small amounts. I just pour into the bottle till I'm close then top up with a syringe.

[lisburnvapes]

This sounds interesting, What sort of weighing device do you use ?

[b1mble]

Cheapie balance off eBay. As long as it'll do 0.01g reliably and won't auto power off you're sorted. The one I use cost about 6 quid delivered.

I have a proper microgram balance in the loft that's at least 90 years old (My father's uncle and his brother were both Ph.D. chemists). By the time I'd set up a 5 ton spring mounted granite table and the suitable wind shields and cleaned all the corrosion off the knife edges, I'd be better starting again. I still have access to balances that cost more than my house and checked the cheapie. It's fine for what i need. TBH repeatability is more important than accuracy.

[reefcat]

Mine was also a cheap electronic jobbie from Ebay, measures from .01 to 100 grams. I did a big mix today, 250 ml, so used the little one for all the concentrates & the PG, then used some digital kitchen scales for the VG (accurate to 1 gram). I just reset back to 0 after each component before adding the next one.

Really did save a lot of faffing about

[mosop]

A few bits and bobs that might help people

Scales www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-01-500G-0-1-2KG-Electronic-Digital-Gold-Jewellery-Weighing-Kitchen-Scales-AAA/171853519970?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33840%26meid%3D73c0952153c643ccb5bc1a29a681b671%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D221808129642

they go upto 500g and the others goto 2k

For flavours you could try these www.amazon.co.uk/PIPETTES-PLASTIC-DROPPING-GRADUATED-PACK/dp/B004GWW0HO/ref=pd_sim_86_9?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TRFQ4FZ3XS7TBS3ZKWQ there are cheaper on amazon but have to get from china but at 3p each cheap enough throw away after use why bother cleaning

Your nic solution i use a 30ml droper bottle

For PG and VG something like these www.creamsupplies.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=1955&category=3279 or get something like these www.ibottles.co.uk/products/caps/28mm-natural-nozzle-and-captive-cap.html when you order bottles

Then everything can be squirted straight into bottles


Apart from filling your squirty bottles NO CLEANING afterwards

[reefcat]

Great idea for the squeezy bottles, less faffing with a tiny funnel that doesn't like VG. I can use them for Nic base, PG, and VG. Happy to use the droppers on the flavours.

Excellent -

[lairey]

I use these scales and these squeezy bottles for VG & PG. My nic is in a 100ml nipple top bottle and any 100ml concentrates have been part decanted into 30ml bottles. Every mix up to 100ml just gets mixed straight into the bottle, 200ml and above is mixed in a glass beaker, which is the only washing up

[reefcat]

Think I remember some "ketchup" squeezy bottles in the restaurant supplies bit of Makro. Will be giving them a try out next time I'm there.