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Always steep Cap ON

Both PG & VG are hygroscopic, so they will absorb any moisture from the air, diluting your juice.

I think the Californians are OK with breathing and Cap off because of the dry climate, but UK is a little different.

Steeping is just the oxidation of the Nicotine through the liquid, changing the properties of the flavourings, and darkening the juice. My Zero Nic is cloudy white when mixed, like all Snake Oil is when first made. The Zero never changes colour - the 6mg after 2 weeks is pale yellow - the 12mg is slightly darker - the 18mg is yellow and 24mg is much darker.

So you would think leaving the top off is a good idea, to allow the oxygen in to speed up the maturation process - yes but at the detriment of water moisture.

A good routine would be a couple of shakes morning an night, to run the oxygen through the liquid - open the cap, squeeze the bottle so new air is going in - replace cap and shake. Then rest it.

To speed things up - stand and shake for 30 minutes or instead use an ultrasonic cleaner to do the shaking for you. After first mixing 3 days of 6-8 x 4 minute cycles takes 3-5 days off the steeping time.

Just for interest - the word steeping has entered the vaper's language because the old-timers steeped tobacco leaves in a solvent usually PG or alcohol to extract the flavours - same as you do in cooking with fruits etc.

they would swap their "steeps" on the forums - meaning an eJuice they had made from tobacco leaves. Tobacco steeps takes forever to mature, so this is where the cross-over to the current use came about.

What we are actually doing in normal DIY steeping is actually maturation.

Well done if you have managed to read the whole post without without falling asleep - a bit like when I watch Snooker !!! LOL

T