Confessions of a Noob and an Epic Fail

( Super Noob Alert) Curious. So far made 3 different Vanilla Custard recipes highly rated here. Not sure if its me but so far they seem a bit ā€œheavy?ā€

Only 2-5 days old.
Presently vaping on a retail Vanilla Custard clone I love. Not sure if I am expecting the same as the retail or they havenā€™t steeped long enough yet but they dont seem light or fluffy? Does this make sense?

Have since learned not advisable to add EM to custards. One recipe suggested for sweetness but was only 1%-so not thinking its the EM. Just curious if this is a normal steeping process or I so far failed LOL

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I canā€™t vape custards for at least a month. All the custard mixes Iā€™ve made have been pretty heavy as well. I typically have them paired with things like cookie or pie crust, though. Not sure how to do a light, fluffy custard. Maybe less custard and more cream or something like meringue?

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still heavy a month later though?
(still waiting and seeing as latest one might not be like this, but too soon to tell)

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The ones Iā€™ve made, yeah. Its kind of what I like about them though. My custard mixes are my sweeter, more ā€˜chewyā€™ mixes, if that makes any sense. LoL. Iā€™ve never had a retail custard though, so I donā€™t really know what theyā€™re supposed to taste like. I think of custard as more of a dense pudding than something light like a mousse.

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Thanks. Your post offers hope they can get better - damn this long steeping time though

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Try thisā€¦

Strawberry Banana and Vanilla Custard

Ingredient %
Banana (Flavorah) 0.75
Bano (Banana) (FA) 3
Meringue (FA) 1
Strawberry Shisha (INAWERA) 2.5
Vanilla Custard (Flavorah) 2.5
Vanilla Shisha (INAWERA) 2

Flavor total: 11.75%

Remember to rate it at e-liquid-recipes.com!

But lower the custards and strawberry by .5%. Should be light and fluffy.

Or add FLV Milk and Honey. That stuff lightens everything I throw into it. I had some in my dripper. Added my Ole Nutty Cuss, and it was light and fluffy until the Milk and Honey cleared out.

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Thanks. Saved. I am missing a few of those (fruits) but about to order tonight and will add those to my growing list.
That looks REALLY good! I am particular to Banana than strawberry but willing to try both.

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I did make up one by Lars, 2 days ago, G Vanilla Custardy ll. Instead of tasting it on an RDA, I just put it on my fav atty, Bellus. I know what to expect with it and this one quite palpable after only 2 days. Not heavy. Worth making 250mls and allowing it to steep for a few weeks.
I have vaped VC 99% of the time. I think for me it will be best when I am capable of making one with a few different vanillas etc. But this is definitely one I can deal with now. The Straw/Banana/VC would be an ideal 2nd. I like to have 3 flavours going all the time. Thx. Will review when done!

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Thatā€™s mine :slight_smile: Glad you like it! It will become much better if you steep it for a month or longer! :wink:

To me, itā€™s a very strange recipe - itā€™s nothing special, yet itā€™s one of the only recipes Iā€™ve vaped continuously, every day for almost two years :stuck_out_tongue: So I guess it is something special to me :smiley: hehe

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Sorry. Not familiar with whoā€™s who yet. You arenā€™t Lars as well?
Oh yes, plan to steep further :slight_smile:

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Yes, I am Lars on ELR :smiley:

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Thanks. Know you are my first successful e-juice and worthy of the 250ml bottle to start. Likely will be a daily vape + Look forward to it even being better with proper steep time :smiley:

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Funny visting that now. A year + later I have never had that reaction again. I was so surprised at it, which was why I mentioned it.
Obviously I must have had something else happen so coincidently tied it into the nic.

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I have since our discussions here had 100mg nicotine on my skin. I had no side effects at all. I have however on two occasions put a drop of flavoring on my finger for a taste test, touched my lip and almost immediately felt a burn on my lip. Almost like a cold sore.

Oh yeah, I have another fail story. I was mixing a recipe and was trying so hard to get the flavoring to come out of a bottle of Capella. I squeezed so hard the tip blew off into my flask. After fishing it out I had to make 10 times more of the recipe to get the percentages back on track! Luckily I had some 4oz bottles of the main flavors LOL.

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You have amusingly great epic fail stories lol

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Yeah some days I feel like a monkey getting it on with a football :rugby_football::monkey:

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Ahhh fuckinell that made me lol

Not the stupidest thing Iā€™ve heard though. My mate quit smoking and started vaping one of those cigarette clone style vapes but keeps flicking them out the window when heā€™s driving XD Force of habit is a bitch eh lol

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I did that before when those cigalikes came out. Worthless pieces of crap anyway :smiley:

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I can confirm (from personal experience) that FA @ 10% is muted to nothing but a tad sweetness from VG :open_mouth:
I inadvertently did this the other day, thankfully in 10ml singles, so i can adjust.
But spent a painful day today trying to workout why I had no flavour and my tongue was feeling odd/fuzzy. Didnt click until i was reading something here about not doubling FA recipes and i twigged :confused:
Oh well, lesson learned!!

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Just about lost a mouthful of coffee when i read this! That struck me as hilarious! Lmao!

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