For a first step into the rabbit hole it looks like your off to a good start. As people have stated above a lot of the recipes with creams will need to set awhile…
Time is by far the best method to steep a juice.
That being said I would recommend making a small bottle of each flavor by itself. Just so you know what it tastes like and can better judge if you will like a recipe before you make it…
For example
Liquid barn blue raspberry - to me tasted pretty good in a cheap $9 vape pen but when I put it in my mod @120 w it needs a sweetener or a cream…
Okay second thing to remember is to have fun. Some people r way to serious
Everyone will swear their way of mixing is the best. But it’s just their opinion. Unless of course they got a Nobel prize in making vape juice.
Listen to what they say, some if it’s good advice and use what works for you. Because in the end all that really matters is you make a juice you enjoy vaping.
I’ve always aimed for free shipping - I mix only 70VG/30PG.
Used up my first gallon of VG in less than 5 months… I had lots of juices steeping – I didn’t actually vape that much !
A Liter of PG lasted 2.5 months. bought another liter, then just gave up and bought a gallon of PG too.
60 mls of 100mg PG Nic was gone in 3.5 months - started at 3mg nic - moved down to 1.5mg nic very quickly. Bought lots more, all chilling in the freezer. Not broken down to smaller bottles (YET).
Go Big ! Gallons ! - hit the free shipping targets when you can.
I started off with 3 mg in pg , what a huge mistake that was. I was thinking it would be easier and a short cut of sorts. Now i ordered 48 in vg. I think 100mg might last me too long since i’m shooting for 3mg juices.
I guess there’s advantages to higher mg but i figure i place orders often enough 48 is fine for me
Solid start. I would have to agree with getting a few more fruits. Most are good off the shake. That way you will always have something to vape while your bakeries are steeping. A few I could recommend are.
CAP Double Apple
TPA Grape Juice
CAP Sweet Tangerine
LA Lemonade
LA Watermelon
FA Lemon Sicily
TPA Champagne
CAP Sweet Guava
FW Blueberry
TPA Sweet Raspberry
Not so long ago I knocked over a bottle of 100mg nicotine and spilled as much as perhaps 20ml all over myself - so I can testify that accidents can and will happen.
Ironically it happened while I was diluting my nicotine
Most nic comes with a foil seal at the opening. I just poke a hole near the edge with a tooth pic and drip from there into my bottle as it sits on the scales. (not good for larger mixes) No syringe needed.
Good idea! Never thought of that one. I do the same thing basically with the foil. I just poke a hole in it big enough to use my needle incase i knock it over accidentally.
I had to stop posting yesterday (Tue.) because of the ELR rule “max 20 posts/replies on first day”
I have read all the great replies, and will post a list of my changes made per your awesome suggestions.
More Flavors, order in 15 Ml vs. 30 Ml. And Skip the Frother.
Twist caps for pouring.
100% Nic. Base (probably PG for me) – Safety warnings noted.
Save 30 Ml Nic. Base for mixing, freeze the rest.
Get 15 Ml. Bottles for mixing samples vs. 30 Ml.
Have recipes ready – I have several 2 and 3 Flavor simple recipes to start on. This is what I built my original Flavors List from.
Waiting on steeping warning – I have a couple recipes that are good “Shake ‘n Vape”, plus I’ve got a local B & M store for backup, in case I’m caught on the Steeping Curve. NOTED that “creams require steeping”.
Free Shipping suggestions. Will work with that and also check the posted “coupons”.
“Go Big, buy Gallons!” – I have set myself a budget to explore this wonderful “hobby”, will be increasing my VG for sure.
Again, THANKS to all of you for freely giving of your time and knowledge!
That seal is extremely tough. Even with a hole poked, it is so hard to tear it off completely, especially around the edges. With a lot of pulling strength, it will stretch out and come off eventually but if you’re worried about it falling off, you shouldn’t.
@Gyreneosaurus Humm I think my first order was about $257 and change and I found I needed more than what I ordered go figure but 5 orders later I still find I need more to complete certain profiles in my recipes. But besides the lesson you can never order enough I also learned through ELR and having to rewhick so many times to stay away from the cap super sweet (sucralose) has binders that are no good for you and crap your coils up so I make my own sweetener now with pure sucralose powder. And I still read the forums religiously you will find that the people here truly care that you succeed in your endeavors and the only dumb question is the one you didn’t ask.
I thing to think about is that you will order again. Think about initially buying enough pg vg to last 3 months. That way you can spend more on other things. You will order again…shortly after your first month of mixing or two months.
Personally I I started with a liter of pg and vg that Only lasted me about a week before I had to order more, with everything I was steeping and all the snv stuff I had to place an order the same week, if I had it to do over again I would get gallons of pg and vg.
I like my Norpro… is it a requirement? No… did I mention that I like my Norpro?
I wouldn’t look at getting store bought juice as something that you may only do if you need to do while your building up a supply of steeped juice. According to one poll a good 25-28 % of the users here regularly purchase store juice (I don’t but many do).
I bought 2 gallons of vg and 1L of pg for my first order.
Roughly calculating how my I’ll need to use with all the flavors I bought. One month in, the pg went down to half after diluting the nicotine alone. And 1 third of vg is used.
Still good for a while though.
