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JH_raheny · 20-09-2015 10:14AM

Haven't tried their nic. yet as I have a litre to use up first but got a load of flavours when the 40% sale was on and they smell quite strong, will do first mixing with them today so will post an update in a couple of weeks

8mm · 20-09-2015 02:42PM

I must mix up a non flavoured batch to see what taste the nic imparts.

Not too sure I want to know as I've got 500mls at 72mg of the stuff. I'm doing 10mg mixs so... (72/10)*500=3600 ... yeah that will take some time to get through.

Ah I do want to know! Slightly obsessive geek in me and all. The plan was to give juice to family/friends when I had something to be proud of.

JH_raheny · 22-09-2015 10:33AM

Just did first mix with the nic. from everything liquid and there is no smell of it at all, 60ml of flavour to make up 1/2 litre of 25/75, now the waiting and bottle shaking

Trond · 22-09-2015 11:27AM

Anyone know of somewhere cheap for a load of empty 10/20/30 ml bottles?

I find all the usual vendors charge something stupid like €0.90 per bottle.

8mm · 22-09-2015 02:27PM

Trond wrote: »

Anyone know of somewhere cheap for a load of empty 10/20/30 ml bottles?

I find all the usual vendors charge something stupid like €0.90 per bottle.

What type of bottle do you want?

Looking myself too. 30ml + 50ml glass with pipette is what I need.

I have this site bookmarked and might be worth a look:

http://www.ampulla.eu/

JH_raheny · 22-09-2015 02:45PM

I find wine bottles with screw cap perfect for mixing and then just refill smaller day2day bottles

jonski · 04-10-2015 09:46PM

Not complexing mixing by any stretch but I still have a question

, just making up a bottle of single flavour juice ( lime ) , do these need to be steeped for as long as some of the more complex creations ?

jousting with chairs · 05-10-2015 08:59AM

jonski wrote: »

Not complexing mixing by any stretch but I still have a question , just making up a bottle of single flavour juice ( lime ) , do these need to be steeped for as long as some of the more complex creations ?

Most single fruits are good to go after a shake, it's when you start adding creams and custards ect that a long steep in needed.

Trond · 08-10-2015 10:31AM

Bit disappointed with my latest attempt at The Milk clone. I used the standard concentrates as per the clone recipe but changed from vanilla custard to just normal custard (French company). Its got worse the longer Ive left it steeping. My last effort was far nicer. I now have Capella custard which im hoping will be better.

Trond · 12-10-2015 02:13PM

8mm wrote: »

What type of bottle do you want?

Looking myself too. 30ml + 50ml glass with pipette is what I need.

I have this site bookmarked and might be worth a look:

http://www.ampulla.eu/

Thought this might be of use to you. Cheapest Ive seen although Im not sure I'll be needing the quantity!!! Might be an option to go in on it 2 or 3 ways...

http://epackaging.ie/shop/30ml-winchester-amber-glass-bottle-with-dropper-cap-7/

8mm · 12-10-2015 02:49PM

Trond wrote: »

Thought this might be of use to you. Cheapest Ive seen although Im not sure I'll be needing the quantity!!! Might be an option to go in on it 2 or 3 ways...

Nice find... in the bookmarks it goes!

Yeah still not gotten anything like this in bulk myself. Been using various glass containers I have saved here at home. I have some small mason jars that have been are great for mixing in and then can be sealed airtight - good for 100 to 300 ml mixes.

JH_raheny · 13-10-2015 09:10AM

Trond wrote: »

Thought this might be of use to you. Cheapest Ive seen although Im not sure I'll be needing the quantity!!! Might be an option to go in on it 2 or 3 ways...

http://epackaging.ie/shop/30ml-winchester-amber-glass-bottle-with-dropper-cap-7/

Nice one, been looking for decent priced glass bottles

nkav86 · 13-10-2015 08:30PM

I only make small amounts, 30ml max but I'm using a pipette to transfer my vg, nightmare!! I have a blunt syringe but it won't fit through the neck of the bottle, I don't wanna have to get a scale or anything for jugs, would there be anything else?

glicster · 13-10-2015 08:36PM

nkav86 wrote: »

I only make small amounts, 30ml max but I'm using a pipette to transfer my vg, nightmare!! I have a blunt syringe but it won't fit through the neck of the bottle, I don't wanna have to get a scale or anything for jugs, would there be anything else?

Can u not pull out the plunger and pour it in the top of the syringe?

nkav86 · 13-10-2015 08:37PM

glicster wrote:

Can u not pull out the plunger and pour it in the top of the syringe?

Ah ffs! Why have I never thought of that

glicster · 13-10-2015 08:39PM

nkav86 wrote: »

Ah ffs! Why have I never thought of that

Lol. Might of happened me aswell only i read it here before.

And dont forget to block the other end with your finger

jousting with chairs · 13-10-2015 08:46PM

Also, if you stand your bottle of VG in warm water for about 10 mins before mixing it will become more fluid and easier to work with.

nkav86 · 13-10-2015 08:50PM

glicster wrote:

Lol. Might of happened me aswell only i read it here before.

Always the simplest tricks that work best, thanks!

jousting with chairs wrote:

Also, if you stand your bottle of VG in warm water for about 10 mins before mixing it will become more fluid and easier to work with.

Just saw that posted in something else, I'll be trying that too, cheers

8mm · 14-10-2015 01:17AM

Get some mason jars and store your PG/VG/NIC in them. They come in many sizes and most shops with a kitchen section should have them.

They seal perfectly airtight and with their wide opening and easy access make it painless to extract from with a syringe.

Take the needle off the syringe too as that will make it much easier to pull up thick VG.

jonski · 14-10-2015 01:17AM

So , I found a lime I like and I made up 10 mls , actually 11 , 10 70/30 base and 1 lime . It's what I'm looking for as a day time vape so I bought another 100 ml base and another bottle of lime , rather than go to the bother of measuring it out I was just going to throw the two of them together into a jar ............. is that ok or am I being a bit to flippant ?

jousting with chairs · 14-10-2015 09:27AM

jonski wrote: »

So , I found a lime I like and I made up 10 mls , actually 11 , 10 70/30 base and 1 lime . It's what I'm looking for as a day time vape so I bought another 100 ml base and another bottle of lime , rather than go to the bother of measuring it out I was just going to throw the two of them together into a jar ............. is that ok or am I being a bit to flippant ?

That would be fine, mixing isn't an exact science unless you are making juice for public sale, then you have to have the exact formula every time.
Half the fun of mixing your own is playing around with flavours you like and making something that suits your own taste.

The best advise I can give you is to keep notes, it's not so vital when mixing single flavours but as soon as you start combining flavours you will need to be able to replicate it if you make a good one.

8mm · 15-10-2015 12:55PM

Sooooo.... The TPD is on it's way in very soon now and in a moment of anxiety last night I was wondering about diy mixing supplies. Sure most of what we use is outside the scope of the TPD except for nicotine. The TDP states we can only be sold 10ml bottles containing a max of 20mg/ml - does this mean no more bulk nic for us?

I suppose a vendor could give us nic at TPD levels but for example I recently got a bottle of 500ml at 72mg/ml, the equivalent would be 180 10ml bottles - yikes!

Is it time to stock up on nicotine?

JH_raheny · 15-10-2015 02:09PM

I'm planning to get 5L of 72mg and stick in the freezer anyway, that'll be 120L of 3mg liquid so should last a while

8mm · 15-10-2015 07:13PM

JH_raheny wrote: »

I'm planning to get 5L of 72mg and stick in the freezer anyway, that'll be 120L of 3mg liquid so should last a while

46 years at 50ml per week... hardcore! :P

JH_raheny · 15-10-2015 08:39PM

8mm wrote: »

46 years at 50ml per week... hardcore! :P

Better safe than sorry you know :-)

Trond · 19-10-2015 11:28AM

JH_raheny wrote: »

I'm planning to get 5L of 72mg and stick in the freezer anyway, that'll be 120L of 3mg liquid so should last a while

I'll double check just to be sure but Im near certain I read that VG based nicotine is far better for long term freezing.

JH_raheny · 19-10-2015 01:01PM

Trond wrote: »

I'll double check just to be sure but Im near certain I read that VG based nicotine is far better for long term freezing.

I would be getting the VG based Nicotine anyway as it make for a little easier mixing when you only make high VG liquids

Trond · 19-10-2015 01:04PM

JH_raheny wrote: »

I would be getting the VG based Nicotine anyway as it make for a little easier mixing when you only make high VG liquids

Ah cool, think I'll look into that as well seeing as all my concentrates are PG based.

Im not too far off trying 0mg nic anyway but I'll get a bit for freezing purposes anyway...

Trond · 19-10-2015 07:14PM

Another bargain Ive found (relatively speaking)

100 X 30ml plastic bottles available from the below for €27.19

http://www.flavourart.co.uk/diy-mixology.html

Got them and 6 concentrates delivered for €57 plus parcel motel so €60.50 all in.

JH_raheny · 19-10-2015 07:50PM

That should have you sorted not needing bottles for quite some time.
I got a 100 x 10ml bottles with the mixing bundle and bought an additional 25 or 30 30ml bottles and still have loads left months later.
Really took advantage of vape-escapes closing down sale as well so making last bits of liquid have cost me max 15 Euro per liter

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