All my DIY juices taste bad !

KingOfClouds · Jan 29, 2018

Hello everyone !

I've just started making my own juices and followed all regular steps to make my first ejuice.
But all 3 i made taste like completely burned garbage...

I've used:
80VG/20PG Steam Queen Base
1. TFA - apple pie mixed with TFA - Brown sugar (7% - 3%) (Tasted extremely Burned)
2. Big Mouth fantasia (12%) (Tasted like drinking out of a toilet..)
3. The Candy Shop Strawberry Syrup Pancakes (12%) ( (Tasted extremely Burned)

Used needles to mix the correct ML's.
I've made them and did shake them everyday for +- 3 minutes 1 week long.
I've Primed them very well till the juice came out of the cotton.

Im using a SMOK G-Priv 220w @ 40-60 Watt and a SMOK v8 baby stick with Big Baby Beast (0.4ohm Q2) and Baby beast (0.15ohm M2) Both had the same bad taste.

Can someone tell me what im doing wrong here ?!

Heabob · Jan 29, 2018

I'd start by trying just your base alone without any flavors to narrow it down some.

KingOfClouds · Jan 29, 2018

Heabob said:
I'd start by trying just your base alone without any flavors to narrow it down some.

What should pure base taste like ? Got 2 bottles here, one still sealed so i could easily taste the difference... I dont think that the base is causing the problem btw because its just a new bottle

SteveS45 · Jan 29, 2018

What is the Nicotine percentage of your base? I am leaning towards the nicotine causing it to taste burned. Can we assume it is a fresh coil?that was properly primed? Did you age and infuse you e-Liquid?

The Cromwell · Jan 29, 2018

3% brown sugar is very high in my opinion.
More like .5%.

Markw4mms · Jan 29, 2018

Those percentages do seem a bit high. A lot of times in mixing you'll find less is more.

Teresa P · Jan 29, 2018

Too much brown sugar will taste too sweet before it'll taste burned. You may need to check your nic and base, as Heabob suggested. I've also had flavorings go bad and taste burned.

The Cromwell · Jan 29, 2018

It is beast coils we are talking about here too.

Hillbilly Pig · Jan 29, 2018

http://vapingunderground.com/threads/finding-the-problem-when-your-diy-tastes-bad.88262/

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

SteveS45 said:
What is the Nicotine percentage of your base? I am leaning towards the nicotine causing it to taste burned. Can we assume it is a fresh coil?that was properly primed? Did you age and infuse you e-Liquid?

0mg nic
Fresh coil and primed the hell out of it x)
Liquid age for like a week..

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

The Cromwell said:
It is beast coils we are talking about here too.

Yes it is but ive tried in a friends vapresso same result...

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

Teresa P said:
Too much brown sugar will taste too sweet before it'll taste burned. You may need to check your nic and base, as Heabob suggested. I've also had flavorings go bad and taste burned.

Flavorings and base are new, no nic...

The Cromwell · Jan 30, 2018

KingOfClouds said:
Yes it is but ive tried in a friends vapresso same result...

Base maybe?
Burned flavor is almost always singed coil cotton.

3? different flavors all taste burned?
Either coil or base used in juice.

But just my opinion.

SteveS45 · Jan 30, 2018

KingOfClouds said:
0mg nic
Fresh coil and primed the hell out of it x)
Liquid age for like a week..

Well thanks for answering so I can only suggest tying each ingredient separately until you find the culprit. Good Luck!

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

The Cromwell said:
Base maybe?
Burned flavor is almost always singed coil cotton.

3? different flavors all taste burned?
Either coil or base used in juice.

But just my opinion.

The more savory flavors tasted burned and the fantasia tasted like biting in an unpealed orange x)
Ive tryed a new coil and my other mod so cant be the coil... trying the base alone later today

Thanks for your help !

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

SteveS45 said:
Well thanks for answering so I can only suggest tying each ingredient separately until you find the culprit. Good Luck!

Ill go and try the base, thanks for your help

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

I've held my 2 bottles of base next to each other and the one i used looks very dark, the other one is very clear.. so its a good chance its the base...

The Cromwell · Jan 30, 2018

KingOfClouds said:
I've held my 2 bottles of base next to each other and the one i used looks very dark, the other one is very clear.. so its a good chance its the base...

PG/VG base should not be dark.

Hillbilly Pig · Jan 30, 2018

If your nic is dark when you get it, it's almost certainly bad. The sure sign is peppery, harshness.

The Cromwell · Jan 30, 2018

Hillbilly Pig said:
If your nic is dark when you get it, it's almost certainly bad. The sure sign is peppery, harshness.

I think I read no nic, so yes dark base is very bad.
PG/VG base should be clear. Not like glass but clear.

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

The Cromwell said:
I think I read no nic, so yes dark base is very bad.
PG/VG base should be clear. Not like glass but clear.

Exactly, but the bottle i used was also halfopen when it arrived so i think we found the problem x)
Ill make some small samples with the other base and hope fully it will be good this time :O
Is there a fast way to test it when made ?

The Cromwell · Jan 30, 2018

KingOfClouds said:
Exactly, but the bottle i used was also halfopen when it arrived so i think we found the problem x)
Ill make some small samples with the other base and hope fully it will be good this time :O
Is there a fast way to test it when made ?

Just vape a bit of the PG/VG base by itself on a clean wick/coil.
Should not have much flavor at all. And will not hurt the wick/coil will just take a bit for the flavor later to come thru when you use regular juice.

Hillbilly Pig · Jan 30, 2018

Also, not directed at me, but unflavored juice is shake n vape, literally can't get faster than that.

The Cromwell · Jan 30, 2018

You could even taste compare the 2 bases with a bit on your tongue. Should not hurt you. Well a good base would be totally safe anyway, no guarantees on the dark stuff.

UncleRJ · Jan 30, 2018

Being relatively new to DIY myself, I really did not enjoy much success until I started using tried and true recipes from other members.

From @HeadInClouds in particular as well as the community recipes from Bull City Flavors.

KingOfClouds · Jan 30, 2018

Here you can clearly see the difference, no wonder it tasted so bad

Just Frank · Jan 30, 2018

KingOfClouds said:
Here you can clearly see the difference, no wonder it tasted so bad

Yeah, you're gunna want to use the more clear bottle.

Numers 2 and 3 on your list, I never heard of those companies.

MagicJosh · Jan 30, 2018

There are too many shitty flavors. You need to learn which flavors are more powerful then others. It took me allot of money to learn the best flavors.

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