Have You Ever "Doctored Up" A Pre-Made Juice?

[CrazyChef]

I have a number of juices that I have lying around that are just okay in flavor. Either they seem to be missing something, or are just too light on the flavor. The more new flavors I try, the more I seem to steer away from the ones I already have. But it seems such a waste to just let them sit there. I've mixed a few together (Hangsten Menthol w/ RY4 for example) with some varying results.

I'm getting a bunch of FlavourArt flavors in tomorrow (VAPE MAIL!!! ) and plan on taking these leftovers and making them better.

 

[nabibrian]

I will admit, I have done this. Some great results and some not so much lol

 

[kwtony]

Menthol can be added to just about any flavor if thats what you like to give you that cool minty hit. So can a Cool mint, if you aren't a fan of real menthol (like me)

You can use a TFA (The Flavors Apprentice) Sweetner or Ethyl Maltol.

I have used Blue Raspberry Cotton Candy from CAP (Capellas) with great results as well.

 

[zaroba]

Could just mix some of the juices together.
I've done that plenty of times with my mount baker vapor liquids before I got into DIY

 

[GrayVaper]

I've combined three custard based flavors into one bottle simply because each of the three were almost gone and it has worked ok. On the other hand, I combined two similar fruit flavors, strawberry based, and got something almost un-vapable.
Keeping some sweetner on hand can be a best friend.

 

[Foggz]

lol - awesome!

 

[UncleRJ]

I do it all the time.

I have a large bottle of a tobacco flavor that I put in smaller bottles then add a different flavor concentrate.

And then as a matter of course, I combine BEJ Coffee, Hazelnut and Brandy.

 

[GrayVaper]

I do it all the time.

I have a large bottle of a tobacco flavor that I put in smaller bottles then add a different flavor concentrate.

And then as a matter of course, I combine BEJ Coffee, Hazelnut and Brandy.

Do you just "Eyeball it", or do you get all technical with percentages? I'm assuming you just "pinch a dis, pinch a dat" like I probably would.

 

[misswish]

Yes! When I started with diy, I had bottles of vendor juices that needed a little help...so, a drop of this, a few drops of that later, and I had pretty good juice. I figured it couldn't hurt, might as well try to save them.

 

[lirruping]

I have a number of juices that I have lying around that are just okay in flavor. Either they seem to be missing something, or are just too light on the flavor. The more new flavors I try, the more I seem to steer away from the ones I already have. But it seems such a waste to just let them sit there. I've mixed a few together (Hangsten Menthol w/ RY4 for example) with some varying results.

I'm getting a bunch of FlavourArt flavors in tomorrow (VAPE MAIL!!! ) and plan on taking these leftovers and making them better.

I bought a bunch of 99-cent 15ml bottles from Killer Juice back when they used to have such sales every week, and almost every one of them was super light on flavor. I doctored them all, over time, but I had to be really careful, I discovered, because not knowing what is already in the juice makes it hard to predict how it will react to added flavor. In almost every case, the flavor I could barely taste (or sometimes not taste at all) to begin with, kind of blossomed when I added additional flavor.

 

[upintheclouds]

How would I go about decreasing the potency of nicotine in my bulk ejuice I just bought? I got a 500 ml bottle of fruit punch from heartland vapes with 12 mg of nicotine concentration..since they didnt have anything slightly above 6 mg. But its just too potent for me to enjoy my new sigelei 150 w.

 

[efektt]

I bought a bunch of 99-cent 15ml bottles from Killer Juice back when they used to have such sales every week, and almost every one of them was super light on flavor. I doctored them all, over time, but I had to be really careful, I discovered, because not knowing what is already in the juice makes it hard to predict how it will react to added flavor. In almost every case, the flavor I could barely taste (or sometimes not taste at all) to begin with, kind of blossomed when I added additional flavor.

Haha. I did the exact same thing. Got about 50 bottles. Now I just use them for my nicotine base. Cant even taste the original flavor. They were 12 mg and I vape 3 mg now, so I dont have to use much.

 

[efektt]

How would I go about decreasing the potency of nicotine in my bulk ejuice I just bought? I got a 500 ml bottle of fruit punch from heartland vapes with 12 mg of nicotine concentration..since they didnt have anything slightly above 6 mg. But its just too potent for me to enjoy my new sigelei 150 w.

Use either vg or pg to dilute, but you will loose alot of flavor. You can also buy 0 nic of the same flavor and dilute with that. This way will keep the flavor intact.

 

[lirruping]

Haha. I did the exact same thing. Got about 50 bottles. Now I just use them for my nicotine base. Cant even taste the original flavor. They were 12 mg and I vape 3 mg now, so I dont have to use much.

Wow, heh. There must be a lot of us out here. So I guess you don't find the flavor suddenly comes out of nowhere when you add more? For me it varies from flavor to flavor, but it's almost always there more than before when I add something new.

 

[efektt]

I use the fruit flavors as the base. They have next to 0 flavor. There other flavors I don't really vape. Antivenom is an interesting change.

 

[HeadInClouds]

When I started vaping and used vendor liquids, I'd often mix them together to get a little variety. Then I discovered DIY was possible and totally went off the deep end, mixing constantly. I'm still here in the deep end, mixing.

 

[wllmc]

I'll be different , dont worry about doctoring that stuff up. find someone in the trading thing that will pay the shipping and PIF it to someone lol !

 

[Azrael Ibanez]

Use either vg or pg to dilute, but you will loose alot of flavor. You can also buy 0 nic of the same flavor and dilute with that. This way will keep the flavor intact.

Exactly. When I first started out I was using the Mark 10 cigalike and started refilling them with juice rather than buy new cartridges of that nasty crap they use. 12 mg nic was perfect for that and I had quite a few bottles. When I upgraded to an ego style with a tank, the 12 was way too much so I just bought 0 mg bottles of the same flavors I had, mixed them down to 6 mg, and I was golden.
But yea, I also mix a little of this and a little of that sometimes just to experiment and it usually works out pretty well.

 

[Swerved]

I've done it. I started out vaping OB from Suicide Bunny but I found it too rich for my taste. So eventually what I wound up doing was Getting a 15ml bottle of twice the nic strength I needed, and I would dilute it with my on VG/PG mix (no nic) @ 1:1.. Ended up with twice the juice for the price and it was still enough flavor for me (at the time)...

Now days, my pallet is a little more.. uhm, refined.

 

[lirruping]

I've done it. I started out vaping OB from Suicide Bunny but I found it too rich for my taste. So eventually what I wound up doing was Getting a 15ml bottle of twice the nic strength I needed, and I would dilute it with my on VG/PG mix (no nic) @ 1:1.. Ended up with twice the juice for the price and it was still enough flavor for me (at the time)...

Now days, my pallet is a little more.. uhm, refined.

Refined, as in, you need more flavor or less? Myself, I feel like lowering the percentage of flavoring I need to feel happy & satisfied is a refinement.

 

[lirruping]

Not that I always do that--sometimes I spike my juice with what many people would think way too much flavoring. Strength of juice is definitely something I can train myself to become accustomed to, though... it's very malleable.

 

[Swerved]

Refined, as in, you need more flavor or less? Myself, I feel like lowering the percentage of flavoring I need to feel happy & satisfied is a refinement.

If I had to quantify it I would say more. At the time, I was vaping with a Nautilus mini and a little 15w battery. Don't get me wrong, for a tank it was decent for flavor, but it pales in comparison to a good RDA. Not to mention the DIY side of things.

I haven't touched vendor juice since I got my first flavor concentrates in. I have a full 30 ml bottle of SB Claim Your Throne that I've virtually not touched because my supplies came in right after I got it.. lol. It's a little heavy on the butterscotch for me anyway. Maybe I'll butcher that one up as well..