Woohoo! First time DIY :)

[tony09]

The rest of my supplies came this morning (lol quite a bit more than shown). I'm stoked to try this out!! Been spending way too much money on juice in the two short months I've been vaping regularly. I've been reading my butt off on this forum and google searches. Thanks for all the info that enables guys like me to get started!!

 

[Squonk]

Congrats man. Three words......

http://vapingunderground.com/threads/guide-to-mixing-by-weight.22891/

 

[Bucky205]

Welcome to the club. Whatcha gonna make? I probably under think it. I take a 10 ml syringe with no plunger. Hold my thumb over the opening and pour to the measurement called for for each flavor, put it over the bottle and reinsert the plunger to force it out, repeat for next flavor. Add Nic, and a little PG to get to 80/20. Fill the bottle the rest of the way with VG. I probably spend less than 2 minutes mixing 120 ml of a 5 flavor recipe. I like doing it this way because it's fast and it doesn't cross contaminate flavors.

 

[Time]

Nice. Enjoy the day.

 

[tony09]

Welcome to the club. Whatcha gonna make?

Well...lol long story but I live in the same house as my ex....and she wants straight mango, so I have to keep the peace then I'm going to experiment with mango. Probably guava and fresh cream to start. Also a HIC shake and Vape recipe (strawberry & joy) to keep my satisfied while I get my feet wet and experiment. I really want something full, thick, creamy and fruity. I'm dying to try the rhubarb!! But I need some skills before I mess with that.

 

[tony09]

Well.....I made several mixes that are all vapeable, but the flavors are nowhere near as strong as store bought juice. My favorite so far is a dragon berry/candy watermelon. Just working with 10ml bottles until I get something I really like. I made 2 of each mix so I can leave one to steep I'd say it was pretty successful for my first time. It can only get better from here!!

 

[Bucky205]

Well.....I made several mixes that are all vapeable, but the flavors are nowhere near as strong as store bought juice. My favorite so far is a dragon berry/candy watermelon. Just working with 10ml bottles until I get something I really like. I made 2 of each mix so I can leave one to steep I'd say it was pretty successful for my first time. It can only get better from here!!

A lot of people don't add the nic until after they like the flavor. It makes dumping a 10 ml painless if you have too. Most can be corrected. I haven't had to dump one in a while. Don't know that I got any better on mixing, just got better at fixing things. On the flavor not tasting as strong, it takes VG a little while to pick up flavor. PG carries flavor better. That's why some juices will get louder after steeping.

 

[tony09]

Oooh thanks for that. I made them 70/30 vg/pg. although when I was testing individual flavors I used straight pg. I used 20drops to 1 just to get an idea of how they taste at 5%. Just made fresh coils and they're tasting pretty decent!! I don't have the urge to go out and buy juice lol waiting for them to steep is going to be tough..

 

[Chrispdx]

lol waiting for them to steep is going to be tough..

Tough is right. If you have the ability check out some of the shake and vape recipies listed on VU. Many are very good same day if not the next morning vapes.

 

[FL_David]

Waiting is the worst part of DIY. Welcome to the club of flavor chasers.
Fixing can be fun and you will find your favorite "fixer flavors". Mine is 'Game Over Custard'. If a mix goes south in a bad way, GOC can make it palpable to vape rather then dumping it.

 

[Bucky205]

Ok, can get good after steeping Good, sometimes gets great after steeping. Shit, still taste bad 10 days later.

 

[OBDave]

Congrats on hitting "vapeable" or "good enough" right off the bat - you'll get even better as time goes on, some of us started out absolutely hating our early work but ended up mastering the process...

 

[tony09]

Well I've been mixing all weekend this is my steep pile. I made triples of everything. One for my ex, one for me to Vape now and see how they develop, and the other to steep. One stands out above the rest and is very pleasurable as a shake and Vape. It's an FA Strawberry, FA Kiwi and FA Marshmallow. Yummy!!

 

[SailCat]

some juices will get louder after steeping.

Oh, I'm so gonna use that expression.

 

[Bucky205]

Oh, I'm so gonna use that expression.

LOL, I can't think of a better way of describing it. I'm still trying to get past Tony09 making ejuice for his ex. Next girl I hear say there are no nice guys left, I'm sending her to @tony09.

 

[tony09]

LOL, I can't think of a better way of describing it. I'm still trying to get past Tony09 making ejuice for his ex. Next girl I hear say there are no nice guys left, I'm sending her to @tony09.

Haha send her my way!! cohabiting sucks....it's all about keeping the peace. At least I have the master bedroom

 

[CgS_Drone]

DIY'ing is a process. Heck we have our favorites and some of them we are still tweaking after a year of making it and adding a drop of this and a drop of that to get it even better. Welcome to DIY.

 

[itsmenotyou]

I must say my first ~3 months of making juice I was happy to have a vapeable product. But now at a year and a half of mixing my own. I make some damn good juice from time to time

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