So i mixed a handful for the Hic's Strawberry cotton candy without nic will low results. I'll list all the elements and a few other mixes I tried.
70vg/30pg 4% Strawberry & 4% Joy. Upon vape I can smell a touch of cotton candy via my nose but upon inhale'n'exhale low to little flavor.
50vg/50pg 4% Strawberry & 4% Joy. Upon vape I can smell a touch of cotton candy via my nose but upon inhale'n'exhale low to little flavor. There was more flaver than the 70/30 and about the same at the 8% mix. I would say slight flavor increase.
60vg/40pg 8% Strawberry & 8% Joy. Upon vape I can smell a touch of cotton candy via my nose but upon inhale'n'exhale low to little flavor. There was more flaver than the 70/30 and about the same at the 8% mix. I would say slight flavor increase.
Ry4/Carmel Vanilla. All FA flavors. 70vg/30pg. 3mg nic. Carmel 4%, Ry4 6%, Vanilla 4%. Ry4 taste was the highest taste profile. I could taste the caramel but the profile was low. The overall flavor was still low but at least higher than the StrawCotCandy. I would lower the Ry4. However, there was still wasn't what a call "flavor explosion" like I get with store bought ejuice.
Hic EggNog 70vg/30pg. 3mg nic 4.5% Vienna Cream & Carmel 1.875% Smelling the liquid it is almost like eggnog. The flavor was low or muted. As a noob I would say do something crazy like triple the percents...but I don't think I am supposed to do that.
Hics Pot'o gold whiskey. Whiskey 1.5%, Carmel 1.5%, Cocoa 1%, Butter Scotch 0.75%, Custard 0.75%, 3mg nic. The whiskey was upfront, I am sure it would mellow. The remaining flavors were mellow. Just like with everything else there was not a flavor explosion, just low like I should double or quadruple the flavors. But again, I don't think I should do that.
All the juices I vaped in an Atlantis 2 tank. 0.5 coil. Fresh Battery. Good coil (used a store bought custard before and after and tasted excellent). I tried heat stepping my first bottles...which didn't work...hence making the listed about (70vg/30pg 50/50 and 60/40). I measured all attempts by weight (and because i was scared of the nic volume & weight measured as a safety double check). For the batch of three I made I measured by both volume (medical grade syringe I got from the pharmacy) and weight to ensure the scale was working properly (which was calibrated as well). I shook the juices prior to going to bed last night. Shook them at 3am prior to the gym. Shook again at 5:40am upon arriving at work. Did a warm water bath to loosen up the pg/vg and shook again 6:20am Bottle sat most of the day...shook prior to leaving work. Shook again...and vape tested all the bottles today at 4pm. All mixes where made using a juice calculator (pic's were posted at the top of the post and i am assuing the gram weights were good for the juices.
Environment factors. Everything was new from ecigexpress. I received the package at work and nothing funky happened there. When I opened the box and I could smell black licorice...and the anise bottle was dented...but no liquid mess...but I am guessing a touch leaked...but shouldn't have affected anything else. Everything stays in the dark, in Tupperware contains. The mixed juice goes into the juice drawer. I did vigorously shake the vg/pg/nic/flavors the first go around...but who knows...maybe not enough....so on the test batch I shook vigorously each time adding flavor to each bottle. I did check all the FA bottles and they all say "concentrate." The only environmental factor is that I don't use the heat in my home and I keep the temp cool (like not warm....still haven't ran the heat in the house living in the pacific northwest).
Does anyone have advice on what to do?
Looks like you've done everything right. I have the exact same problem you have and have been on this very same rodeo for weeks now. I love HICs recipes and have tried many of them but almost never get that in-yer-face flavor that I'm looking for. No amount of steeping works, increasing percentages doesn't work, and yes I've tried his (hers?) tiramisu cream and after a week steep I'm still not getting a whole lot of flavor. I too keep thinking either I'm doing something wrong (though I can't for the life of me think of what!) or there's something wrong with ME. I've decided it's the whole taste-is-subjective thing. I don't taste what other people taste. And while I'm so grateful to HIC for sharing so many wonderful looking recipes I just don't think they're for me.
I've spent a TON of time at eliquidrecipes.com and have mixed up some other recipes that are 15-20% flavor and some even higher. I know people will say you shouldn't have to mix that high but I've found that I really have to in order to get any flavoring at all out of my juices. And I've managed to find some really good ones. In the last two days I've mixed up 12 new juices and put them away for a week before I try them again.
I've done the crock pot steep thing and honestly I think the very best way is to just let it sit. Time is the best steeper. It's horribly hard though with all those fresh bottles staring at you,,, it is for me anyway.
I guess I'd recommend finding a couple recipes that are closer to 20% flavor and try them. Give them at least a few days to steep and see what happens. I would never cast aspersions on HIC because of his great generosity but I've just never had any luck with his mixes,,, which is highly disappointing because they all just sound so darn good!!!
Really, it doesn't look like you're doing anything wrong,,,,I just think you're in the minority of people who need lots and lots of flavoring, like me!
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