Calling all DIY'ers

I used to hate anything Menthol as an ex smoker. But now, in the world of DIY, I have finally found a place for Menthol, especially when my taste buds become overworked.

I bought a box of Menthol Crystals from Dischem. Placed 1/3 in a 100ml bottle, topped it up with PG, warmed, dissolved and shook. Now I add 1 drop of this concentrate per 10ml of e-liquid when I want a bit of Menthol.

Also I made a 100ml bottle of plain 80/20 VG/Pg Menthol, with 20 drops of the concentrate, just to add to add to some dripping sauce for a change now and again.


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Interesting that Wayne has substituted Inw Milk Chocolate with Cap Double Chocolate in Crooks and Creams - and says it improves the recipe. I wonder if someone had asked him about that sub, prior to this Inw issue, what his response would have been?
 
Waine said:
I used to hate anything Menthol as an ex smoker. But now, in the world of DIY, I have finally found a place for Menthol, especially when my taste buds become overworked.

I bought a box of Menthol Crystals from Dischem. Placed 1/3 in a 100ml bottle, topped it up with PG, warmed, dissolved and shook. Now I add 1 drop of this concentrate per 10ml of e-liquid when I want a bit of Menthol.

Also I made a 100ml bottle of plain 80/20 VG/Pg Menthol, with 20 drops of the concentrate, just to add to add to some dripping sauce for a change now and again.


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Must try this! I do menthol everything right now
 
RichJB said:
Interesting that Wayne has substituted Inw Milk Chocolate with Cap Double Chocolate in Crooks and Creams - and says it improves the recipe. I wonder if someone had asked him about that sub, prior to this Inw issue, what his response would have been?
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Pity it's not stopping at INW, just received notice that capella & TFA are dropping all v1s and reformulating their entire lines.. RIP vanilla custard etc ;-(
 
Not great news. But I'm hoping that with these reformulations, we will get a lot more notes on a flavour.
 
method1 said:
Pity it's not stopping at INW, just received notice that capella & TFA are dropping all v1s and reformulating their entire lines.. RIP vanilla custard etc ;-(
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This better be a fkn April fools gag..
 
method1 said:
Yeah.. ok it was a rather shabby April fools.. apologies to all the custard lovers out there.
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Not cool dude..I'd give up vaping without diacetyl I tells ya!

Do wonder if this could be a reality in the future though..
 
Effjh said:
Not cool dude..I'd give up vaping without diacetyl I tells ya!

Do wonder if this could be a reality in the future though..
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2 Questions I have and hope someone can assist.
1. Nicotine: When I started with DIY I only used a syringe for it, but now I want to stop using it and thought that 10ml dropper bottles will work better for me can I store my nicotine in 10ml dropper bottles and then in fridge. Reason why I am asking is for me it would work faster and think the nicotine will be better you can use smaller amounts faster and less air.

2. Cotton Bacon and Discem Organic cotton for the life off me I don't taste a differences. Anybody still using Discem Cotton.
 
I can't comment on the cotton issue but in terms of nic, that is a good idea and is what I do. You don't have to go as low as 10ml. Decanting a glass or PET 100ml bottle of nic into 2x50ml or 4x25ml HDPE droppers works very well. It makes measuring by weight a breeze and, as you say, helps to preserve the nic. It's doubtful that 100ml of nic will degrade before you use it up so you could even do a straight decanting from 100ml glass into 100ml HDPE dropper or 100ml PET spout bottle. Both work superbly for measuring by weight.

In some cases, you don't even need to decant. I bought some Vaperite nic recently which comes in a 100ml PET bottle. The standard witch's hat spout fits perfectly. I notice that many vendors are now supplying VG and PG in these PET bottles too, which also take the witch's hat spout. It's a great development which eliminates the need for decanting PG and VG into more suitable containers for mixing by weight.
 
Dolfie said:
2 Questions I have and hope someone can assist.
1. Nicotine: When I started with DIY I only used a syringe for it, but now I want to stop using it and thought that 10ml dropper bottles will work better for me can I store my nicotine in 10ml dropper bottles and then in fridge. Reason why I am asking is for me it would work faster and think the nicotine will be better you can use smaller amounts faster and less air.

I have decanted into dropper bottles and stored in the fridge before, haven't had any issues.
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Dolfie said:
2 Questions I have and hope someone can assist.
1. Nicotine: When I started with DIY I only used a syringe for it, but now I want to stop using it and thought that 10ml dropper bottles will work better for me can I store my nicotine in 10ml dropper bottles and then in fridge. Reason why I am asking is for me it would work faster and think the nicotine will be better you can use smaller amounts faster and less air.

2. Cotton Bacon and Discem Organic cotton for the life off me I don't taste a differences. Anybody still using Discem Cotton.
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Nicotine must preferably be stored in a glass as O2 diffuse through the plastic with time. If you want to store in a dripper container make sure to use PET. this will reduce the amount of O2 sneaking in.

Whether the amount of O2 diffusing through the plastic is significant to cause degradation of the nicotine is a whole other conversation.

My opinion is that NIc is the one ingredient that, if it goes bad, can ruin your mixes in a bad way and can cost you a lot of money if you only discover that after you have mixed up a lot of juice. so I err on the side of caution with Nicotine and try and preserve it as much as possible.
 
How much of a factor is this, @zandernwn? I had also heard that plastic is not good for nic. But then I see Nicotine River, Liquid Barn and others supplying in white HDPE bottles, and mixers like Wayne using it. My sense is that if they aren't concerned about it, I shouldn't be either.
 
RichJB said:
How much of a factor is this, @zandernwn? I had also heard that plastic is not good for nic. But then I see Nicotine River, Liquid Barn and others supplying in white HDPE bottles, and mixers like Wayne using it. My sense is that if they aren't concerned about it, I shouldn't be either.
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Thanks for replies' think I will do like @RichJB says.
 
RichJB said:
How much of a factor is this, @zandernwn? I had also heard that plastic is not good for nic. But then I see Nicotine River, Liquid Barn and others supplying in white HDPE bottles, and mixers like Wayne using it. My sense is that if they aren't concerned about it, I shouldn't be either.
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Yes so that I think is the real question. If you read up a bit more in depth then I think it's an accepted fact that plastic is bad for nic. But if you have 100ml 36mgml that only lasts a month or two then I am not sure it's really an issue.

I really dont know if I am overcompensating for the degradation but I have had bad nic before so I am really not chancing it again and I am too damn stingy to try and perform some sort of test to see for myself

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zandernwn said:
Yes so that I think is the real question. If you read up a bit more in depth then I think it's an accepted fact that plastic is bad for nic. But if you have 100ml 36mgml that only lasts a month or two then I am not sure it's really an issue.

I really dont know if I am overcompensating for the degradation but I have had bad nic before so I am really not chancing it again and I am too damn stingy to try and perform some sort of test to see for myself

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I've had some bad nic before also, terrible. I don't think the HDPE bottles will be an issue and you could probably get a few months out of it if it's kept out of the sun and in a cool cupboard. That being said, I use a 100ml glass dropper bottle for my nic most of the time.

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Caveman said:
I've had some bad nic before also, terrible. I don't think the HDPE bottles will be an issue and you could probably get a few months out of it if it's kept out of the sun and in a cool cupboard. That being said, I use a 100ml glass dropper bottle for my nic most of the time.

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Look maybe I'll just give it a bash. It would be so convenient having a nice nozzled bottle to pour nic from... and I go though about 50ml of nic a month so it's not as if my nic stands for forever

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zandernwn said:
Look maybe I'll just give it a bash. It would be so convenient having a nice nozzled bottle to pour nic from... and I go though about 50ml of nic a month so it's not as if my nic stands for forever

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Agreed. I will give it a shot also. It's the last thing I use syringes for

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How about decanting 25ml at a time from your glass bottle into a 25ml HDPE dropper? That way, the worst that can happen is that you lose 25ml of it. But the rest in the glass will still be fine.
 
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RichJB said:
How about decanting 25ml at a time from your glass bottle into a 25ml HDPE dropper? That way, the worst that can happen is that you lose 25ml of it. But the rest in the glass will still be fine.
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what I would like to do is get 20ml glass bottles if I can get some. Transfer all my nicotine into them, store everything in fridge then when I decide to make juice take 20ml out transfer to dropper and use it like that. Safe time and rest off nicotine is still in fridge. I don't like to take whole bottle out off fridge wait for room temperature and put rest back again.
 
RichJB said:
How about decanting 25ml at a time from your glass bottle into a 25ml HDPE dropper? That way, the worst that can happen is that you lose 25ml of it. But the rest in the glass will still be fine.
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That's a smart idea

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