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Ideas on how to organise flavour stash
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@Clouds4Days and @Effjh I made it myself. I generated a drawing, had the discs laser cut, painted and assembled. The chipboard box is temporary, until I get some decent wood.
@Silver @Andre this is not a difficult thing to make. Once you have the plates it’s a matter of getting one M12 threaded rod, two M12 nuts, four M6 threaded rods, M6 nuts and spacers. If you know a tame laser cutter I can send you the file that you can send on to him for the cutting. I can also lend you a set of plates that you can use as templates for making wooden ones. There are many ways of doing this and I can help. I can also modify the pocket sizes if need be – it’s not a big issue.
The only thing I don’t want to do is make them (unless you cover me with gold of course).
This offer is open to anyone on the Ecigssa forum.
The only thing I don’t want to do is make them (unless you cover me with gold of course).
This offer is open to anyone on the Ecigssa forum.
You are too kind, but you lost me at the first M
. I have 10 thumbs and zero patience when it comes to this type of thing. Thank you so much for the consideration though.
hahaha, yes I went to look for it
Really cool stand, @Warlock!
I still can't come up with an idea for cataloguing my concentrates. Atm I have them in boxes where they're just put in higgledy-piggledy. I thought of putting numbers on the bottle caps with a koki and then keeping a list, as others seem to do. But then you have to cross-check between a list and look for numbers on the bottles. I want a system where if I'm looking for Cheesecake GC, for eg, I just know straight away where it is. Alphabetical would make sense but then you need to have a big storage space. I shall apply my mind to it.
I still can't come up with an idea for cataloguing my concentrates. Atm I have them in boxes where they're just put in higgledy-piggledy. I thought of putting numbers on the bottle caps with a koki and then keeping a list, as others seem to do. But then you have to cross-check between a list and look for numbers on the bottles. I want a system where if I'm looking for Cheesecake GC, for eg, I just know straight away where it is. Alphabetical would make sense but then you need to have a big storage space. I shall apply my mind to it.
Please can you send me the file!?
Saw this elewhere - easy, peasy...if you are that way inclined! 
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Ok so now I have a compact way of storing my concentrates but it was still a nightmare finding the particular ones I need to use and then replacing them when done. And they are sorted alphabetically. So I implemented @incredible_hullk ,s system of numbering them with a control sheet. The control sheet also doubles up as a method of stock management. Mixing is now a relaxing and frustration free process.
For those of you battling to store and find concentrates.... I came across these a4 paper storage folders today walking around westpak and a brain fart formed..
Turns out they are perfect for storing concentrates and you can read labels through the cover which is great. The contents stay put and don't move around when the lid is closed.
I am thinking that I'll use one folder per flavor category - creams, fruits etc..
R20 odd rand well spent IMO
Turns out they are perfect for storing concentrates and you can read labels through the cover which is great. The contents stay put and don't move around when the lid is closed.
I am thinking that I'll use one folder per flavor category - creams, fruits etc..
R20 odd rand well spent IMO
This is a subject which has been much on my mind, and I think I have finally cracked the code of how I want to do it. My understanding is that many people put a number on the cap of the concentrate bottle and then keep a list with the numbers and the concentrates they represent. However, that entails constantly switching between scanning the list to find the number and then going through your concentrates to find that bottle. I wanted a system where your focus is only in one place - the concentrate bottles. You know immediately where to start looking for the concentrate without having to consult a list. The obvious answer is to do it alphabetically. But there is more to it than that.
First, let's start with the containers. I haven't found anything like this in SA yet but if it's available overseas, it can be imported individually or by vaping retailers to sell to local DIYers. This is what we want:
A simple segmented box, just tall enough to take a 10ml bottle of concentrate, with compartments which are just big enough to fit a 10ml dropper bottle snugly. Your first row on the left would be for flavours starting with A, the next with B, and so on. If you have more concentrates with A than can fit in one row, you just allocate two rows to A. So you buy enough boxes that you have all letters of the alphabet covered. In @Andre's or @Rude Rudi's case, that might mean a collection of boxes something like this:
OK, so now we have a collection of flattish boxes which can stack on top of each other, and which have lids on which you can mark that this box has A-F, the next box has G-M, and so on. So if you're looking for a specific concentrate, you know straight away which box to go to. But now, you ask, this can still be time-consuming because what if you have 30 concentrates that all start with C? This is where my cunning plan comes into play. Instead of marking the bottle caps with numbers, I will mark them with a dot from a coloured koki, using the following code:
Red = FA
Blue = TFA
Yellow = Cap
and so on
So let's say I'm looking for TFA Cheesecake Graham Crust. I go straight away to the row(s) that contain C, and immediately look for bottles with a blue dot on the cap as that is the code for TFA. Let's say that I have TFA Cheesecake GC, Champagne, Cinnamon Danish, Coconut Extra and Cotton Candy as my TFA "C" flavours. I would group them together, all with blue dots on the cap, in my C row. So now I only have five bottles to check through to find the flavour I want. If I want to be really OCD about it, I could group them in alphabetical order in the row:
Champagne
Cheesecake GC
Cinnamon Danish
Coconut Extra
Cotton Candy
Which would help me to find the exact concentrate quite quickly. It might still take a bit of searching if there are a lot of flavours from one brand and all with the same letter. But many brands would have only one or two flavours that start with the same letter. Either way, without the need to consult a numbered list, you could go straight to your concentrates and know immediately where to look. Want a FA flavour that starts with M? Just go to your M row and look at the bottles with red dots on the cap as those are FA. Simples.
Now I just need to find me some of these compartmentalised boxes. They're made of cardboard, they surely can't be expensive? Although it might be tricky to find one where the compartments will fit a 10ml dropper bottle snugly.
First, let's start with the containers. I haven't found anything like this in SA yet but if it's available overseas, it can be imported individually or by vaping retailers to sell to local DIYers. This is what we want:
A simple segmented box, just tall enough to take a 10ml bottle of concentrate, with compartments which are just big enough to fit a 10ml dropper bottle snugly. Your first row on the left would be for flavours starting with A, the next with B, and so on. If you have more concentrates with A than can fit in one row, you just allocate two rows to A. So you buy enough boxes that you have all letters of the alphabet covered. In @Andre's or @Rude Rudi's case, that might mean a collection of boxes something like this:
OK, so now we have a collection of flattish boxes which can stack on top of each other, and which have lids on which you can mark that this box has A-F, the next box has G-M, and so on. So if you're looking for a specific concentrate, you know straight away which box to go to. But now, you ask, this can still be time-consuming because what if you have 30 concentrates that all start with C? This is where my cunning plan comes into play. Instead of marking the bottle caps with numbers, I will mark them with a dot from a coloured koki, using the following code:
Red = FA
Blue = TFA
Yellow = Cap
and so on
So let's say I'm looking for TFA Cheesecake Graham Crust. I go straight away to the row(s) that contain C, and immediately look for bottles with a blue dot on the cap as that is the code for TFA. Let's say that I have TFA Cheesecake GC, Champagne, Cinnamon Danish, Coconut Extra and Cotton Candy as my TFA "C" flavours. I would group them together, all with blue dots on the cap, in my C row. So now I only have five bottles to check through to find the flavour I want. If I want to be really OCD about it, I could group them in alphabetical order in the row:
Champagne
Cheesecake GC
Cinnamon Danish
Coconut Extra
Cotton Candy
Which would help me to find the exact concentrate quite quickly. It might still take a bit of searching if there are a lot of flavours from one brand and all with the same letter. But many brands would have only one or two flavours that start with the same letter. Either way, without the need to consult a numbered list, you could go straight to your concentrates and know immediately where to look. Want a FA flavour that starts with M? Just go to your M row and look at the bottles with red dots on the cap as those are FA. Simples.
Now I just need to find me some of these compartmentalised boxes. They're made of cardboard, they surely can't be expensive? Although it might be tricky to find one where the compartments will fit a 10ml dropper bottle snugly.
Maybe chat to the DIY vendors? I guess their 10ml concentrates are bottled from 10L vats or something, but perhaps their 10ml bottles are delivered in boxes like this?
I like this @igor
I like how you can see the bottles
My only question is (and am not talking from experience) shouldnt the bottles be standing upright? In case they leak?
Can these folders be positioned so that the bottles are standing upright?
I assume then that if you take one out, you have to lie it on its side?
Have not had any bottles leak on me yet, but the folders can be stored so the bottles are upright if that's preferred.
Yes the folders open like a book so must be lying flat like the pic when you open them or you gotta nb to have a load of bottles on the floor.
Hi all - on the Subject of Storage:What is the best method to store our little Treasures - in order to gain maximum Shelf Life from the Concentrates and the Half Filled little 10ml Plastic Dripper Bottles .....???
• On the Dining Room Table - ?
- In an Ambient Temperature Area
• In a Cool Dark Dry Place - ?
- With a "Cooler" Ambient Temp
• In the Deep Freeze - seen above - ?
- Extremely Cold
• In an Air Conditioned Room - ?
- For a regulated cool Temperature
There are a few Questions.
Now - I have not seen - maybe I've missed them - any Storage Guidelines - from the suppliers - on the Storage Methods best suited for their Concentrates and Base Liquids.
Thank You Forum Members - looking forward to your comments.
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What is the best method to store our little Treasures - in order to gain maximum Shelf Life from the Concentrates and the Half Filled little 10ml Plastic Dripper Bottles .....???
• On the Dining Room Table - ?
- In an Ambient Temperature Area
• In a Cool Dark Dry Place - ?
- With a "Cooler" Ambient Temp
• In the Deep Freeze - seen above - ?
- Extremely Cold
• In an Air Conditioned Room - ?
- For a regulated cool Temperature
There are a few Questions.
Now - I have not seen - maybe I've missed them - any Storage Guidelines - from the suppliers - on the Storage Methods best suited for their Concentrates and Base Liquids.
Thank You Forum Members and @Richio and @drew - looking forward to your comments.
I keep mine in a black plastic storage bin in a cool room just for good measure. Don't see heat and light doing the flavors any good to be honest.
Would be interesting to hear vendor views though.
My understanding is that they get a massive bag or box of 10ml droppers and then decant from the large bottle of concentrate delivered by the manufacturer. I doubt the manufacturer of the dropper bottles would package empty bottles so carefully. Although if they did order 10ml concentrates from overseas in bulk, they may well be shipped in something like this.
I must have surfed about fifty SA sites yesterday looking for boxes like this and came up with nothing. In the States or China, you can find plenty of companies that supply these. Alibaba will ship them but then you need to order at least 500. Some SA companies do offer to make boxes to spec so I should maybe work out the exact dimensions I want and see what they'll charge to make it.
True enough, there is very little reason to package it like this unless they are filled with something.
I have seen them somewhere locally though. I will try and look through the various places where they might have turned up for you, but it is definitely a needle-in-a-haystack kind of project.
Please note vendors are not allowed to comment about their products on the general threads of the forum, so please dont try get them to respond here. Rather open a thread in their subforum to discuss that.
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