Local vg/pg vs international

[Strontium]

is there a difference between local and international?
I've made a few recipes in a 70/30 3mg premix base and they all taste like ass. The recipes are all tried and tested winners but the juice comes out tasting "oily"
The last one I made was Mustard Milk, it's steeped for 5 days n still tastes oily n crap. I'm following the recipes exactly so the only variable is the base, which is from a local supplier that claims the premixed base is 99.7% pure.

 

[YeOldeOke]

@Strontium If you think it is the base a cheap, rough and ready way to confirm would be to get a small bottle of VG from Dischem, mix it with distilled water 90/10 and try a recipe in that. Not the greatest but will do for a test.

Or, I suppose, just vape a bit of the base with no flavour.

Local VG BP and PG USP should be same as international. Nic is another story. Any idea what nicotine is used in there?

 

[ET]

Just vape your premix base straight and that's the easiest way to see if it's the base or the recipe

 

[Strontium]

Thanks guys, I'll do that today.

 

[Strontium]

Vaped the base and it's fine, checked my flavours and seems like it's the Vbic tfa. I don't know if concentrates can go off but I definitely don't get a vanilla or ice cream smell off it.

 

[YeOldeOke]

How old is it? Yes flavours do go off, but normally your shelf life should be about a year.

 

[Strontium]

It's brand new, couple of weeks max. It just smells vile and tastes worse. I let the guys at Atomix taste the mix (2 flavour mix tfa strawberry and Vbic) and @Frostbite eyes almost popped out

 

[Strontium]

If this is what I've got to look forward to, I can see diy juice being very short lived lol

 

[YeOldeOke]

Generally if you keep your concentrates etc in a coolish darkish cupboardish place they should be ok for a while(ish)

(Nic is always a special case.)

 

[Strontium]

Vbic is gonna have a cool dark place in the bin.
I made 100ml mix so only 2mls left on that concentrate, just a pity it wasted my strawberry