advice on mixing and whats needed and where.....

[breakbystealth]

I think i may have a crack at making my own jucie.... being the kinda person i am i normally like to jump in feet first with more enthusiasm then skill. Where to go for mixing goods and whats best to go for, slow and steady wins the race is the advice i give but dont always follow my self. The man can mix a rum and coke so this dont seem much of a biggy

 

[u8myufo]

Hi breakbystealth I have not long been mixing myself. No doubt you will get loads of advice for supplies but at the moment I use Liberty Flight and LtEcig for my stuff. I like the Vanilla Custard liquid and found this to be the easiest one to do that turns out really well. Take a look in the mixology section also, there are some good reviews of flavourings etc. You will find using the calculator a great help also which you can downlaod.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

This forum http://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php/67-Mixology is the best spot for all of that

 

[breakbystealth]

Cheers guys

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[Fleabag]

I used the marketplace here for my first mixing supplies, it was a lot cheaper than anywhere else I could find and I didn't have to hunt down different sites for the cheapest of each ingredient. It does mean paying postage to more than one vendor in the checkout, which seems like a lot, but no more than you would if you bought from 3 different websites.

I got a lot of my flavours from 28vapes, as these were cheaper than the others, but I'm now using PG based food flavourings from http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30-ml-INT..._Home_Garden_Food_SM&var=&hash=item2a213a7404
Which are cheaper still, free postage, lovely flavours, good choice and extra strength, so it goes a lot further.

I did fork out over £100 on my first supplies, but I got decent size bottles and a lot of flavours, so it was probably a couple of years' worth, which works out much cheaper in the long run.

The nicotine's pretty expensive, but it gets cheaper per ml the larger the quantity and getting the highest mg per ml you can find means you'll need less and it'll last longer (I just bought 1 litre of 72mg VG for just over £100, so I'm set for donkey's years!)

You'll also likely want both VG and PG base, which are pretty cheap, and these will top up your base and you'll adjust quantities according to what you want your PG/VG ratio to be.

The POTV calculator Android app is excellent, as it allows for loads of different factors (like PG/VG ratios) that other calculators don't

Once I start using my new nic, my cost price per 10ml bottle will drop to about 60p

 

[SuperChris]

My advice, and I don't know if it's useful or not, is to get advice on the best flavourings to add. I also went to LTecigs for base and flavours. I dont think I've seen better value for the bases (nic, PG and VG) but their flavours I found pappy and lacking somewhat. I'm not sure who the manufacturer was, I'll look it up another time and tell you which I found crap. Same for their e-juice. A bit lacking in flavour. The capella I have found best atm...and have sourced that from a couple of places. Pretty much around the £3 a bottle mark, give or take a few p. So I am using Ltecigs bases and Capella flavours at the mo, with a couple of Lt flavours to use them up

No as I see it you have 2 options if you're serious...

Option 1 - Do a bit of research...read a few reviews...get a bit bored...then jump in (Like i did) and order a shit load of flavours and some bases. Mix em up, vape, and find out what you like.

Option 2 - Do more research...proper research...ask a lot of mixers, get a better idea of the flavours you want to produce and, if you are very lucky, find someone kind enough to share a few recipes (People seem to be very closed mouthed about these, understandably so if they sell em!) and then look where you can source the ingredients cheaper.

Option 1 is more expensive and you end up with a box of crap you probs wont use. Option 2 is cheaper and you end up, generally with something more vapable, even if it takes a bit more internet study.

Option 1 is funnest...I advise that. But then Im not on a tight budget

The most important thing...something I have just worked out...WRITE DOWN ALLLLLLLL OF YOUR RECIPES! Even if you think you'll rememeber, you wont! That extra drop of flavour or EM might just make or break a liquid. I've now made 2 lovely juices I'm desperately trying to recreate but havent hit the mark exactly yet...all because i didn't write it down! So do it! Keep notes...its the only way to make it again

Hope this helps.

p.s. and steep...always always steep, even if it hurts to do it. I have yet to taste a liquid that wasnt better for 4 days sat in a cupboard or box. Very impt