Help, how do I make a blended concentrate?

[Mr Numpty]

It baffles me too so I make my blended concentrates arse about face.

I make up a recipe first & if it works I make a blended concentrate by just multiplying each ingredient by the same amount. If I try & work it out to get a specific ml then I know I would just cock it up.

Good method, thanks.

I think this is a wicked one to add to our call. I think we should let @OccultScientist fry his nothing with this one. Just a check box for 'make as concentrate' or something. Put in the volume of concentrate you want and let it spit out the required amounts...

That would be awesome, thank you!

 

[Simon G]

My brain may have melted, but I know that isn't correct. Adding 0.1ml to each would change their relative percentages.

yeah you are right ....

 

[mannikon]

Think I understand the question but not why you need to do this.
In first example the flavours in the mix are 9.5% so instead of 4:1:0.5:2:2 you need to work at a total of 10 which gives you 4.21 + 1.05 + 0.53 + 2.1 +2.1 (rounded).
As you're using eJuice Me Up just set nic to zero twice and set Target PG to more than total % of flavours them play with amount to make until you get 10ml total of flavours.
Or as @cindy99 put it - differences are just in rounding but that will be your call.

 

[cindy99]

My brain may have melted, but I know that isn't correct. Adding 0.1ml to each would change their relative percentages.

That's true [emoji106]

I guess I could make 9.5ml or multiples of that, but I still wouldn't know how to work it out for other percentages of flavours.

Just add up the amounts of concentrate suggested and divide the amount you want by that number. Then multiply the suggested amount by the answer.

Eg you want 10ml, the recipe requires 5, 4, 3, 2, 1ml of various concentrates, adding up to 15ml.

10 ÷ 15 = 0.6666666667
5 * 0.6666666667 = 3.33333333
4 ditto = 2.6666667
3 ditto = 2
2 ditto = 1.333333

What if I wanted to make 23mls of concentrate, for example?

No problem, for your recipe just divide your 23 by 9.5, which gives 2.421, then multiply the suggested amounts by that:
9.684ml instead of 4ml, etc.

Thank you though, I don't mean to sound unappreciative.

Not at all mate! [emoji4]

 

[Mr Numpty]

Think I understand the question but not why you need to do this.

Why I need to do what? Make a blended concentrate? So that I can add varying percentages of it to other flavourings in a recipe, instead of having to have 9.5% of the recipe be made up of those flavourings. So that I can use it as a single flavouring if you will.

 

[BlueNoze]

BC = 42.11% (4/9.5=0.4211)
CF = 10.53% (1/9.5=0.1053)
MM = 5.26% (0.5/9.5=0.0526)
VC = 21.05% (2/9.5=0.2105)
VS = 21.05% (2/9.5=0.2105)

(42.11+10.53+5.26+21.05
+21.05=100%)

Hope this helps

 

[mannikon]

Why I need to do what? Make a blended concentrate? So that I can add varying percentages of it to other flavourings in a recipe, instead of having to have 9.5% of the recipe be made up of those flavourings. So that I can use it as a single flavouring if you will.

ok, understand ... so you mature a blend into a new flavour in effect, a blend that's worked well, seems a good idea, saves time.

 

[Simon G]

I guess I could make 9.5ml or multiples of that, but I still wouldn't know how to work it out for other percentages of flavours. Thank you though, I don't mean to sound unappreciative.
What if I wanted to make 23mls of concentrate, for example?

This does seem the logical way to do it....

why would you want to make 23ml of a concentrate that you mix at 9.five percent? (five key stopped working!)

if you use the percentage = mls formula then you'll always have the right amount to make 100ml (or 10x 10ml bottles)

if another flavour uses 17 perecent flavourings then if you mix 17ml you have the same easy calculation, you'd just add 17ml to 83ml of base for a 100ml bottle or 1.7ml to 8.3ml of base to make a 10ml bottle.

I don't see the point of making it more complicated than it needs to be.

 

[Mr Numpty]

ok, understand ... so you mature a blend into a new flavour in effect, a blend that's worked well, seems a good idea, saves time.

Saves time, yes, but crucially, it can be added at varying percentages as a single concentrate to give a different effect than it would in its original 9.5% form.
Many thanks to @cindy99 and @BlueNoze, that's brilliant! My very favourite solution, though, is that @OccultScientist incorporate it into the juice calculator so that I don't even have to think at all.

 

[Mr Numpty]

why would you want to make 23ml of a concentrate that you mix at 9.five percent? (five key stopped working!)

Because I don't want to mix it at 9.5%. That's the whole point really. If I wanted to mix it at 9.5%, I would just add the ingredients separately. Lmao that your 5 key has stopped working.