Issue with Menthol Crystals - Help!

[Gilliandrea]

Hi,

This is my first post, after my new user introduction, I hope I have posted in the correct place.
Apologies in advance if it is not

I bought a 5g tub of menthol crystals and following the advice from 'Leisure Liquids' and from this board I mixed 1g with 10ml of a PG/VG mix (70/30) in a 30ml plastic bottle with glass eye dropper, placed in warm water and shaking regularly to dissolve the crystals.

The result was fantastic! suited my taste-buds perfectly, I was so chuffed.
(5 drops menthol, 4 drops 54mg nic and 13 drops PG/VG)

My issue is that this morning my menthol mix now has a 'gel' at the top and getting the dropper out was not easy.
I placed it into a cup of warm water, which dissolved the 'gel'.

Have I done something wrong? Is this normal? Should I add more PG/VG?

Sorry this is long but I wanted to give as much information as possible.

Gill

 

[the jester]

its the vg causing the gel

mix the crystals in only a pg solution....then making your mix use the pg/vg combo...everything else your doing seems fne....when i do a menthol mix i put all 5mg of crystals to 10ml of pg only...very potent though

 

[Gilliandrea]

Thanks, something so simple, won't make that mistake again....

Time to order up PG and VG separately before I do it again.

Will this lot be OK to use?

 

[the jester]

for what it costs id bin it unless youve made loads?...dont forget pg and vg are dirt cheap from boots...dont need to order from vendors but even then its not much

 

[Gilliandrea]

Nope, only made the 10ml with 1g crystals.

Will bin this and try again :-)

 

[Merino-Teflon]

I wouldn't bin it, you can get menthol concentrates going a bit gel-like in pg solutions too. Just warm it up if need be before using, if you like the taste, why waste it.

 

[Gilliandrea]

I wouldn't bin it, you can get menthol concentrates going a bit gel-like in pg solutions too. Just warm it up if need be before using, if you like the taste, why waste it.

I like your way of thinking!!!
I just took some from below the gel and made another vape, it was spot on. I will syphon off and re-bottle.

 

[Gilliandrea]

After my last fiasco I decided to take all the great advice from members here

I have mixed a 5mg tub of menthol crystals with 30ml of PG, perfect clear liquid and after 24 hours still clear, smells and tastes great.

I ground down the menthol crystals to a powder in the small tub they came in, used the handle end of a knife.
Filled a bottle with 30ml of PG only, previously warned about VG, created a funnel from some paper and poured in the powdered cyrstals, shaking as I went. Placed the sealed bottle in a cup of tap hot water, shaking every so often and after 20 minutes done...


As this mixture does not need to steep I have dripped it on its own and added it to a couple of flavours I have and... wow
Depending on your preferences you can dilute further, I just love a strong menthol hit