New homemade eliquid tastes harsh?

[Kevstar]

Thanks for all the suggestions . I've already ordered from lucmill, should be arriving Monday

 

[Smoggy]

I would like to thank you guys too.
Basically I have been buying my veg from D.S by. Mixing 70/30. And on certain fruit flavours been coughing me lung up. Looks like Lucmill gonna get an order.

 

[Kevstar]

Hi Guys. So I have got new VG from lucmills and made up a new tester batch of 85VG and 15% flavour making a 85/15 mix and it still tastes harsh, I can not work it out I purchase my short fills from the same maker of the skittles flavour and his tastes good.

could it be the flavour is shit?

 

[Lee]

Hi Guys. So I have got new VG from lucmills and made up a new tester batch of 85VG and 15% flavour making a 85/15 mix and it still tastes harsh, I can not work it out I purchase my short fills from the same maker of the skittles flavour and his tastes good.

could it be the flavour is shit?

Instead of the percentages, give us some Info on the volumes of each ingredient you’re adding. Maybe we can spot a mistake

 

[Kevstar]

My 100ml is 85ml of vg with 15 ml of the skittles flavour concentrate.

 

[Lee]

My 100ml is 85ml of vg with 15 ml of the skittles flavour concentrate.

No nicotine in the mix at all?

 

[Kevstar]

Yep sorry, just one nic shot added

 

[Lee]

Yep sorry, just one nic shot added

What ratio is the nic shot? And is it 18mg?

So are you making 85ml of VG / 15ml of concentrate and then adding in the nicotine shot on top to make 110ml?

Or are you accounting the nicotine shot into the 85% VG?

 

[Kevstar]

Nic shot is 18mg and 100% vg and adding the nicshot to make 110ml

 

[Lee]

Nic shot is 18mg and 100% vg and adding the nicshot to make 110ml

Cool, well it won’t be be the PG content that’s making it harsh then, unless you’re totally PG intolerant.

It’s almost unheard of for VG to be harsh, so it’s highly unlikely to be this.

It’s a little more than 1.5mg nicotine, it won’t be the nicotine making it harsh (unless it’s a shitty quality shot).

There is no measuring errors or misunderstandings.

Which leaves the concentrate, my money is on the concentrate. Try another brand.

Edit - or play around with additives if you feel inclined to