Hi all
would post in the mixing section but as new will not let me yet
i have just brought my first mixing kit from alchemistcuboard
and want to create tjuice USA reds but I'm using the breaktru calc
and cannot get the right ratio of 80pg/20vg as the nicotine is 72mg vg I take it I should of brought pg nicotine any advice would be great please
also with the kit I got some Capella what's the best to use 10% or 15% like tjuice
thanks
Your mixing calculation is all pending on the nic level you're shooting for. At least, it is going to matter a lot in figuring out your blend, given your ingredients.
I just played around with breakthru and found the highest nic level you can mix at 80/20 with your VG based nic is 7mg final product with 20% flavouring. (7.2mg nic, mathematically speaking)
Of course, the flavour % will affect this if you change it around, since most concentrates are PG-based. Put more or less of that in and you'll have to rearrange either the PG/VG % or the nic level.
Using the same flavour %, you can get these results if you're willing to sacrifice the 80/20 blend:
60/40 - 22mg (21.6mg, mathematically)
65/35 - 18mg (on the nose)
70/30 - 15mg (14.4mg, rounded up to be safe)
73/27 - 12mg (Technically, a 73.3/26.7 blend)
If you're dead-set on 80/20, then you may wish to consider a PG-based nic.
Personally, I like a range of 40/60 - 30/70 PG/VG blends, so I went with the AG nic (VG nic + purified water).
Also, I'm floating in the 6-8mg nic range for my juices, so I'm not using much of the nic in the recipes. So, even if I had a PG-based nic, I wouldn't have an issue with it affecting the PG/VG ratio that much.
I can't comment on the % of Capella with any experience behind it, as I'm still steeping the first batch of juices I've created, which are using concentrates from The Perfumer's Apprentice. I have some Capella, but not touched those yet. But, going by the info on
Chef's Vapour, the flavour mix ranges from 5-20%. That would be why you mix trial 1-5ml batches without nic, so you find the % you like with each flavour without wasting a lot of ingredients. When you're more confident in how much flavour you need, then that's when you start making the larger batches and adding in the nic.
P.S - I hope this wasn't too confusing. It started out well in my head, but I fear I've not conveyed my point in the text above.
PG nic nasty. Each to their own though.
