PG and VG what do they mean?

[MsJoeyBug]

Hey
I've seen people talk about a juice having VG or PG or both and still learning the lingo I'm lost as to what they mean and what the difference between them is. I did read the wiki but don't recall it being there (or I missed it!)

Thanks
Joey

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[RabH]

PG=propylene glycol VG=Vegtable glycerin

 

[Phantom Diablo]

liquids contain both PG and VG. PG is propylene Glycol and VG is Vegatable Glycerin.

most liquids coem in varying levels of these mixed. 50/50 60/40 70/30 etc.
so what do they do.
well apart from being the suspension to hold your flavour and nic in the most simple terms PG is thinner and flavourless and produces your throat hit and flavour VG gives your your clouds of vaper and is a little sweet and harder to detect the flavours in.
so if you want subtle taste and big clouds a higher VG mix. if you want intense flavour but dont want the cloud chasing a higher PG.

most people settle for somewhere in the middle as mentioned between 30-70 PG or VG. ( you will occasionally find a 20-80 or even 90-10 combo but these are generally for extreme flavour intensity of extreme cloud chasing.

 

[pez]

If you go down to the mixing section on the forum that will explain all. Check out the sticky threads in there. Really useful info. Basically VG is vegetable glycerine and pg is propylene glycol. pg gives the throat hit and VG carries the flavour. All ejuice is a mixture of both along with the nicotine and flavour. Hope this helps. Check out grizwalds mixing in the mixology thread.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

The wiki link in the menu also has explanations for what pg,vg is

 

[MsJoeyBug]

Thanks everyone, I musta either missed it in the wiki or just forgot...when you all explained it, it kinda pinged in my head like I'd heard it before so I probably did just forget...

 

[Tony]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=PG+VG