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I shall give it a try with my bottle of apple as it really really week
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I shall give it a try with my bottle of apple as it really really week
Well, when you order a new juice it usually is clear. If you leave your juice to steep for a week you will see a slight yellow tint. That is the nicotine. After two weeks the juices have bonded and it will darken. Using red apples, it will turn amber, tobacco, towards yellow and brown. It all depends what is in the juice.
Two orders have been steeped and ready to vape; bobas bounty and long bottom leaf (shire malt too actually)...
But if I order, I let it steep for at least one week.
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I have not got a clue as I'm guessing this is regarding home mixed juice, and mine is not home mixed
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hope not mine has been on window sill most of the day now, would they not come in tinted bottles if they reacted badly with sun light
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Short answer: No.
Longer Answer: Yes but it takes a loooooooooooooooong time.
There was a test thing that Madvapes did a while back on the nicotine content of e-liquids under various conditions. Linky
Basically if you leave a bottle of e-liquid that tests at 35mg/ml to begin with it takes 2 months before the nic level noticable drops and after 4 months it's still at 31mg/ml.
If you steep e-liquid in direct sunlight in an open bottle it'll be fully steeped inside of a day or two, a week at the very most which is long before the nicotine degrades noticably.
I would say; steep it in the dark, unscrew the top, remove the dripper and squeeze out the air, shake it with a finger on top (you dont want liquid all over! 
) and let it rest until next day. Squeeze out the air, let new air come into it, finger, shake -repeat once a day for at least a week, probably two -then you have a good steeped juice (some might take longer time).
The sunlight in general break things down. No need for that. You just want to oxidise the components and let them blend with each other. You CAN leave it in the sun, it wont kill the juice, but I do keep in the dark -as I do with everything I want to preserve. I dont leave bread in the sun...
) and let it rest until next day. Squeeze out the air, let new air come into it, finger, shake -repeat once a day for at least a week, probably two -then you have a good steeped juice (some might take longer time).The sunlight in general break things down. No need for that. You just want to oxidise the components and let them blend with each other. You CAN leave it in the sun, it wont kill the juice, but I do keep in the dark -as I do with everything I want to preserve. I dont leave bread in the sun...
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It isn't best to steep in the dark. Though it depends what you want.
Some things like bread, are best made slowly. When you make bread you make the dough into an elastic very stetchy paste and leave it for the yeast to do it's thing. The cooler the dough is the longer it takes for the yeast to multiply, but because of the way yeast works longer is better as more flavour will develop in bread that is proved at a lower temperature vs bread that's proved in 'ideal conditions'
When you steep juice what's happening is a chemical reaction between the nicotine and the flavour compounds that are present in the e-liquid. This reaction Smooths out the rough edges of the flavour and lets things mix together properly. There are things that will make this reaction happen faster (see the UV Steeping thread) things like UV light (which is in sunlight) and warmer temperatures (sunlight will warm the e-liquid slightly) and increased air (leaving the bottle open or blitzing your e-liquid with a milk frother)
While there may be a difference in quality in steeped over a long period of time and steeped using some kind of accelerated method, it's going to be a very slight difference.
Once they're steeped then you ought to keep them tightly closed in a cool dark place (locked out of the reach of children ideally) but if you're steeping in sunlight it'll take several months before the nicotine content degrades enough to notice and typically you are going to be steeping on a windowsill for example for a week at most.
Some things like bread, are best made slowly. When you make bread you make the dough into an elastic very stetchy paste and leave it for the yeast to do it's thing. The cooler the dough is the longer it takes for the yeast to multiply, but because of the way yeast works longer is better as more flavour will develop in bread that is proved at a lower temperature vs bread that's proved in 'ideal conditions'
When you steep juice what's happening is a chemical reaction between the nicotine and the flavour compounds that are present in the e-liquid. This reaction Smooths out the rough edges of the flavour and lets things mix together properly. There are things that will make this reaction happen faster (see the UV Steeping thread) things like UV light (which is in sunlight) and warmer temperatures (sunlight will warm the e-liquid slightly) and increased air (leaving the bottle open or blitzing your e-liquid with a milk frother)
While there may be a difference in quality in steeped over a long period of time and steeped using some kind of accelerated method, it's going to be a very slight difference.
Once they're steeped then you ought to keep them tightly closed in a cool dark place (locked out of the reach of children ideally) but if you're steeping in sunlight it'll take several months before the nicotine content degrades enough to notice and typically you are going to be steeping on a windowsill for example for a week at most.
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