E-LIQUID MIXING INFORMATION

Mix Your Own

Electronic Cigarette Liquid is just water, E-Liquid Base, flavorings and some percentage of pure nicotine or some other optional additives. You can make your own E-Liquid easily with the following E-Liquid Materials to save your money and to have your own unique flavor.

For making your own electronic cigarette liquid, you need  the followings:

1. E-Liquid Base: such as Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Glycerin or PG400. You need to have FOOD GRADE Propylene Glycol (PG) or Vegetable Glycerin (VG) available at E-Liq.com. The E-Liquid Base are the ingredients that creates the visible smoke/fog. In fact, this is the ingredient in smoke machine fluid that creates the smoke/fog.
2. Distilled Water: Filtered drinkable water is OK. Other water, such as tap water has too many chemicals to make it healthy to vaporize into your lungs.
3. E-Liquid Flavorings: You need to have FOOD GRADE, high temperature resistance and water soluble flavorings available at E-Liq.com. Other flavorings which have only room temperature resistance and contains either oil or sugars may not be suitable for smoking in a personal vaporizer.
4. Optional additives: such as E-Liquid Nicotine, herbs, or whatever additives for tobacco
and herbal recipes.

For your convenience, E-Liq.com provides you the following basic table for you to DIY your own E-Liquid to save your money and to have your own unique flavor, according to the different nicotine density:

I bought the following from E-Liq.com:

300ml bottle of propylene glycol

10ml bottle of nicotine

3 different 10ml bottles of flavoring

a 5ml syringe

This should make about 32-35-10ml bottles.  You may want to purchase some empty bottles too. I use 30 ml bottles but only mix 10ml at a time and triple the recipe if I like it.

I started out mixing according to the low side of the chart and added as needed only making 10ml at a time.  This is my 10ml E-liquid mixture after trial and error.

PG – 8.7 ml or 261 drops

Flavor – .8 ml or 24 drops

Nicotine – .2 ml or 6 drops (makes 20 mg cartomizers and is medium to high content)

Distilled water – 9 drops

Measure the PG using a syringe and drip in the nicotine,  flavor and water.  After trying a few drops in your cartomizer you may want to add an extra drop or two of flavoring.  If you use a different base, this will all change.  I used PG because it is in my brand cartomizers and I like it.  With the Empty Bottles and E-Liquid Syringe you can easily control the composition and make you own E-Liquid according to your personal requirement.*  Another thing you can do is mix the PG, flavor, and water and sample a few drops in a cartomizer until you get it how you want it then add the nicotine based on the total mix.  i.e. – If you end up with a total mix of 12 ml after adding flavor and want your nicotine strength to be 20mg, add 7 drops of nicotine. (12ml = 360 drops X .020 = 7.2 drops)

According to E-Liq.com for thicker smoke, use less water. While you are using E-Cig in higher temperature environment or hot season, use less water. If making a solution with additives, then leave out the water and use either a few drops of additive solution or more depending on strength and taste. You will have to experiment!  The flavor strengths will be variable with the different E-Liquid Bases and the different nicotine densities. You need to adjust the flavor strengths with the different E-Liquid Bases and the different nicotine densities with your personal preference. Normally you just need to put in 6%-8% of the flavoring concentrate in your E-Liquid depending on your personal strengths of the flavor and the nicotine density. For higher nicotine density, use a little more flavoring concentrate.

Remember that the nicotine density listed for e-liquid is the number of milligrams of nicotine per milliliter in the E-Liquid. That means a 10ml bottle of 24mg nicotine e-liquid would have 240mg of nicotine in it (24mg x 10ml). Likewise, a 30ml bottle of 24mg e-liquid would have 720mg of nicotine in
it (24mg x 30ml).

Remember successful mixing at home relies on some understanding of the basic principles when mixing your own E-Liquid recipe.  You should never mix in large batches unless you know for certain that you’re going to like the result. It is all too easy to over-dilute your e-liquid if you work on the whole bottleful at once, and ruin it. It is much safer (and cheaper,) to mix up small batches, so if it goes wrong, you can
strengthen it with a few more drops, or mix it into a more palatable flavored juice to use it up. You will also be able to try a lot more flavors with a single bottle if you make small batches.

Unless you like you flavors very strong, you will want to add some inert liquids to dilute your mixtures (these substances are called diluents). You may use the E-Liquid Base, alcohol and/or distilled/deionised
water, according to preference (though more than a drop or 2 of water is not advised – if the liquid is too runny, there is a greater risk of it leaking into batteries, and it will produce little vapor.)

CAUTION: If you are making a nicotine based liquid, there are some things you need to keep in mind. Nicotine is a poison. Too much can be very toxic. Nicotine is an alkaloid found in certain plants,
predominantly tobacco, and in much lower quantities in tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant and green peppers. When absorbed in small amounts, whether from cigarettes, cigars or E-Cig, nicotine can cause stimulation, a feeling of relaxation, calmness, and alertness. The effects of nicotine can last from minutes to hours. The carcinogenic properties of nicotine in a standalone form (i.e., separated from smoking or chewing tobacco) have not been evaluated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, However current available
literature indicates that nicotine in standalone form does not promote the development of cancer in healthy tissue and has no mutagen properties.

*My information (in italics).  All other information was provided by E-Liq.com and can be  be found under How To DIY E-Liquid at E-Liq.com.