DIY Noob mistakes

Hi Guys

Just want to say thank you all for the tips and heads ups. I'm buying my first DIY ingredients end of this month and I already learnt a lot from this threat and this forum, and now know of a few things to look out for. I was going to mix by volume but thanks to all of you I now see that mixing by weight is much better.

So thank you all. :)
 
Quakes said:
Hi Guys

Just want to say thank you all for the tips and heads ups. I'm buying my first DIY ingredients end of this month and I already learnt a lot from this threat and this forum, and now know of a few things to look out for. I was going to mix by volume but thanks to all of you I now see that mixing by weight is much better.

So thank you all. :)
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Mixing by weight really is better. Definitely get a scale. You won't regret it! Good luck and feel free to ask any questions you may have on this forum. Guys are really helpful.

What recipes are you going to make first?
 
Thanks, I'm not going to buy a scale for now, going to use my wife's scale as she's never using it, only problem is.... It's PINK....

I'm keeping it plain for now, just naartjie, mixed berries, strawberry and cream,and malva. This batch is just going to be to get the feel for it and then after this batch I will go for different recipes.


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Quakes said:
Thanks, I'm not going to buy a scale for now, going to use my wife's scale as she's never using it, only problem is.... It's PINK....

I'm keeping it plain for now, just naartjie, mixed berries, strawberry and cream,and malva. This batch is just going to be to get the feel for it and then after this batch I will go for different recipes.


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Great. Does the scale read two decimal places (e.g. 0.00g)?

Are they your own recipes or one's found online?
 
It does read two decimals yes, so will do the trick for now.

I'm following recipes that I found online yes.


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Quakes said:
It does read two decimals yes, so will do the trick for now.

I'm following recipes that I found online yes.


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Awesome. I'm kinda jealous. Wish I could get my DIY virginity back!

If you find the recipes are good post them on the threads Andre created.
 
Lol... If I find it great, I will share it yes, also going to play around with the left overs to try and make my very own weird mixes ( just to mess around )


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When I first started diy, I bough all the flavours for Rhodonite, it was enough to make a litre of juice. This helped me know that I have a go to juice while I experiment and try my own things, it costs less than 1k. But I didn't want to be spending all my money on DIY and buying premium juices. I knew I needed a way to avoid the premium juices and dive into DIY.

Small rant, dropper bottles suck, they just get full of juice and are so inconvenient to carry around. I have since been using HDPE bottles and I see a lot of premium juices going this route as well. Dropper bottles just look cool but I don't want to worry about breaking something in my pockets or work bag.

Ideally I'm busy trying to source the 15ml unicorn bottles that OHW uses. I think I found a place and will keep everyone posted.
 
DanielSLP said:
When I first started diy, I bough all the flavours for Rhodonite, it was enough to make a litre of juice. This helped me know that I have a go to juice while I experiment and try my own things, it costs less than 1k. But I didn't want to be spending all my money on DIY and buying premium juices. I knew I needed a way to avoid the premium juices and dive into DIY.

Small rant, dropper bottles suck, they just get full of juice and are so inconvenient to carry around. I have since been using HDPE bottles and I see a lot of premium juices going this route as well. Dropper bottles just look cool but I don't want to worry about breaking something in my pockets or work bag.

Ideally I'm busy trying to source the 15ml unicorn bottles that OHW uses. I think I found a place and will keep everyone posted.
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Great, Thanks.
 
DanielSLP said:
When I first started diy, I bough all the flavours for Rhodonite, it was enough to make a litre of juice. This helped me know that I have a go to juice while I experiment and try my own things, it costs less than 1k. But I didn't want to be spending all my money on DIY and buying premium juices. I knew I needed a way to avoid the premium juices and dive into DIY.

Small rant, dropper bottles suck, they just get full of juice and are so inconvenient to carry around. I have since been using HDPE bottles and I see a lot of premium juices going this route as well. Dropper bottles just look cool but I don't want to worry about breaking something in my pockets or work bag.

Ideally I'm busy trying to source the 15ml unicorn bottles that OHW uses. I think I found a place and will keep everyone posted.
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Completely agree about the glass dropper bottles. They have a hipster appeal but they're a perfect example of form over function.
 
Thanks guys, great advice. I’m a total noob and really appreciate the information. I’ve also had the ring on the concentrate cap fall into the mix while adding concentrate. After the second time I just removed it from all the concentrates. For those that have used @Paulie s e-liquid in the past or bottles that are similar, the caps (witches hat) from those bottles fit on the BLCK Vapour and Sky Blue PG/VG bottles. This makes adding PG/VG, when mixing by weight, a breeze.

I`m still starting out and finding my way so while experimenting I do not use NIC. I did order 100ml NIC and decanted it into 10ml dropper bottles. It actually came out to 9 bottles as I filled it with about 11ml each. The bottles are labelled, packed into a zip lock bag and stored in the fridge. So when I start to use NIC in my mixes I only need to take out one 11ml bottle at a time. I’m currently vaping 1.5mg at the moment so one 11ml bottle should be good for about 240/250 ml.
 
Blu_Marlin said:
Thanks guys, great advice. I’m a total noob and really appreciate the information. I’ve also had the ring on the concentrate cap fall into the mix while adding concentrate. After the second time I just removed it from all the concentrates. For those that have used @Paulie s e-liquid in the past or bottles that are similar, the caps (witches hat) from those bottles fit on the BLCK Vapour and Sky Blue PG/VG bottles. This makes adding PG/VG, when mixing by weight, a breeze.

I`m still starting out and finding my way so while experimenting I do not use NIC. I did order 100ml NIC and decanted it into 10ml dropper bottles. It actually came out to 9 bottles as I filled it with about 11ml each. The bottles are labelled, packed into a zip lock bag and stored in the fridge. So when I start to use NIC in my mixes I only need to take out one 11ml bottle at a time. I’m currently vaping 1.5mg at the moment so one 11ml bottle should be good for about 240/250 ml.
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These are in my next order:

https://www.blckvapour.co.za/collections/accesories/products/nozzle-black
 
Quakes said:
It does read two decimals yes, so will do the trick for now.

I'm following recipes that I found online yes.


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I am curious... who carries a pink double decimal scale around aside from underground diamond dealers? I mean I had to actually figure out they exist and then acquire one and it serves no purpose but measuring drops of concentrate...
 
Glytch said:
Completely agree about the glass dropper bottles. They have a hipster appeal but they're a perfect example of form over function.
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AGREED also. Filling a tank with a pipette... AAAARRRRGHHH...
 
FogFace said:
I am curious... who carries a pink double decimal scale around aside from underground diamond dealers? I mean I had to actually figure out they exist and then acquire one and it serves no purpose but measuring drops of concentrate...
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Do you really want the answer to this question?
 
FogFace said:
I am curious... who carries a pink double decimal scale around aside from underground diamond dealers? I mean I had to actually figure out they exist and then acquire one and it serves no purpose but measuring drops of concentrate...
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lol, it's my wife's baking scale. It really is meant for baking. No diamond dealing going on here... lol
 
A massive noob mistake I made, then made it even worse when I realised I made the mistake: changing a recipe that was in testing, including changing the quantity I wanted. Went from 100ml to 30ml - but forgetting to hit the calculate button - so everything was used in quantity. Probably made half the recipe, then realized I forgot to click the calculate button. The I did the worst freaking thing possible I tossed the half mixed concentrates down the drain - not thinking that i should of just mixed the 100ml's.
This was a very crappy day for me, I was so angry i actually slapped myself when i realized that I tossed half a bottle of concentrate down the drain.
This was also the most expensive mistake I have made since DIY-ing.
 
Glytch said:
Completely agree about the glass dropper bottles. They have a hipster appeal but they're a perfect example of form over function.
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:rolleyes:I love those glass dropper bottles. It improves hand eye coordination while demonstrating the ability to multitask. :D
 
I once had a hangover and almost put pediatric illiadin nose drops in my mod. The dropper looked a little small and caught my eye at the last minute :p
 
My 2 Noob mistakes.

1. Mixing up my PG and VG bottles and ending up making 100ml of 100/0 PG/VG ratio.

2. Worst one - Calibrating my 500g scale with something i had no idea the weight of. Lets just say everything for my first 2 days of mixing by weight was so off i had even ended up making 6mg Nic instead of 1.5. Worse when starting to add the VG realizing the bottle was already near the top after putting in the PG
 
Mistake: Don't mix up 100ml of a recipe you find online that looks good but you have never tried or don't know at least 90% of flavors very well.
Mistake: Vaping up the test bottle before it has had any decent steeping time ;)
 
The vendor where i buy my concentrates from told me about a guy who just started DYIng and spilled some nic on his jeans. Not thinking about it, he left it. Needless to say, he landed up in hospital with nic poisening
 
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