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[Petrus]

Hi Guys. I know some of my questions have been asked before and answered before, but here goes.
After numerous attempts and lots of errors. I managed to find 10 DIY juices I vape constantly, all with a 12mg nicotine content. All of a sudden I am getting lazy. I want to stock up and not mix so often.

How long can I store my mixed e liquid?
How long can I store my concentrates?
How long can I store my PG, VG, and Nic?

Thanks.

 

[RichJB]

Good questions and I don't think there are definitive answers. At 12mg nic, I can't imagine that even 500ml nic will last you very long. I vape 3mg and a bottle of 100ml 36mg nic doesn't last long enough for me to worry about. If you're buying liters of nic at a time, it might be a concern. But then I'd keep 100ml or so in the fridge for immediate use and the rest in the freezer.

Concentrates, I think it's a crap shoot. It will depend on your throughput, as well as how old it was when the vendor got it, and how long it sat on the vendor's shelves. If it's a popular concentrate like Strawberry Ripe or Cap Vanilla Custard, I think you can be reasonably assured that the stock is quite fresh. If it's something obscure like TFA Holiday Spice, it might be more than a year old by the time you get it. I limit the chances of my concentrates going off by buying only 10ml at a time. I'd rather buy a 10ml every eight months than a 30ml that will take two years to finish. I'm also going to try, as far as possible, to cut little-used concentrates out of my ADVs. Something like Organic Ginger might make a lovely finishing touch at 0.5% to a recipe. But if it takes five years to finish the bottle...

For a DIYer, I think the ideal would be to mix for three or four people with similar tastes, split the costs, get a solid throughput going, and restock concentrates every three months or so. Then you can be sure your concentrates won't deteriorate. Jenn Jarvis mixes a LOT and recently switched to 10ml bottles due to the amount of concentrates she had to dump because they deteriorated.

VG and PG I think are almost indefinite. Even buying a liter of PG and 5l of VG at a time, I can't see it going off before you've used it, unless you store it in direct sunlight or something.

Juice I think depends on the concentrates used. The chances of it going bad are slim. But concentrates do fade. I've been vaping some juices that have been steeping for six months and even though most are still fine, I wouldn't like to take the chance on things like cinnamon or strawberry. If you vape tobaccos, creams/custards, bakeries, I think you'll get more life out of your juices than fruit-heavy mixes.

 

[Andre]

As soon as your concentrates and nic are mixed into the VG and PG, you extend their shelf life considerably. The PG, which you mix relatively high if I remember correctly, has a preservative effect. One of the reasons why I prefer nic in PG. I have juices more than 3 years old, which are still perfectly fine.

 

[Petrus]

As soon as your concentrates and nic are mixed into the VG and PG, you extend their shelf life considerably. The PG, which you mix relatively high if I remember correctly, has a preservative effect. One of the reasons why I prefer nic in PG. I have juices more than 3 years old, which are still perfectly fine.

Thanks @Andre, that is good news. I prefer a 50/50 ratio, I am not a cloud chaser, but nice flavour and a decent through hit tick all the boxes.