Silly mixing question.

[sk25411]

Morning!

I’ve been mixing exclusively with a 12mg 50/50 base for many months now. I would buy a liter at a time, and it would last a while.

Recently, nicriver stopped selling the 50/50 base @12mg (liter) I used to buy. So I plunged in with the gallon of vg, pg, and some 100mg nic (250ml, 50/50).

My silly question. Do I need to shake plain pg or vg the same way I used to shake my premixed 12mg base? I obviously shake my nic, was just wondering if it’s as important, or necessary, to shake just plain old vg and pg before mixing.

Thanks!

 

[gnees]

I hope not, because I never have.

 

[Eskie]

No, it shouldn't be necessary. But I do it anyway.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Morning!

I’ve been mixing exclusively with a 12mg 50/50 base for many months now. I would buy a liter at a time, and it would last a while.

Recently, nicriver stopped selling the 50/50 base @12mg (liter) I used to buy. So I plunged in with the gallon of vg, pg, and some 100mg nic (250ml, 50/50).

My silly question. Do I need to shake plain pg or vg the same way I used to shake my premixed 12mg base? I obviously shake my nic, was just wondering if it’s as important, or necessary, to shake just plain old vg and pg before mixing.

Thanks!

If you are making your own base you need to make sure all ingredients are blended together. ie. easier to start with the vg cause its the thickness, add to it the pg and blend well(until it becomes crystal clear) , add the nic and blend well as it too becomes crystal clear. I have a glass stirring rod that I use to do this along with at least a 1000 ml glass measuring cup. Then its easy to pour into whatever you keep your liter in.

 

[sk25411]

@Sugar_and_Spice not making a base anymore, I used to buy it.

Now I just have a 8oz bottle of PG, one of VG, and my 100mg nic bottle. I mix each batch using those 3 and flavoring.

Just checking if I need to shake plain VG or PG as I’m making my mixes.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

@Sugar_and_Spice not making a base anymore, I used to buy it.

Now I just have a 8oz bottle of PG, one of VG, and my 100mg nic bottle. I mix each batch using those 3 and flavoring.

Just checking if I need to shake plain VG or PG as I’m making my mixes.

Sorry, read too fast. Nope enough stirring and shaking occurs when mixing in the nic. I am just not sure if shaking actually does mix it well or not.

 

[Beamslider]

If it is 99+% PG or VG. What would be the point in shaking/mixing it before adding to other ingredients?

 

[sk25411]

If it is 99+% PG or VG. What would be the point in shaking/mixing it before adding to other ingredients?

And that’s my question, lol. Is there a point to it?

 

[stols001]

I hope not (PG VG etc) because I bought 2.5 gallons of VG, unaware I was going to get it all in one bottle and there certainly is no sediment or anything after more or less a year of mixing. But in any case, getting it into the house to start was difficult, getting it poured out at the beginning was... a challenge (it's getting easier but not that much) so if I had to shake it I don't quite know WHAT I would do.

Anna

 

[DaveP]

And that’s my question, lol. Is there a point to it?

Probably not. I don't. It's one ingredient in a bottle. Can't hurt to shake it, but I've never done that until my juice is mixed.

After I'm through with a DIY session I use this to mix each bottle thoroughly.

https://www.amazon.com/Badger-Air-B...8&qid=1539456207&sr=8-1&keywords=badger+mixer

 

[JCinFLA]

Do I need to shake plain pg or vg the same way I used to shake my premixed 12mg base?

Nope. They're just PG or VG. There are no other ingredients in them that would require blending/mixing before use.

 

[IDJoel]

And that’s my question, lol. Is there a point to it?

None whatsoever.

I am using 4 year-old PG and VG (purchased in gallon jugs) that have never once been shaken. Each is a stable chemical compound; so there is nothing to separate.

 

[Hoggy]

Just to quaruple clarify that you definitely don't have to shake plain pg/vg. To put in scientific terms: it is because it's not any kind of suspension in solution. It is the solution.

At least I think that might be the correct scientific terminology. But I admit my terminology is quite rusty these days - scientific or not.

 

[sk25411]

Thanks for all the responses!

Gonna mix a few things tonight, yay!

 

[UpNorth]

Shake Shake Shake, Shake your VG (and or PG)..... Sorry I am bored hehehe

 

[BrotherBob]

Thanks for all the responses!
Gonna mix a few things tonight, yay!

Great question, Glad you asked it.