Scenario
I made an e-liquid in my 30 ml bottle. I used 15% of flavor and 3mg/ml nicotine. I usually vape at 10% flavour, but I wasn't really tasting this one anymore. I filled my tank with 3 ml, but I can't seem to vape it. My throat tightens up and I get phlegm in my throat. I think there's too much flavoring and I'd like to reduce the concentration to 10% to make sure if it's the problem. How can I do it?
Explanation
First of all, it's a pity the symptoms you're describing, if it continues, don't hesitate to go and see your doctor so you can get a real diagnosis from him ;)
As for the e-liquid, you've consumed 3 ml, so there's 27 ml left in the bottle. We'll check on our calculator whether it's possible to reduce from 15% to 10% while maintaining the 3mg/ml nicotine concentration with the 3 ml available in the bottle.
We can see that the calculator tells us that we can only achieve an aroma concentration of 13.5%. That's not good enough for us. Let's take a 60 ml bottle.
Since we want to reduce the flavor concentration, we'll need to add more base and nicotine booster to maintain the nicotine level.
- We have 27 ml of e-liquid.
- We have a booster of 20mg/ml nicotine concentration.
- That's 4.05 ml of flavor. (27ml * 0.15)
- There's 81mg of nicotine (27ml * 3mg/ml).
- That's 4.05 ml nicotine booster. (81mg / 20mg/ml)
- There are 18.9ml. (27ml - 4.05ml - 4.05ml)
We have 15% aroma at the moment
If we want to reach 10%, we need to add base to dilute the aroma.
On the other hand, let's not forget that we want to maintain nicotine concentration. To do this, it's easy: just take the 13.5 ml base, and set it to a nicotine level of 3mg/ml. Adding this, we'll have the same nicotine concentration, with a diluted flavour.
So, to have a 13.5 ml e-liquid at 3mg/ml
We check via the calculator, and we can see that the results are similar!
Don't hesitate to comment if you like these articles! Let me know if you have any questions or if you don't understand a part of this article. Also, the next time you need to modify one of your e-liquids, try out our calculator, it's super simple ;)
