Hello, I have been making e-juice for about three years now and have saved a lot of money. In fact, I have made a lot of money from selling e-juice to my friends and such, making small margins because after all it is my friends. If you put in $100 up front, you will be able to vape virtually for free for as long as your vaping.
Where to Buy the Supplies:
Syringes: Amazon $7.00: "10 ml Industrial Syringe with 18 x 1.5 Blunt Tip Needle Protective Cap included 5 PACK"
Vegetable Glycerin: Amazon Prime $25 free shipping for 1 gallon of vegetable glycerin. Look up: "Glycerin Vegetable Kosher USP - 1 Gallon"
Nicotine: $20. I buy the vegetable glycerin base nicotine. I also buy the 250 ml bottle and 100 mg/ml strength. I've tested many different types and this seems to be the best and smoothest. URL provided below.
https://www.nicvape.com/diluted-nicotine
Flavors:
https://wizardlabs.us/all-flavors
This is where you can buy your flavors. I have some recommendations for you because I have tried so many different flavors by now. I recommend spending $65 on flavors so that you get free shipping from their website.
cantaloupe by TFA
chai Tea by TFA
costa rica special mango by FA
creme de menthe by TFA (if you like mint)
double apple by CAP
double watermelon by CAP
dx juicy peach by TFA
fruit circles by TFA (especially good with dairy milk flavor separate; NOT together)
golden pineapple by CAP
green jolly candy by WF
honeydew by TFA
key lime by TFA
nectarine by TFA
organic strawberry by TFA
strawberry (ripe)
pineapple juicy by TFA
pomegranate v2 by CAP
rainbow sherbet by TFA
ripe banana by TFA
swedish gummy by TFA
sweet cream by CAP
vanilla custard v2 by CAP
watermelon colorless by TFA
More Flavors:
http://www.onestopdiyshop.com/category-s/139.htm
Blue Rasberry Slushi by OSDIY
Arnold Palmer by OSDIY
These are all flavors I enjoyed throughout my journey of making juice. As I mentioned before, I have tried a lot of flavors and these are all good. Especially Blue Raspberry Slushi.
Store all of these items in your refrigerator when you are not making yourself e-juice and keep them out of light to stay fresh. I have so many flavors that I ended up buying a mini fridge specifically for my e juice supplies to store in.
Step 1:
Grab a clean e juice bottle
Step 2:
Take your syringe and take 9 ml of flavor out of your flavor bottle and put it into the empty e juice bottle. 9 ml is the golden amount of flavor, in my opinion. You can mix and match flavors. For example: you can put in 3 ml of 3 different flavors, or 4.5 ml of 2 different flavors. It just has to add up to 9 ml
Step 3:
Grab another clean syringe and suck up your nicotine. BE CAREFUL not to get this on yourself. If you do, wash yourself in the sink. Then out this into your bottle of e juice after you have out in you 9 ml of flavoring.
HOW MUCH?:
Example: Say I want to make 6 mg e juice. How much should concentrated nicotine should I put into my mixture? I have 100mg/ml concentrated e juice. I want to make a 30 ml bottle of e juice.
(30 ml bottle) * (6 mg e juice) = 180 mg of nicotine total
-there is 180 mg of nicotine total inside of one 30 ml bottle of e juice
(180 mg of nicotine total) / (100 mg/ml concentrated e juice) = 1.8 ml of concentrate
-The amount of concentrated nicotine you should put into your bottle is 1.8 ml
Step 4:
Suck up your vegetable glycerin with a clean syringe, then put this into your bottle of e juice after the flavors and nicotine.
HOW MUCH?:
( 30 ml bottle of e juice) - (1.8 ml of nicotine) - (9 ml of flavorings) = 19.2 ml of vegetable glycerin.
-You will put in 19.2 ml of vegetable glycerin into your mixture.
WHAT IS MY VG/PG RATIO?
Example: Most of the flavors on wizard labs website are 100% pg based. some are 50% pg and 50% vg based. Lets assume that the flavor we want is 100% pg based
(1.8 ml vg based nicotine + 19.2 ml of vg) / (30 ml bottle of e juice) = .7
-70% of your mixture is vg and 30% is pg. You have a 70/30 ratio.
-Example: Now lets assume that your flavors are 50% vg and 50 % pg that you want to use. What is my ratio now?
(1.8 ml vg based nicotine + 19.2 ml of vg + 4.5 ml of vg based flavor) / (30 ml bottle of e juice) = .85
-85% of your mixture is vg and 15% is pg in your mixture. you have an 85/15 blend
Step 5:
Put you cap and lid on your bottle and shake it up. Keep shaking vigorously to mix it all together. In a couple hours it is vape-able but I like to wait longer to let it blend better. You can wait even weeks letting it "steep" if you want. The longer you wait, the better it will be blended. I also went online and bought hundreds of plastic e juice bottles for $20 so I don't have to keep cleaning the bottles. Also, keep your used syringes in separate zip-lock bags.
Thank you for reading, I hope I was able to save you all some money and that you up vote your savings on to me! I have been vaping my own homemade e juice for years now and I love it. I calculated that is costs me $1.20 to make a 30 ml bottle of e juice. Have fun on your endeavors trying new and exciting flavors. I wish I had someone to recommend a list of flavors when I was first starting out.!