olliedixon wrote:
Also, Is this really 100% VG? surly the flavoring in the 70pg was PG based.
If the flavouring was PG based, it could drastically alter the final VG:PG ratio, depending on both the flavour concentration in the base, and the quantity added. So, these 100% VG eliquids might be nothing like that!
In the case of the 70:30 PG:VG mixture it shouldn't make much difference what the flavouring was in to start with, as the manufacturer would/should [some don't] simply adjust the quantities of PG/VG separately to get a final 70:30 ratio.
Flambo unnecessarily wrote:
And I am a little sick of people who won't do their own maths-
the calculators exist.
Using a 'juice calculator' isn't 'doing your own maths'. Although they seem to give good results and are user friendly, they might not be programmed to deal with all mixing scenarios.
In any case it's always a good idea to ask here to get a second opinion, as it's easy to make errors when inputting values into these apps; most vapers here (with a few notorious exceptions) will have some useful input and advice, and you can get a consensus of the varying opinions.
If you really want to 'do your own maths', just use the standard equation (programmed into the 'juice calculators'), which you can use individually for any particular component, whether PG, VG, Nic or flavouring.
C₁V₁ + C₂V₂ = C₃V₃
and the rearranged versions:
C₃ = (C₁V₁ + C₂V₂) ÷ V₃
V₂ = (C₃V₃ - C₁V₁) ÷ C₂
Where C₁ & C₂ are concentrations of a particular component in the initial 2 portions of liquid of volumes V₁ & V₂, and V₃ is the final volume with concentration C₃.
In your example V₁, V₂, V₃, C₁, C₂ are all known, and the unknown is C₃: therefore use equation 2 (which many answerers did in their heads).
V₁ = V₂ = 100 mL
C₁ = 70 (mL PG/100 mL liquid)
C₂ = 0
V₃ = 200 mL
C₃ = (70 x 100 + 0 x 100) ÷ 200 = 35% PG
Therefore the remainder [65%] is VG
This result is good enough for vapers, but not totally accurate: for retail purposes one would need to take into account the quantity of nicotine & flavourings (which might be 2-5%) and flavour carrier, so the actual PG percentage might be slightly/very different.
The infamous Five Pawns results show that even so-called professional juice manufacturers aren't immune from mistakes, leading to gross errors in both nic concentrations and PG:VG ratios in their supposedly 50:50 pg:vg 6mg range.
Edited on 8/16/2015 at 10:22 AM. Reason: none