One month into DIY

[Old Goat]

It’s now been a month since I started DIY my own juices.

I picked six SNV recipes online (I was originally going to go the one shot route but I changed my mind and decided to make 2-3 flavor SNV recipes). I’ve only made four out of the six and so far they’ve been really good. I was afraid I’m might be disappointed because I’d grown so used to super sweet commercial juice. But so far I’ve enjoyed the “softer” (sorry I’m not really sure how to explain) sweetness from the flavors. It’s nice not to be so overwhelmed by the sweetness of commercial juices.

I noticed something else: when I switched to an MTL RTA tank last March, I’d change my cotton every other day because I used super sweet commercial juices. And my cotton and coil would be so gunky.

I still change my cotton every other day (I’m a creature of habit & cotton is cheap so it’s no bother)but now my cotton looks so clean and my coil has little to no gunk on it.

Now I regret not going the DIY route when I was using stock coils…lol

Once I get more comfortable with making my own juices I’ll start dropping my nic level (my main reason for going the diy route).

Any thank y’all for helping when I had my questions before I started

 

[Old Goat]

Well done, kid — you’ve already discovered one of the biggest perks of DIY: no more sugar sludge murdering your coils. Commercial juice makers love to drown their stuff in sweetener because it tricks your taste buds into thinking “more sugar = more flavor.” But in DIY land, you get the real deal — flavors that actually taste like what they’re supposed to be, without the caramelized tar pit on your cotton.

That “softer sweetness” you’re noticing? That’s what flavor should feel like. It doesn’t smack you over the head, it plays nice. And trust me, once you start tuning recipes to your own taste, you’ll wonder how you ever vaped the syrupy stuff in the first place.

Dropping nic is a great plan too — DIY gives you that control. You’ll know when it feels right, and the herd here will have plenty of tricks to help.

Stick with it, experiment, and don’t be afraid to make a few “barnyard blunders” along the way. That’s how every old goat earns his horns in DIY.

Welcome to the herd, [smention u=89]RioMist[/smention] . You’re on the right trail.