Let's talk steeping times/methods

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First of all, I just made 3 - 20 ml bottles of juice. I just received 3 pods. A Suorin Fero Lite, a Voopoo Argus and a Geek Vape Wenax. All 3 have a total of 4 ummm… Tanks? The interchangeable thingy that holds the juice.

After they’ve steeped I’m going to try first one flavor of juice in each one of the pods as they are configurable in different ways/ohms, wattage…etc. Then I’ll try the next flavor.

Note that all 3 bottles are at 50/50 PG/VG as I read that’s best for pods.

In topics here, I see there are different methods of steeping, from shaking vigorously once a day for 2 weeks. Some say to take the cap off for a couple hours while you’re doing the shake, rattle and roll, thing, use a milk frother, sit in warm water or “hot rice?” or use an ultra sonic jewelry cleaner. Shaking is rather difficult. I get winded in about 2 seconds.

I have a milk frother, but from what I’ve read you don’t want to oxygenate the juice. Maybe 60 ml or more that could work, so what are your opinions of oxygenating the juice?

I’d like to know HOW these things can shorten the steep time. How is warm water going to get the liquids to mix?

What are your thoughts on frothing?

What about ultrasonic? I can see how that would do a lot better job than shaking. Mine runs for 8 minutes at a time, but I find it hard to believe that even if I ran it over and over for 30 minutes (as suggested by google) that would work the same as shaking (Ugh) or frothing?

I tried to ask google how many days do you have to run the cleaner, but I’m not finding the right words. She just tells me… 30 minutes should do the trick. Would that actually be enough to vape? We could call it sonic and vape. Another SNV so we could really screw with peoples minds.

What about hot rice? Howzat work?

Would y’all give me your opinions, thoughts and ideas?

Google’s just not doing it for me.

Asking for a friend. I think it’s George, but all these voices in my head, it’s hard to keep track.

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Hey Pauly, love the energy—and the gear lineup! Sounds like you’re diving deep and having fun with it.

On the steeping side of things: in my humble Old Goat opinion, the best thing you can do is give your juice a good initial shake, then stick it in a cool, dark place and leave it the hell alone.

All those other methods—frothers, hot rice, ultrasonic cleaners—might feel productive, but they mostly introduce air or heat, which can mess with the flavor or even degrade the juice. Air is the enemy, and over-manipulating your mix won’t speed up steeping in a meaningful or safe way.

No daily shakes, no stir-fests. Just patience. Let time do the heavy lifting.
The flavor will thank you. George will too. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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I concur with…

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Wow, thanks for keeping me from wasting a lot of time and money! Mostly the time of tossing (MORE) juices away.

I was really skeptical. As another friend, Ralph always says, “If it sounds too good to be true…”

I have 94 Swisher Sweets left. I think they’ll last 9 or 10 days tops at the rate I go. I’ll buy another box, I wanna go the whole 2 weeks of steeping. My California Highway Patrol officer doesn’t know it, but I’m sure his teenage son will appreciate the rest. From what I’ve smelled he smokes some damn good blunts.

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Incidentally, a few weeks ago I mixed up 30 ml and tried the super sonic boom method. Filled a pod, to A hit, and tossed the bottle. I put the pod in my cool dark cabinet and forgot about it.

Last night, after I asked these questions, I saw the pod and wondered… Damn smooth, great flavor. Yep. Just leave shit alone.

These 3 bottles are all at 3 mg of nic, so the next trial and error will be figuring now much nic I need to keep the cravings at bay. If 3mg works, great. But I doubt it. According to google’s experimental AI, 1 cigar is worth 10 cigarettes. 8 to 10 cigars a day…

I’ll make 3 more bottles at 6, 9 and 12 mg. I KNOW I’ll chain puff.

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