Curious Steeping Query...

[SpennyStooge]

Eyup. Was just giving the old bottles their daily shake, when I noticed I had two 30ml bottles of the same juice next to each other. One's been sat there for a few weeks (I assume that's the one that looks like my urine, most mornings) and the other for 2 days.

It was the contrast in their colour that struck me. There's

obviously some reasonable explanation for this. Anyone know? Just curious.

Cheers.

 

[MrDJ]

if both have nicotine in then left looks fresh and right is after a couple of weeks steep.
the longer left the darker it will get.

 

[SpennyStooge]

if both have nicotine in then left looks fresh and right is after a couple of weeks steep.
the longer left the darker it will get.

Ta, mate. It just surprised me, seeing the marked difference in the colouring.

 

[zouzounaki]

some concentrates that start out clear can end up looking like diesel after adding the nic and leaving it a few months.

 

[SpennyStooge]

some concentrates that start out clear can end up looking like diesel after adding the nic and leaving it a few months.

Chugging away on diesel.....? There's an idea.

 

[Chris K]

some concentrates that start out clear can end up looking like diesel after adding the nic and leaving it a few months.

Found an old bottle of a Custard I made about 2 years ago and forgot about, it looks like oil that has come out of a car after 100,000 miles!

 

[MarylinC37]

Yep it's the oxidation of the nicotine over time. Happens to one of my recipes that takes me about 6 or 7 weeks from mixing to the end of the bottle.

 

[Simon G]

That's my guide to when it's ready to vape... when it goes that nice golden colour.

 

[ObiWanVaponi]

I posted this in the recipe thread a few weeks ago. Diy, but still. the dark one was 14 months old.

 

[MarylinC37]

That's my guide to when it's ready to vape... when it goes that nice golden colour.

My main recipe get an automatic steep for 5 weeks because I'm making it in 1/2 pint bottles and I have one on the go and the other gets refilled as soon as I finish it, bearing in mind I alternate two flavours at the same time which is why it takes me so long to get through a whole bottle.