Mixing guidelines for TW 54mg Platinum Ice e-liquid.

WARNING: Totally Wicked's Platinum Ice 54mg gives you the means to produce your own flavoured juices at home, without compromising on quality or strength - it is not intended for vaping at the full 54mg strength!

Successful mixing at home relies on some understanding of the basic principles.

Firstly, the strength description: “54mg”, indicates a nicotine concentration of 54mg per ml (not per bottle.) This equates to a strength of 5.4% w/v (because there are 1000 mg in 1ml.) It is important to understand this, and that it is the relative proportion of Platinum Ice in your mixed juice, and not the absolute quantity, that will determine the final strength. If you water it down 50:50 with another (nicotine-free) liquid, then the result will contain 27mg/ml, etc., no matter if you are mixing 1 drop of each, or a ml of each, or a litre of each.

Secondly, you should never mix in large batches unless you know for certain that you're going to like the result – it is all too easy to over-dilute your e-liquid if you work on the whole bottleful at once, and ruin it. It is much safer (and cheaper,) to mix up small batches, so if it goes wrong, you can strengthen it with a few more drops of Platinum Ice, or mix it into a more palatable flavoured juice to use it up (if you've really made a mess of the flavour.) You will also be able to try a lot more flavours with a single bottle if you make small batches.

A 5ml plastic dropper bottle is provided for you to use for small batches, and more such sundry items are available on the Totally Wicked website.

Unless you like you flavours and nicotine very strong, you will want to add some inert liquids to dilute your mixtures (these substances are called “diluents”). You may use propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), alcohol and/or distilled/deionised water, according to preference (though more than a drop or 2 of water is not advised – if the liquid is too runny, there is a greater risk of it leaking into batteries, and it will produce little vapour.) Totally Wicked's Platinum Ice is formulated using propylene glycol, since it has a good safety record and performs well, but you can add some vegetable glycerine if you wish, to thicken the vapour produced, or a few drops of clear alcohol (vodka or similar is ideal,) to add a little more body and throat hit to the flavour.

The following chart shows the approximate final strength you will get by mixing different proportions of Platinum Ice, flavourings and diluent, for a total volume of 30 drops (about 1.5ml)

Flavour Descriptions
Absinthe	Apple	Apple Pie	Attar of Rose
Our absinthe e-liquid is made with over 20 herbs and spices, carefully blended to recreate the luxurious aniseed and wormwood flavour beloved of poets and artists, madmen and lovers. Go on, unleash your inner Bohemian!	The crisp and refreshing taste of fresh, green apples!	A truly decadent dessert vape - fruity filling, buttery piecrust, pure indulgence.	A sweet and fragrant vaping experience - an entirely natural extract.
Blackberry	Black Cherry	Black Forest Gateau	Blackcurrant
Juicy and fruity!	A complex and delicious 'morello' flavour, with a very moreish balance of sweet and sour notes.	Chocolate, fruits and berries, cream, and all good things Black Forest-y.	Bursting with fruity flavour!
Bubblegum	Cafe Brasiliano	Candyfloss	Caramel
All the flavour of bubblegum, with none of the tiresome chewing.	Strong Brazilian coffee with a little cream, slightly sweet.	All the fun of the fair - without the calories!	Guilt-free, sweet and sticky caramel, with no calories or diacetyl.
Chocolat au Lait	Choc-o-mint	Cinnamint	Coconut
Creamy milk chocolate - everyone's favourite!	Chocolate and peppermint: always a winning combination!	Sweet cinnamon with a hint of mint.	Totally tropical - totally wicked.
Coconut Ice	Cognac	Custard	Diablo Poco
The same high quality DV coconut - with a twist of menthol.	All the rich flavour of fine, aged spirit, with no hangover - guaranteed!	The perfect accompaniment to pie, tart and crumble mixes - also delicious on its own.	A full-flavoured bowl of chilli in a vape. The concentrate measures approx. 5,000 SHU on the Scoville Heat Scale (quite hot enough, unless you're loco!)
Diablo Loco
Pain in a bottle! This is an insanely hot (the concentrate measures approx. 500,000 SHU on the Scoville Heat Scale - that's 1-200x hotter than tabasco sauce!) juice condiment, made using Naga jolokia chillis - officially the hottest in the world - and designed for spicing up other juices. If a single drop is too hot for you, dilute it to 1-10% with PG, VG or PEG-400 to make a stock solution, and use that. Unless you're the kind of person who thinks a good night out isn't complete without being "maced" with police pepper spray at some point in the evening, you really do not want to even contemplate mixing this up the same strength as a normal flavoured juice - you have been warned! :)
Doppio Espresso	Extra Stout	French Apple Tart	Green Cow
Strong, black coffee with a real caffeine kick.	A dark, malty flavour, with more than a passing resemblance to a certain iconic Irish beer ;)	Lightly caramelized apples, creme patissiere and sweet pastry - bon appetit!	An energy drink - in a vape. With added caffeine and guarana extract. Because hey, sometimes just nicotine isn't enough.
Habana Reserve	Herbes de Provence	Kola Kick	Kola Kisses
Our first tobacco-alike flavour - a rich and full-bodied Havana cigar taste to savour, with hints of pepper, aged oak, woodsmoke and allspice.	An authentic Provencal blend of rosemary, thyme, savory, oregano and bay leaves - ideal for spicing up bland flavours. Not bad on its own, if you're in the mood for something a little different.	Tangy cola sweet and sharpness, with added caffeine.	Same great Cola flavour, without the caffeine.
Lemon Meringue	Lime Zinger	Lotus Flower	Lychee
Tangy lemon, creamy meringue - a match made in heaven!	Sharp and refreshing - this one's bursting with juicy flavour!	Subtly sweet and spicy - a true taste of the Orient.	A refreshing and fragrant tropical flavour.
Malt Whiskey	Mango	Marshmallow	Menthol
A treat for the connoisseur - deep and woody, with delightful heathery floral notes, and undertones of peat and malt.	Succulent and juicy!	Yum yum!	No holds barred - our flavour concentrate is the strongest menthol liquid on the market. 50%w/v menthol crystals dissolved in a PG base. Use very sparingly!
Mentolyptus	Mintyfloss	Mulled Wine	Nana Mint
A strong formulation, combining the power of menthol with aromatic extracts of eucalyptus, and a hint of aniseed for a flavour that's guaranteed to decongest and invigorate!	Candyfloss with a splash of peppermint.	Red wine and spices - a very warming winter vape.	The mint used in Morrocan mint tea - a 100% natural extraction from the herb with a light, spearminty flavour.
Orange Blossom	Parma Violet	Passion Fruit	Raspberry
Sweet and floral - the perfect summer evening vape.	A warm and velvety violet flavour e-liquid with chocolatey undertones, made using the finest natural and nature-identical essences and extracts for a delicately fragrant experience that is not at all sickly or cloying.	Sweet yet tartly refreshing - just the right blend of juicy fruit and acid sharpness to revitalize the most jaded of palates.	Tart but juicy - a very refreshing flavour.
Real Banana	Rhubarb	Rhubarb Crumble	Roast Beef
A 100% natural fruit extract, with the flavour of ripe bananas - this is not an artificial "milkshake" flavour.	Tart fruit, slightly sweetened.	Tart and juicy rhubarb with a sweet crumble topping.	Warm and savoury. Vegetarian safe.
Roast Chicken	Roasted Nuts	Smokey Bacon	Sour Cherry
Mouth-watering, with notes of crisp skin and buttery roasting pan juices. Vegetarian safe.	Mixed nuts, roasted.	Because everything's better with bacon.	Sweet and sour - delicious!
Strawberry Tart	Tequila	Tiramisu	Vanilla Ice
A glazed strawberry tart - in a vape. Weird, but it works!	Straight up, full strength, full flavour. Cactus, alcohol and nicotine - what's not to like?	The classic Italian dessert, with the flavour of fresh chocolate, coffee, mascarpone and marsala wine. If you like chocolate or coffee, you'll love Tiramisu - scrumptious!	No, not that Vanilla Ice - ours is much tastier! Creamy vanilla with a twist of mint - delicious!
Very Vanilla	White Chocolate	Ylang Ylang
Sweet and creamy like ice cream - probably the most popular flavour on the planet.	A sweet and creamy indulgence; no calories, no guilt.	A creamy, perfumed vape with notes of vanilla custard, neroli and exotic spices.

As a rule of thumb, there are about 20 drops in 1 ml (therefore about 600 drops in a 30ml bottle,) so you can scale up a recipe that you like quite easily - if you wish to make a larger batch, double all the quantities, and you will produce twice as much juice at the same strength.

If you want a whole bottleful of a particular favourite - just substitute ml for drops (using a medicine measure or teaspoon – 5ml per teaspoon.)

If you find the flavour too weak (and they do vary,) substitute extra drops of flavouring for some of the drops of diluent. So long as there are 30 drops in total, and the same number of drops of Platinum Ice, the result will be the desired final strength.

So that's about all you need to know to get started. If you have any questions, or are looking for tasty recipes to try, check out the Totally Wicked forums – they're full of helpful, friendly folk who can help you get the most out of your mixing.

Good luck, and Enjoy!