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69ron Limonene Extraction of Mescaline - Too Wet?

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SWIM was performing the limonene extraction and noted early in the process that the apparently had a little too much water in their cactus mix. SWIM tried separation with a coffee filter but the extraction was very slow. They then tried a coffee press and got what appear to be 25-50mL of limonene out of the mixture of the initial 300mL.

SWIM doesn't have more cactus to add to 'dry it out'. What options do they have to dry out their mix? They have read that a 'fridge rest' is an option or waiting a few days for the mixture to dry out on its own.
 
SWIM was performing the limonene extraction and noted early in the process that the apparently had a little too much water in their cactus mix. SWIM tried separation with a coffee filter but the extraction was very slow. They then tried a coffee press and got what appear to be 25-50mL of limonene out of the mixture of the initial 300mL.

SWIM doesn't have more cactus to add to 'dry it out'. What options do they have to dry out their mix? They have read that a 'fridge rest' is an option or waiting a few days for the mixture to dry out on its own.
You can try adding dry epson salts slowly. It will hopefully make the cactus more pasty dry and help break up the emulsion.
You can also try resting in a hot water bath.
 
You can try adding dry epson salts slowly. It will hopefully make the cactus more pasty dry and help break up the emulsion.
You can also try resting in a hot water bath.
Epsom salt seems like an interesting way to go about it. Thank you for the suggestion. Not sure what went wrong quantity wise but I'm guessing a few grams of Epsom salt would be need considering where they started with their mixture compared to the CIELO photos. Perhaps they'll go this route.

A question on the hot water bath. There are a lot of references to fridge resting cacti mixtures - do you know if that's specifically because of low temperature or the relatively dry environment that helps evaporation of the mixture?

Oh, they forgot to ask: Any idea how much of the limonene should be gotten back from the pull?
 
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