Mr Machine
Rising Star
Hey all,
I'm in the midst of doing 69ron's D-Limonene Mescaline Extraction tek.
Followed the beginning of the tek to a T. Took 100 grams of powdered cactus; San Pedro which I cut dried and powderized myself, added 25 grams of calcium hydroxide, 300ml of water stirred for 5 minutes and then added 300ml of d-limonene and let it sit for a few hours as instructed, stirring occasionally (perhaps here is where I went wrong?).
Is the d-limonene suppose to separate from the rest of the mixture?
When I got to step I came to a dead end. Here is step 3:
3. Pour off the d-limonene through a filter.
NOTE
It's really cool if you use a French Coffee Press for this. Using a French Coffee Press you press the cactus mix and squeeze out the d-limonene to get every last drop of d-limonene out. Then filter it through a paper coffee filter.
So I have a French PRess I bought just for this. It does little to nothing to separate the d-limonene from the rest of the mixture.
Next I just tried pouring the mixture over a paper coffee filter. The whole mixture just sat on top on the filter with no liquid coming out the bottom.
Any ideas what I did wrong? Is the d-limonene suppose to separate from the rest of the dried cacti, calcium hydroxide, water mixture before filtration? If so that could be my problem as I stirred it right before trying to filter.
Regardless I am going to let the mixture sit and try again in a few hours I suppose.
Any and all advice is appreciated!
I'm in the midst of doing 69ron's D-Limonene Mescaline Extraction tek.
Followed the beginning of the tek to a T. Took 100 grams of powdered cactus; San Pedro which I cut dried and powderized myself, added 25 grams of calcium hydroxide, 300ml of water stirred for 5 minutes and then added 300ml of d-limonene and let it sit for a few hours as instructed, stirring occasionally (perhaps here is where I went wrong?).
Is the d-limonene suppose to separate from the rest of the mixture?
When I got to step I came to a dead end. Here is step 3:
3. Pour off the d-limonene through a filter.
NOTE
It's really cool if you use a French Coffee Press for this. Using a French Coffee Press you press the cactus mix and squeeze out the d-limonene to get every last drop of d-limonene out. Then filter it through a paper coffee filter.
So I have a French PRess I bought just for this. It does little to nothing to separate the d-limonene from the rest of the mixture.
Next I just tried pouring the mixture over a paper coffee filter. The whole mixture just sat on top on the filter with no liquid coming out the bottom.
Any ideas what I did wrong? Is the d-limonene suppose to separate from the rest of the dried cacti, calcium hydroxide, water mixture before filtration? If so that could be my problem as I stirred it right before trying to filter.
Regardless I am going to let the mixture sit and try again in a few hours I suppose.
Any and all advice is appreciated!