Almost done with my first extraction

[Eternal_LVX]

Well folks, it has finally happened. SWIM is at the last phase of extraction using the A/B method. Hoping to get a good saturation in solvent by evaporating some off then freeze precipitation. SWIM inhaled some solvent fumes and that didn't feel too good.. FYI. SWIM decided not to do the sodium carb wash on this batch because the solvent looked really clear. SWIM didn't do a defat but might try both these methods later just for fun.

SWIM currently has a pyrex dish sitting on the window sill with a thin cloth covering it with a rubber band holding it in place. SWIM also has an emulsion in a warm water bath waiting to be pulled. Excited to finish the last pulls. SWIM has been taking his time and having fun with the extraction.

SWIM has shifted focus from all the extraction teks and started researching experience reports. SWIM watched the movie Enter the Void for the first time the night the mimosa first started to boil... fuckin trippy. SWIM has been practicing meditation and trying to get into a spiritual mindset for the first blast off into hyperspace.

If anyone has quick links to their experience reports that they want to share, feel free to post in here. Any other input is welcomed as well.

 

[ragabr]

Here are a few selections of favorites of mine when I first came to the Nexus. There are plenty more by people regularly active I would suggest, but these guys are rarely seen around here nowadays.

In Praise of Changa: Electric Sheep by Ghostman
In Praise of Changa: Pau D'Arco & Caapi by Ghostman
Hindu Gods and Daffodils by 88
Deep Purple by 88
Training for Contact by 88

 

[acolon_5]

Congrats...hope it is an overwhelming success.

 

[Bill Cipher]

Congratulations. The tail end of your first extraction is a crazy exciting time.

Don't forget a heptane re-x (or two, or even three). The more you honor yourself, your spice and the process in which you come by it, the more likely you are to be rewarded with positive early experiences.