damiana said:
amor_fati, may I make a few suggestions to benefit the ease of producing dmt. Why even use the THP? Not only is that a hassle to make the thing, but the step seems difficult and unnecessary(waiting for the limo to filter through). SWIM simply uses a large HDPE gallon jug with the top cut off. The basified bark, water and d-limo all sits in that. This is mixed with a metal spoon and the limo siphoned off with a turkey baster. Very easy for SWIM. Plus, isn't it easier to get already pulverized bark, why even bother with that step. Though if one can't get the bark pulverized then of course that step is helpful. Also, FASIPA might be suggested along with the FASW step, so others can use both if they desire. I really like the cleaning step for fumurate, just water, haha, so simple, no acetone needed.
SWIM's decanted and siphoned long enough to know that he hates it, IPA would render the tek toxic (not to mention make it more difficult to recycle and reuse his limonene) and SWIM's first experience with FASIPA turned out requiring water to wash the product out of the container anyway (SWIM's got a food dehydrator, so he has no problem evaporating water), and SWIM hasn't found any decent, affordable, stateside vendors of powdered MHRB. The cleaning step is nothing new, it's bufoman's modestly proposed method. THPs are absolutely not difficult to build, especially when the messiness of the alternatives are considered.
May I also suggest, if one isn't interested in the fumurate form of dmt, you point out they don't need to do that clean up step but instead can move directly to the freebase step.
SWIM would hope that people could conclude this on their own, as SWIY has done. Besides, it wouldn't be SWIM's approach to do so, since he prefers keeping as much fumarate on hand as possible and be able to convert to freebase an hour prior to launch if he pleases.
Also, since we are on the freebase thing here and I know you posted a few responses in my recent thread, I'd like to comment on that. I would suggest you think about adding to your WIKI page the STEL tek for those who don't want just dmt freebase but want changa or enhanced leaf as an end product. Just an idea, it's your page though. This tek, hopefully(not been accurately tested), is an easy way to skip a few steps and insure no loss of dmt. Hurray!!
Author a full and tested tek, and SWIM or anyone else may transcribe it to the wiki. The handbook is being designed to be able to guide from any choice of extraction to any choice of crystallization to any choice of purification to any choice of administration, and it will make it clear how these stages correlate with one another. SWIM's approaches are just that, his approaches, and they work incredibly well for him. He's just trying impart the culmination of his quest for maximized efficiency. Perhaps a bit of tweaking would be beneficial, but otherwise, SWIM's pretty well set and can now focus more-so on imparting his experience.
That's all, hope I could help. I'm glad you got a non-toxic WIKI page that is simple and yields well. Plus it is the latest and greatest tek information.
Well, SWIM's certainly reaping the fruits and having a blast. To think of how much crap SWIM's collected over the years (all manner of jars, bottles, tubing, chemicals) and that he can now retire the vast majority of it without apprehension, so that he can finally narrow his kit and his expenditures without hampering experimentation...it's incredibly cathartic (word of the day, apparently :roll: ).
SWIM's descending into a trend of austerity here, and he's sorry for that, but damiana, you would perhaps benefit from a bit more research of the Nexus in general. A good deal of foundation has already been laid, and SWIY would benefit greatly from thorough exploration of such groundwork. Practically none of SWIM's ideas are original and are simply the result of SWIM channeling the vast body research available on the Nexus through the experience resulting from that.