An easy way to reclaim stolen solvent

[3rdI]

Hello all, i discovered a little trick last night that i hope might help some people who are not you.

I was extracting with some xylene last night and i found that the MHRB mush ate about half the solvent (100ml down to 50ml over 30 mins). I was not pleased, however, i was sat on the floor thinking there must be a way to get some back so i started to slide the pan back and forth, back and forth on the floor quite vigerously, to my pleasure about 25ml of solvent worked its way out of the mush. I had read before that vibration (on a washing machine for example) could seperate but this method was very quick and successfull and only took about a minute or 2 of agitation.

happy travels

 

[Hyperdimensional Cuttlefish]

Put it in front of an amp and crank that shit up with some down tuned chugging riffs, heh heh, separation in no time! Seriously though, I extract at 140-150 degrees F, tap the glass container with a heavy rubber mallet (think soft snare drumming style) between stirrings too. Settles out in 5-10 minutes usually.

 

[3rdI]

good stuff, i have a rubber mallet and i like to hammer, i will try this next time. cheers

 

[tele]

Thanks, what tek are you using and should one try this with q21q21's lime tek?

 

[3rdI]

i was was using my back and forth technique on the Q21Q21 jimjam tek.

 

[tele]

i was was using my back and forth technique on the Q21Q21 jimjam tek.

Do you think it would work with naphtha/heptane/hexane, too?

 

[3rdI]

i would guess so, although i have not tried it.

I think the principles would stay the same, i cant see there being any difference in seperation of naphtha compared to xylene as they both stay seperate to the bark mix. It seems to me that most of my lost solvent gets stuck inside the mix as opposed to being obsorbed into it. I think that maybe the wetter the mush, the easier the seperation, i think this is due to it being easier for the solvent to push its way through a thin watery mix to the surface as opposed to a think mix which is harder for small amounts of solvent to move.

However, i am no expert so i could be wrong.