Infindibulum, you da man.
To satisfy everyone's curiosity, Swim has found a way to turn one's leftovers after an extraction (assuming one is using limonene or some other nontoxic plant terpene as one's nonpolar solvent) into a magickal soap that will heal practically any skin condition.
In order to make soap, one uses NaOH to saponify oils. The beauty of this is that NaOH is already present in the basified bark solution, and said bark has been used for centuries by natives as a remedy for skin conditions... it's so powerful that even the Red Cross used it when they ran out of conventional treatments after a petroleum plant explosion left over 5,000 people severely wounded when that big earthquake hit Mexico back in the daze.
Anyway Swim first cooketh his bark in citric acid, then basifieth with NaOH... so rather than pouring the sacred leftovers down the toilet, he is now making it into a soap, thus healing both the mind, spirit, AND body with Mimosa alchemy.
In order to calculate the proper NaOH to oil ratios, I needed to know precisely what infindibulum just told me. I knew there was a way to go about figuring it out based on that molar stuff that was mentioned earlier, but also knew it would take me several hours to figure out how to go about it since it's been forever since I fell asleep in chem class... so when swim asked me, I figured I'd pass the question along and see if someone who already knew would be generous enough to save me the time.
So many thank yous, yet again, Infindibulum... once more, another part of my tek is indebted to you.
Swim wants me to apologize for his long absence from this forum... he has been off "in the field" gathering data, and more recently has had to work a stupid omnichrohophageal (all-time-consuming) job in order to make ends meet. Now that's coming to an end, and he has a plethora of new discoveries (such as the aforementioned soap recipe) and other information, ponderings, musings, etc. to share with the group, so hopefully he will pass those on to me soon, and I shall proceed to pass them on to y'all as they come in.
Much love and light to everyone, and thanks again Infindibulum!