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Cleaning ACRB Spice Sticky Brown to Crumbly Tan

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magic9

magic9

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I used pulverized ACRB, Cyb/CTM´s "Max Ion tek" and i got a product looking like your "After" pictures with no re-x.
I can really recommend it, fantastic results.
I wonder how my product will look like if i try clean it.
I might try your cleanup procedure.
Good work.
 
Just Fyi...most cleans are done with Sodium Carbonate...not Bicarbonate.

Sodium bicarbonate is CHNaO3 while sodium carbonate is Na2CO3. Simply heat baking soda or sodium bicarbonate in a 200°F oven for about an hour. Carbon dioxide and water will be given off. Dry sodium carbonate will remain.

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I had just done a re-x and sodium carbonate wash on some ARCB extract that was contaminated with a bit of the base mixture. After cleaning up I precipitated via freezing. I was left with a bunch of white crystals and a little bit of goo after fanning off the excess naphtha.

I then redissolved the white spice and clear goo in ethanol to get rid of any excess hydrocarbons in the crystalline structure and now I am left with a yellowish/brownish substance almost identical to your second picture.

I doubt there are many actives left in that baking soda water you evaporated, but you could always do a mini extraction on it and see if you can manage to pull something but I think generally if you use hot solvent and properly basified water that any weight use lose is polar impurities and the like. If there are any goodies in there at all I'm sure the amount is very small.

Why do you wish that you hadn't cleaned your spice since the first batch has now dried and is easier to handle? Are the effects noticeably different than the cleaned product? Product #2 certainly looks cleaner; I'm all for full spectrum product but if I had to choose between #1 and #2 I'd take the latter. The first stuff kinda looks like cookie dough.

Enjoy your ACRB extract. Such lovely stuff.
 
alert said:
I had just done a re-x and sodium carbonate wash on some ARCB extract that was contaminated with a bit of the base mixture. After cleaning up I precipitated via freezing. I was left with a bunch of white crystals and a little bit of goo after fanning off the excess naphtha.

I then redissolved the white spice and clear goo in ethanol to get rid of any excess hydrocarbons in the crystalline structure and now I am left with a yellowish/brownish substance almost identical to your second picture.

I doubt there are many actives left in that baking soda water you evaporated, but you could always do a mini extraction on it and see if you can manage to pull something but I think generally if you use hot solvent and properly basified water that any weight use lose is polar impurities and the like. If there are any goodies in there at all I'm sure the amount is very small.

Why do you wish that you hadn't cleaned your spice since the first batch has now dried and is easier to handle? Are the effects noticeably different than the cleaned product? Product #2 certainly looks cleaner; I'm all for full spectrum product but if I had to choose between #1 and #2 I'd take the latter. The first stuff kinda looks like cookie dough.

Enjoy your ACRB extract. Such lovely stuff.
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Ya the brown wax actually dried out and is very easy to work with now. I prefer it for my yoga sessions because it seems to come on a little more gentler(could be in my head) and seems to linger a bit as well. Its almost as though its got its own little MAOI action going. I dose around 20-25mg (via bong usually) when doing yoga.
 
What were the effects, if any, from the pink extract? It looks like it could be betacarbolines. It would also explain the slower onset and longer duration. Many acacia have been found to contain betacarbolines in varying amounts.
 
DreaMTripper said:
What were the effects, if any, from the pink extract? It looks like it could be betacarbolines. It would also explain the slower onset and longer duration. Many acacia have been found to contain betacarbolines in varying amounts.
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I ended up throwing it all out. I was too scared to smoke the unknown pinkish stuff lol :)
 
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