Oi, mates, this thread is starting to look like a monologue.

Very well, I'll try to solve this myself, and post here any results for future reference

for those fellow explorers seeking a similar solution.

Today I tried:

~Adding salt

~Tapping the jars on the side

~Adding even more lye

...with no improvement whatsoever.

I guess my only choice is to proceed with the extraction, freeze precip, and try a recrystalization

of the final product.

In the meanwhile, I'm gonna let the jars open so any remaining tainted naphtha will evaporate completely.

Then, I'll try fixing the lye/mhrb/H2O solution so any freshly added naphtha won't have the same fate.

...Let's see how that goes, mates.

~Dug