Critical vs Noncritical extraction steps?

[Wanderingtrader]

I've been researching different basic extraction teks and am wishing to understand the concepts behind them better and also hear what other people have to say about different teks.

What I've gathered from researching is that basic extractions usually follow most of these steps:

Step 1: Defatting of powder using some sort of weak nonpolar solvent (alcohol, vegetable oil, etc.)

Step 2: Converting the DMT-tanate salt into DMT freebase via soaking in a strongly basic solution (slaked lime, lye, etc.)

Step 3: Addition of a strong nonpolar solvent to dissolve the freebase (naptha, d-limeonine, etc.) and then filter it off using a separatory funnel.

Step 4: Washing solution to remove excess impurities and separating again.

The part I struggle with is understanding which route is best to go down from here. Should I recrystallize if my solvent allows for it, or should I simply evaporate everything off and take the impurities left? Additionally, what are the absolutely vital steps for a decent and safe product? Is defatting strictly necessary or is it just for purity? The same regarding washing.

After proceeding, is there a preferred salt that should be used? I hear that acetate shouldn't be used when smoking, which makes sense. However, I read that DMT fumerate and DMT citrate as both safe to smoke, but haven't heard opinions on how they differ (especially depending on the route used to smoke).

In summary:
Is it better to evap or recrystallize?
Does defatting and washing matter in this simple type of extraction?
What salt do you prefer when using? Does it depending on if you use The Machine as opposed to a vape?

 

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There's no real authority on minimum standards. You don't have to defat with MHRB and you don't need to wash the non-polar pulls if you're careful separating the first time and freeze precipitate. You can smoke some salts, but it's not necessary to have it in salt form to smoke DMT.

But the cleanup steps don't take long so I do them and then some. I wouldn't evaporate solvent ever. It's both wasteful and gross. But you can do it.

 

[fractals4life]

Most of all: having extracted, don't "smoke" DMT like it's hash or weed, vaporise it carefully. Overheating it will result in some or all DMT turning into nasty, non psychoactive, burn products. It's wasteful, harsh, and often disappointing.

Easiest method to try DMT, IMHO, is making vape juice ( just dissolve from 300mg up to 1g / mg of DMT in warm PG or PEG400 ) and consuming from a sub ohm atomiser tank with a battery that has decent power control.

Surest way to be able to deliver enough unburned DMT to break through rapidly is probably e-mesh, but that takes a bit of homebrew modification of off the shelf vaping components that are going out of fashion now. It does allow very good calibration of dosage, but isn't very outdoors friendly as you have to handle loose DMT powder to load it.

There are plenty of other methods discussed here on this site too, the above is just my humble opinion, but I live somewhere with easy access to most vape products and have reasonable disposable income to try things out, so you situation may dictate other methods.

Good luck!