DISAPPOINTED.

[dmtsymphony]

SWIM managed to procure some spice from a questionable source. This source was trusted because a previous acquisition had been successful. Anyway, the batch seems to have a heavy concentration of residual lye as well as some other potential impurities. It would be nice to receive some suggestions on how to deal with this and potentially clean up the product, but I am hoping someone can provide this while remaining reticent that I am a layman, I am not a chemist, and I do not necessarily understand all of the extraction related jargon. This spice does work - I can tell that with purification, it will be just fine. The main problem with it is that an unusually high amount (in the neighbourhood of 100mg) is required to render effects normally associated with a 25-30mg dose. This is a problem, but more problematic for SWIM is the fact that a lot of impurities are probably making their way into the smoke as well. If someone could speak in layman's terms about possible ways to remedy this problem, it would be most appreciated.

 

[gammagore]

Hi there

There is alot of info on this kind of topic, have you read here, a wealth of info there.

My advise is to read alot more about what the actual process is, the FAQ is there for these kinds of questions.

There is also a recent post by johnnyscience about spice cleaning.

If I may say, and please dont take any offence, extract your own spice. It is way more rewarding doing it yourself, and a given bonus is that you know what you are smoking, cos you did it yourself. This source that you got it from has done a bad job of extracting spice and even a worse one by giving you dirty/contaminated molecule.

Anything you dont understand about the cleaning process, just ask.

And, welcome to the forum.

 

[Methtical]

You do not need to be a chemist to understand ways of cleaning it up, you basically want to re-dissolve whatever it is you have into warm naptha (roughly 25mls naptha per 1g of impure spice) and then decant the naptha into a glass jar of appropriate size (leaving the undissolved impurities behind) and place it air-tight into a freezer for at least 48 hours. The spice will drop out of naptha and will be seen attached to the sides of the glass jar. Pour of the naptha and invert the glass container and place back in the freezer for a few hours to let the residual naptha collect at the bottom. Then it;s a case of removing the residual naptha, collecting the crystals on a glass plate and drying them out completely, at which point you should be back to the 25mg doses to achieve desired effect.

Thats the basics of it anyway but I highly recommend you read around the nursery section of the Nexus as 99% of the time any questions you may have will already have been answered, it's worth knowing about the molecule you are going to experiment with at all levels. Do your homework and the spice will reward you for it.

Methtical

 

[Blundering_Novice]

So easy, even a caveman could do it. /GEICO/

Extractions are really, really simple. Just dive in and try it; we will help you with any questions you might have along the way.

 

[DMTripper]

I would recommend a sodium carbonate wash. You can find it here somewhere on the Nexus.

 

[ghostman]

SWIM managed to procure some spice from a questionable source...

Procure as in money changed hands?

If yes, don't do that again, make your own.