greetings. coming with some cielo tek related notes from the field from another who gives thanks to those that came before us and have passed on the knowledge and are working on keeping the torch lit for those to come.
a first extraction was attempted with some operator errors, one wonders if anyone might have some input as to what might be able to be done to salvage any yield. it was a particular bummer, seen only looking back that a test run or two should be made with some less valuable (potent) material but alas what is done is done.
first attempt with lumberjack, aged 3+ months in dark. and some pachanoi from SPM, fresh, dried. about 50/50 to total 100g dry dust. not wet here. was dusted then put in dehydrator for another few hours at 130 or so.
used one mixing container added 25g mrs wigles lime to 100g dust and mixed, then dropped water in.... can anyone speak to differences between mixing lime in water first then dust or?
first major tactical error: the scale that was used maxes out at 200 its thought and thus when it came time to add h2o it was impossible to tell how much had been added and "eye-balling" it was required; strongly suspect it was overhydrated but didn't resemble the grossly overhydrated samples in photo. no deviation from tek on pulls. cold EA. it says mix for 3 minutes and so a timer was set and strong mixing was done with a mini wisk. no stronger than how mixed the sample is with the electronic whisk in the attached (to tek) video. pulled 150ish mls at a time until quart jar full. was very dark green with the red/brown tint at some angles.
2nd error: attempted the fridge rest for beginners. accidentally added sodium bicarb instead of sodium carb; 1 tablespoon. came back next day to no clumping so thought was all good to go. lo and behold, later discovered the wrong agent was used which could xplain why it didn't clump... wasn't drying.
dropped in 5g anhydrous citric acid from sprouts grocery (can't find anything online about the contents other than it being citric acid - have since seen that others use milliard and thus -- moving towards this as material instead to remove/reduce risk of particular samples confounding results). saw clouding. got no xtalization after a day. started fucking with it... spun it for a little while, added another 5ish g of citric. don't think much appeared when spun. seemed the gel/goo might have been observable at this point but couldnt tell.
trailed adding a few drops of h2o, thinking it was already dried. discovered sodium bicarb issue.
trialed putting in freezer. after a few days in freezer, maybe a little bit might have xtalized and was swirling when stirred. but this could have been ice as well. at this point it was spun then decanted. strainer contained some xtal looking material which disappeared with evaporation. it was suspected that at the bottom of this jar was some goo (confirmed by touch) and this was discarded for unknown reasons.
sodium carb was aquired and neutralizing EA commenced. it resulted in significant clumping of the material which is retained (can this be rinsed/pulled/flushed for alkaloid?)
after a day of the EA sitting, some xtalization was apparent. but minimal. instead of trying to pour this off and isolate the xtal, another wash was done to ensure it was neutralized. this resulted in less-no clumping of material. now the EA used is much lighter and is considered ready for re-use, with hopes it contains a fair amount of alkaloid that could be seen in future pulls.
the jar which originally held the EA (prior to pouring it off for neutralization) has some hard/dried stuff on the bottom of the jar which is thought to possibly be alkaloid? wondering about attempting to recover with warm water wash and brushing (with glass pipette cleaning brush, plastic/metal) to dissolve? hoping to dissolve in <100ml that is hoped to adequately hydrate the next sample/attempt.
in the future, planning on attempting to hydrate only 1:1 per some of the more recent notes. it looks like the signs of underhydration (lime dropping out) are more obvious and easy to deal with than goo, so would attempt to approach this way? if need be, drop a drop or two of h2o in rather than try to deal with goo. isolating the goo isn't understood. how is this done?
thoughts? could the citric acid from the supermarket be an issue or does it sound right to suspect that it's primarily due to overhydration until proven otherwise?
need to find some cuttings now...
