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I think you mean post 679. So much work. The data is amazing, thanks so much. A note about significance: it seems like the experiential error is about +/-10mg by looking at the same condition repeated twice (0.75g salting examples). That is very solid for such a manual process to be able to repeat results within ~6%.

I see the boiling result as having less yield with a significant difference (>10% gap). The other yield differences look like they could be within the margin of error of ~10mg?

The needles vs powder for passive vs magnetic stirring is something I have also observed. Less wall material for magnetic stirring too, and shroombee mentioned the same thing. However, now a days, I just knock off any wall xtals that look significant with a knife before filtering.

I didn't get lower yields with boiling water, but I broke the congealed paste up with fresh boiling water (25 ml) right before pulling. I've found a looser paste gives better yields because the EA can get into it better (e.g. the min water paste gave lower yield). Too much water and it becomes a mess with the EA and paste merging into one (but I recovered this by adding lime and magnesium sulfate and eventually got separation and good yield). There is definetly a paste range where it is good and simply works. The range is wide, I think it goes from 280g to 330g of water for 100g of my "dry" cactus (it's really 92g dry right after it comes out of the oven at low heat). Less water and it becomes difficult to pull (too clumpy). More water and it liquifies while pulling, absorbing EA with a risk of emulsifying with it. With experience one gets a feel for it, and you have a lot of experience.

If you feel like doing more experiments I would love to see more pulls beyond the standard 5-6. I think there may be 10% or more yield with more pulls, depending on the pull technique and how loose the starting paste is. Also, using more water would be interesting, your paste looks more compact than mine, I think you may get more yields with more water.

You've already done so much work. I hope you really enjoy your mescaline, definetly earned all of it by a lot.

<blockquote data-quote="Loveall" data-source="post: 3890456" data-attributes="member: 20">I think you mean post 679. So much work. The data is amazing, thanks so much. A note about significance: it seems like the experiential error is about +/-10mg by looking at the same condition repeated twice (0.75g salting examples). That is very solid for such a manual process to be able to repeat results within ~6%.I see the boiling result as having less yield with a significant difference (&gt;10% gap). The other yield differences look like they could be within the margin of error of ~10mg?The needles vs powder for passive vs magnetic stirring is something I have also observed. Less wall material for magnetic stirring too, and shroombee mentioned the same thing. However, now a days, I just knock off any wall xtals that look significant with a knife before filtering.I didn&#039;t get lower yields with boiling water, but I broke the congealed paste up with fresh boiling water (25 ml) right before pulling. I&#039;ve found a looser paste gives better yields because the EA can get into it better (e.g. the min water paste gave lower yield). Too much water and it becomes a mess with the EA and paste merging into one (but I recovered this by adding lime and magnesium sulfate and eventually got separation and good yield). There is definetly a paste range where it is good and simply works. The range is wide, I think it goes from 280g to 330g of water for 100g of my &quot;dry&quot; cactus (it&#039;s really 92g dry right after it comes out of the oven at low heat). Less water and it becomes difficult to pull (too clumpy). More water and it liquifies while pulling, absorbing EA with a risk of emulsifying with it. With experience one gets a feel for it, and you have a lot of experience.If you feel like doing more experiments I would love to see more pulls beyond the standard 5-6. I think there may be 10% or more yield with more pulls, depending on the pull technique and how loose the starting paste is. Also, using more water would be interesting, your paste looks more compact than mine, I think you may get more yields with more water.You&#039;ve already done so much work. I hope you really enjoy your mescaline, definetly earned all of it by a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Loveall, post: 3890456, member: 20"] I think you mean post 679. So much work. The data is amazing, thanks so much. A note about significance: it seems like the experiential error is about +/-10mg by looking at the same condition repeated twice (0.75g salting examples). That is very solid for such a manual process to be able to repeat results within ~6%. I see the boiling result as having less yield with a significant difference (>10% gap). The other yield differences look like they could be within the margin of error of ~10mg? The needles vs powder for passive vs magnetic stirring is something I have also observed. Less wall material for magnetic stirring too, and shroombee mentioned the same thing. However, now a days, I just knock off any wall xtals that look significant with a knife before filtering. I didn't get lower yields with boiling water, but I broke the congealed paste up with fresh boiling water (25 ml) right before pulling. I've found a looser paste gives better yields because the EA can get into it better (e.g. the min water paste gave lower yield). Too much water and it becomes a mess with the EA and paste merging into one (but I recovered this by adding lime and magnesium sulfate and eventually got separation and good yield). There is definetly a paste range where it is good and simply works. The range is wide, I think it goes from 280g to 330g of water for 100g of my "dry" cactus (it's really 92g dry right after it comes out of the oven at low heat). Less water and it becomes difficult to pull (too clumpy). More water and it liquifies while pulling, absorbing EA with a risk of emulsifying with it. With experience one gets a feel for it, and you have a lot of experience. If you feel like doing more experiments I would love to see more pulls beyond the standard 5-6. I think there may be 10% or more yield with more pulls, depending on the pull technique and how loose the starting paste is. Also, using more water would be interesting, your paste looks more compact than mine, I think you may get more yields with more water. You've already done so much work. I hope you really enjoy your mescaline, definetly earned all of it by a lot. [/QUOTE]