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Oh nice, exciting developments since my last visit to this thread

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I decided yesterday that it was time for me to do a CIELO again.

This time, i did everything as simple as i could, no extras. I don't have too much time for extractions atm, so i went a little bigger.

If i was going to get goo, i was going to just dry it and consume it as is - last time, I had failed horribly trying to convert it to sulfate.

I made a paste with ca. 360g dried pachanoi powder, 85g CaOH and 875ml water. I mixed the CaOH and water on the magnetic stirrer, then used a kitchen machine to mix the suspension into the cactus for a few minutes. I let the paste sit for about 30 minutes, then gave it another few minutes of mixing.

I pulled with a strict 1min stirring / 2min sitting regimen. I used the same EA from summer that i extracted with twice already. I had washed it in the meantime. Due to my choice of vessel, i couldn't add very much EA at once. I did close ca. 10 pulls and ended up with 1L of dark green but clean loaded EA. I let it sit for 20min to see if any kind of droplets were forming, and they weren't

I did the quick precipitation method. Because i had 1L of EA, i added 15g of citric while mag stirring. After the cloud disappeared, i removed the stir bar and let the precipitation sit over night.

In the morning, i poured it through a coffee filter and washed twice in the filter with fresh EA. I then folded kitchen paper around the filter and squeezed as much trapped solvent out as i could. I opened the filter, loosened up some 'rocks' of mesc citrate and laid the filter on it's side to air dry.

2h later, i had 3g of dry mesc citrate powder (see pic)

I'll let the filtered EA sit for a few days/weeks, in case some more wants to crystallize slowly.

<blockquote data-quote="Hyper Turtle" data-source="post: 3894212" data-attributes="member: 13">Oh nice, exciting developments since my last visit to this thread <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />--I decided yesterday that it was time for me to do a CIELO again. This time, i did everything as simple as i could, no extras. I don&#039;t have too much time for extractions atm, so i went a little bigger. If i was going to get goo, i was going to just dry it and consume it as is - last time, I had failed horribly trying to convert it to sulfate.I made a paste with ca. 360g dried pachanoi powder, 85g CaOH and 875ml water. I mixed the CaOH and water on the magnetic stirrer, then used a kitchen machine to mix the suspension into the cactus for a few minutes. I let the paste sit for about 30 minutes, then gave it another few minutes of mixing.I pulled with a strict 1min stirring / 2min sitting regimen. I used the same EA from summer that i extracted with twice already. I had washed it in the meantime. Due to my choice of vessel, i couldn&#039;t add very much EA at once. I did close ca. 10 pulls and ended up with 1L of dark green but clean loaded EA. I let it sit for 20min to see if any kind of droplets were forming, and they weren&#039;t <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I did the quick precipitation method. Because i had 1L of EA, i added 15g of citric while mag stirring. After the cloud disappeared, i removed the stir bar and let the precipitation sit over night. In the morning, i poured it through a coffee filter and washed twice in the filter with fresh EA. I then folded kitchen paper around the filter and squeezed as much trapped solvent out as i could. I opened the filter, loosened up some &#039;rocks&#039; of mesc citrate and laid the filter on it&#039;s side to air dry.2h later, i had 3g of dry mesc citrate powder (see pic) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite33" alt="&lt;3" title="Heart&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;3" loading="lazy" data-shortname="&lt;3" />I&#039;ll let the filtered EA sit for a few days/weeks, in case some more wants to crystallize slowly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hyper Turtle, post: 3894212, member: 13"] Oh nice, exciting developments since my last visit to this thread :) -- I decided yesterday that it was time for me to do a CIELO again. This time, i did everything as simple as i could, no extras. I don't have too much time for extractions atm, so i went a little bigger. If i was going to get goo, i was going to just dry it and consume it as is - last time, I had failed horribly trying to convert it to sulfate. I made a paste with ca. 360g dried pachanoi powder, 85g CaOH and 875ml water. I mixed the CaOH and water on the magnetic stirrer, then used a kitchen machine to mix the suspension into the cactus for a few minutes. I let the paste sit for about 30 minutes, then gave it another few minutes of mixing. I pulled with a strict 1min stirring / 2min sitting regimen. I used the same EA from summer that i extracted with twice already. I had washed it in the meantime. Due to my choice of vessel, i couldn't add very much EA at once. I did close ca. 10 pulls and ended up with 1L of dark green but clean loaded EA. I let it sit for 20min to see if any kind of droplets were forming, and they weren't :) I did the quick precipitation method. Because i had 1L of EA, i added 15g of citric while mag stirring. After the cloud disappeared, i removed the stir bar and let the precipitation sit over night. In the morning, i poured it through a coffee filter and washed twice in the filter with fresh EA. I then folded kitchen paper around the filter and squeezed as much trapped solvent out as i could. I opened the filter, loosened up some 'rocks' of mesc citrate and laid the filter on it's side to air dry. 2h later, i had 3g of dry mesc citrate powder (see pic) <3 I'll let the filtered EA sit for a few days/weeks, in case some more wants to crystallize slowly. [/QUOTE]