Extraction success..... I think

[Space hopper]

I did my first extraction last night and so far have done two pulls. The naptha is in the freezer now and the first one has lots of fluffy balls inside stuck on the glass and floating around it kind of looks like white fluffy mold.

Upon closer inspection I can see that the balls have thousands of tiny shards. I assume these are the crystals.

On the bottom of the jar their is a different colour substance it's like yellow brown in small circles but flat instead of spherical. Can anyone tell me if the yellow stuff is normal.
Can you get two different colors at the same time?

I will take some photos later my description isn't very good

 

[downwardsfromzero]

You done it, by Jove, you done it! (Pretty easy, wasn't it?)

We'll all love to see the pics

Yellow goop stuff completely normal too. Check through the forum for this kind of info. Thread title "Spice color fallacy" or something similar.

 

[Space hopper]

Yeah man. In fact it was so easy I feel like something has to be wrong. I have a problem now tho, my freezer frosted up inside and now I have to defrost the whole freezer. So my question is, if the precip jars get warm again and then I freeze it again will it affect the product

 

[Space hopper]

The jars have been out of the freezer for a while and now the white crystals have dissolved and all that remains is the yellow blobs on the bottom. Should I pour the naptha into a different jar and discard the blobs?

 

[null24]

Maybe let half of the volume evaporate. Maybe bring the temp down slow in the fridge first, then freeze for at least 24 without disturbing. I've heard that helps. Honestly don't have much luck with FP, and just enhance leaf in the end anyway. But saving solvent is:thumb_up:

 

[Space hopper]

Today after being out of the freezer all night almost all the blobs have redisolved and now the naptha is cloudy. I am eveaporating some away then IL get it back in the freezer for a day

 

[melotikaci]

Today after being out of the freezer all night almost all the blobs have redisolved and now the naptha is cloudy. I am eveaporating some away then IL get it back in the freezer for a day

If you leave the solvent in freezer more more than 24h(I leave it for 2-3 days), you'll get bigger and better crystals instead of tiny powdery stuff. It will be much easier to scrape off and drys way faster.

 

[null24]

Today after being out of the freezer all night almost all the blobs have redisolved and now the naptha is cloudy. I am eveaporating some away then IL get it back in the freezer for a day

If you leave the solvent in freezer more more than 24h(I leave it for 2-3 days), you'll get bigger and better crystals instead of tiny powdery stuff. It will be much easier to scrape off and drys way faster.

Yep. Honestly, I've never had a damn thing precipitate that did not immediately dissolve with less than 48-72 hours, super cold. That doesn't mean it ain't there...

 

[Jupitor]

Exciting! I'm in the middle of my first as well. I hope for the same success as you!