First tek attempt, where did I go wrong?

[Raspberryjam]

I made my first attempt of extracting aanprb powder using the cybs hybrid salt tek. I was left with nothing on my tray but dark goo after scraping. After removing from the freezer and draining I left it to fan dry for 20mins then decided to leave it for an extra 15mins before scraping. The smell was definitely familiar so I was quite excited but left with disappointment. Upon observing the drained shellite, I can see a lot of sediment at the bottom. I think where I messed up could possibly be moisture from using a glass tray with a plastic lid and gasket, that might have allowed moisture in. The trays were put in the fridge for about 10mins before moving it the freezer for 20 hours. Has anyone had a similar experience, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mindfullness]

How long did you let the NPS sit in your soup base? do a second pull, i found my first pulls haven't been yielding anything, but after letting base cool, then adding warm/hot NPS to it again my yields have been a lot more for pull 2-3

 

[Raspberryjam]

I did four pulls, each time putting in new room temp 50ml naphtha. First pull I left it in the soup base for 45mins, I shook the bottle 4 times but not vigorously enough because I did notice the brown wasn't a single colour. I immediately did the draw after removing from the pot. Second pull I did the same but this time I shook more vigorously to get one uniform colour and repeated 4 times. Third and Fourth pull I did the same but this time I let the bottle cool down before pulling because I looked closely and noticed bubbles rising to the top which was causing the brown stuff to shoot upwards into the naphtha section before falling and settling on the brown surface. The Piece of paper was the result of two pulls, I have another for the third and fourth pull but it's so little that it's not worth posting. Is the sediment in the drained naphtha normal? Could this be what was supposed to be trapped on the surface of the tray but didn't separate? On another note I wasn't able to pull too close the bassified mix because my vessel was thick at the neck and with 50mls of naphtha I only had about 7-10mm to work with. I probably left about 30-40% of the naphtha behind each pull to avoid drawing the bassified mix, i figured that the 30-40% wasted would work its way too the next pull.

 

[Mindfullness]

did you use enough lye to make the PH go above 12? i like to make sure my soup is a deep purple when the water(soup) streaks down the glass, the amount of lye can very. Also warm naptha is suggested not going above 70c(158f) the heat helps the dmt "melt" into the NPS, when then freezing it makes the crystals "crash" due to the temp change...

please anyone that has more information or can add to mine would be great, i only know so much from trial and error

try this tek pretty straight forward...

the only thing i changed was not waiting for the Lye/water mix to come to Room temp. before adding my bark......

I mixed 100g lye with 750ml water, doing this in 3-4 lots of 25-30g lye at a time, making sure to mix/dissolve fully before adding more. after that i added 100g of my powered bark, mixing(with a metal spoon) then letting it sit for 15min i mix again, i do this step for 3hrs.
After i then heat 150ml NPS in a glass container, by putting the jar in some hot water(boil and let cool a little) then continue to follow his steps

 

[Transform]

It should be fine. DMT can be powdery sometimes, but if your sediment doesn't redissolve on warming the naphtha, drain off the naphtha for reuse and discard the undissolved sediment.

While it's perfectly OK to leave a fairly large proportion of your naphtha behind on each of your pulls, you can improve efficiency by taking more of the naphtha off each time and using a pyrex jug for the base soup droplets to settle out before transferring the clear naphtha to the crystallisation dish.