I should start by explaining what I have done thus far-
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I began a FASA extraction on Acacia Confusa bark. After soaking the bark in acetone I changed my mind, and decided to switch to thick-light's tek. I evaporated the acetone extract and added it to my boil water from thick-light's tek.
I thought that I might have issues with extra fats and oils so I did a defat while in the acidic stage.
I then added my 150g NaOH and 150g salt to ~1500ml of my reduced water from the bark boils.
I then added naptha as I usually do, but the second it hit the basic liquid, I knew something was wrong, as it turned redish quite quickly. I decided to keep going on with the Tek, and did the shake/separate step. The naptha separates from the basic liquid in a reasonable amount of time, as is normal.
I poured off the naptha, which turned cloudy. I put it in a hot water bath, but it still would not separate.
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I decided to press on and do a freeze precip. After a night in the freezer, there was a layer of red-white sludge on the bottom of the container, and the naptha was still slightly (although less so than before) red.
So now I'm left with a large amount of this sludge that I can tell is mostly DMT. When I add fresh naptha and put it in a heat bath, it becomes a cloudy red mess again.
NOTE: I don't think it's an emulsion problem. I believe that the oils and fats from the acetone extract are causing my problems, and I am now at a loss as far as what to do next.
Should I re- A/B and do multiple defats? I'm not sure if this would help but I'm willing to try anything at this point.
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Thank you for reading and thank you for your advice