WalktheLongRoad
Rising Star
...WalktheLongRoad says Hello!
Like many others, I've been coming back to this site again and again; more recently lurking and absorbing the wealth of information it and everyone here, has to provide! Thank you for creating such a wonderful and active community!
Shamanism and ayahuasca, as well as DMT and other psychedelics have held my interest for a while. I have dabbled some with cannabis, mushrooms, and lsd, but not enough to claim I'm very experienced with them.
I want to begin working with spice, and eventually ayahuasca. There are some things about myself I know I need to face, some emotional and spiritual obstacles I need to overcome, and it is for that reason I am both looking forward to the experience and somewhat fearful of it (as I feel I will be dealing with fear then). But I am hopeful too that as an artist, I might find new and powerful inspiration from it.
Over the last few days I had a sort of spark of productivity and actually tried my first DMT extraction using Q21Q21's A/B lime tek. Here's a brief overview of how it went:
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I used tek 2 with 80g MHRB, did 3 pulls and left them overnight and half a day to freeze precipitate. The second pull yielded the most, the third was the smallest. I unfortunately was not able to do a 4th pull the next day; but I did get to relearn some things from my glassblowing class :?
I used a 1 quart mason jar to mix everything in, which worked fine for the initial 3 pulls, as the chemical reaction had sufficiently warmed it to prevent heat shock when exposed to the near boiling water in the surrounding bowl. When I went to do the 4th pull though, the jar was cool and so I ended up with "pop" "crack" and a pile of mimosa mud and a jar without a bottom.
I did save all of my naptha (I used a fresh batch for each pull) and I am in the process of evaporating it down slowly, either all the way or to freeze again.
My total product so far is ~0.296g of fluffy white crystals just like those pictured in the tek. Which, even if I don't manage to get anymore out of it, I'm perfectly happy with for my first attempt. I think if it weren't for my mishap I would have been at or around 0.5% yield.
I learned a lot about the process though, and definitely noted a few useful points for the future:
- pyrex is the way to go
- a funnel or two would be a great help
- 1/2 pint jars are nice for precip, but only if you don't tilt them. I had a fair amount of crystals trapped on the upper surfaces inside, and I eventually just gave up and rinsed the jars with my leftover naptha, in hopes of getting it back later.
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I don't have a vehicle to test any of it yet, nor do I want to rush into it. Maybe I'll be more ready when I get (or make) something proper. I look forward to it!
As I look forward to my time here with all of you at the nexus
Like many others, I've been coming back to this site again and again; more recently lurking and absorbing the wealth of information it and everyone here, has to provide! Thank you for creating such a wonderful and active community!
Shamanism and ayahuasca, as well as DMT and other psychedelics have held my interest for a while. I have dabbled some with cannabis, mushrooms, and lsd, but not enough to claim I'm very experienced with them.
I want to begin working with spice, and eventually ayahuasca. There are some things about myself I know I need to face, some emotional and spiritual obstacles I need to overcome, and it is for that reason I am both looking forward to the experience and somewhat fearful of it (as I feel I will be dealing with fear then). But I am hopeful too that as an artist, I might find new and powerful inspiration from it.
Over the last few days I had a sort of spark of productivity and actually tried my first DMT extraction using Q21Q21's A/B lime tek. Here's a brief overview of how it went:
---
I used tek 2 with 80g MHRB, did 3 pulls and left them overnight and half a day to freeze precipitate. The second pull yielded the most, the third was the smallest. I unfortunately was not able to do a 4th pull the next day; but I did get to relearn some things from my glassblowing class :?
I used a 1 quart mason jar to mix everything in, which worked fine for the initial 3 pulls, as the chemical reaction had sufficiently warmed it to prevent heat shock when exposed to the near boiling water in the surrounding bowl. When I went to do the 4th pull though, the jar was cool and so I ended up with "pop" "crack" and a pile of mimosa mud and a jar without a bottom.
I did save all of my naptha (I used a fresh batch for each pull) and I am in the process of evaporating it down slowly, either all the way or to freeze again.
My total product so far is ~0.296g of fluffy white crystals just like those pictured in the tek. Which, even if I don't manage to get anymore out of it, I'm perfectly happy with for my first attempt. I think if it weren't for my mishap I would have been at or around 0.5% yield.
I learned a lot about the process though, and definitely noted a few useful points for the future:
- pyrex is the way to go
- a funnel or two would be a great help
- 1/2 pint jars are nice for precip, but only if you don't tilt them. I had a fair amount of crystals trapped on the upper surfaces inside, and I eventually just gave up and rinsed the jars with my leftover naptha, in hopes of getting it back later.
---
I don't have a vehicle to test any of it yet, nor do I want to rush into it. Maybe I'll be more ready when I get (or make) something proper. I look forward to it!
As I look forward to my time here with all of you at the nexus
