I think alot of people had troubles with the ammonia wash in the past. You should get fairly white crystals from that tek. If you want to increase the purity you can recrystalise.
If you read the whole page it explains it breifly. I havnt done this extraction yet (should get a chance to witness it in about 3 weeks) but i have read a hell of alot of info on this site, and this is what i have gathered.
changes/tips are in bold.
Pulverize the bark until it’s just fiber and pink/purple dust (or buy powdered bark). It should be snapped into small pieces and run through a coffee grinder or blender at high speed. You may need pruning shears to cut the bark small enough to grind properly. It needs to be completely broken down. The dust created is very fine and astringent to the respiratory tract. Unless you dig big cakey purple boogers, wear a mask.
Mix 15mL water and 1g lye per gram of bark in the mixing jar. For example: 50g bark would require 750mL water and 50g lye (so dont try and get more than 200g bark per gallon mixing container). One level tablespoon of lye weighs about 15g, though this can vary considerably, better to use a scale. Note that lye is dangerous. Blind you forever dangerous. Wear eye protection and have a bottle of vinegar handy as a neutralizer and for clean up. Add the lye to the water slowly (this means add lye to water, do not try and add the water to the lye.)stirring constantly until completely dissolved.
Add the powdered bark, cap and shake the jar and let the bark soak for awhile. An hour or so.
Now add 1mL naptha per gram of bark in the mixing jar and turn the jar end over end. Do not shake or splash or there will be a tendency for the solution to form an emulsion. Simply roll the naptha around in the bark solution. Do this for one minute and then let the jar stand until the naptha has pretty much separated to the top.
Repeat agitation three more times.
After the final agitation, separate the two layers. The naptha (top layer) goes in one of the collection jars (This is easily done using a non drip turkey baster. Be carefull to only take off the naptha layer, it doesnt matter if you dont get it all. If you have trouble removing the naptha without taking any lye it may be easier to take the naptha layer with some lye, place in a tall thin container and then take the naptha layer from there.), the rest stays in the mixing jar with the bark.
At this point it is recommended to evaporate aproximately half of the naptha in a well ventilated area
Put the collection jar in the freezer.
Repeat steps 4 to 6 three more times. Leave the last NP extraction in the jar for a day or two, agitating occasionally to pick up any strays.
Go to bed. You should have a collection of snow globes waiting for you in the morning.
Pour each jar of naptha out through a coffee filter. Save the naptha, which can be reused in the next batch or evaporated down producing a residue which can be further refined (see recrystallization below). A lot of paste will stick to the sides of the jar, so use a small rubber spatula to scrape the sides down onto the filter as well. Spread each filter out to dry. There will still be some residue in the jars, a bit of Salvia or MJ will scrub them out nicely.
Basically most of the dmt should have crystalised in the freezer and should stick to the sides of the jar, if this hasnt happened its best to evaporate more of the naptha and try again.
If the crystals look impure, or you are worried there may be some lye in the end product you can recrystalise.
Take your extract, place in a container, add naptha and mix slowly until all crystals have disolved. Cool down in the freezer (if you place first in the fridge then freezer so the temperature is lowered slowly larger crystals should form) and pour off the naptha through a coffee filter and collect the crystals in the morning.
Think thats all right and hopefully abit more clear. Please anyone correct me if iv made any mistakes there or missed anything out
