help with mescaline stb

[Sitra Ahra]

Ok so I have all the supplies necessary to perform LucidLemonade's Sunflower oil TEK on 100 g's of san pedro cactus powder. I noticed some people have had trouble with the second pull and sponification. Im wondering if the tek could actually be divided into two separate extractions and then combined at the end. What I mean is can I basify 50 grams and do the first 150 ml pull and then basify the second 50 gs and then do the 2nd pull or would more pulls be necessary? Also Im really nervous about reducing the vinegar in the end so is it possible to just let the combined pulls sit in front of a fan? Or maybe use a hair dryer?

 

[Sitra Ahra]

ok after much thought Ive decided against lucid lemonades tek. Instead Im going to do a stb with xylene. Ill do about 6 small pulls and then was with vinegar. My question is that since I have pre powdered san pedro skins is there any need to boil it first? No, right? Also how much vinegar and xylene should be used for 100gs? Im modeling after a mhrb stb, but am still a little confused with what measurements should be used. If someone could help Id really appreciate it.

 

[Sitra Ahra]

could someone please help me? Why am I reading about people doing an acid phase on pre powdered cacti skins? I thought that was only for fresh plant material. And I know no matter which tek you use the catus powder should maintain a soupy consistency throughout the extraction but Im having trouble finding an exact measurement for water and lye. Please Ive been searching but cant seem to find a definitive answer. If no one replies by tmrw Im just gonna have to wing it. I dont want to keep bumping this and Im sure its not appreciated

edit*** after much searching I have found the info I require! No further assistence is necessary but if anyone would like to offer any advice Ill be using this tek with slight modifications: Yet Another Mecaline Extraction Tek - Preparation - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus

 

[dg]

hi- not a bad "tek"
i'd skip the adding of table salt step.
otherwise not a bad way to go

 

[Sitra Ahra]

ok so I have some questions about the final product I pulled. I added 150 ml of xylene to my 1 ltr water/lye 100g cacti soup and shook the f outta it. About a day and a half later I went to check the jar and saw that only a little bit of xylene separated. I added 10 grams of lye and some table salt and tthen submerged in hot water. I noted after a few hours that only a little progress had been made. Around midnight I decided on a different approach so I added a butt load more salt and then some more xylene (100ml). Instead of shaking the jar this time I rolled it slowly and carefully about 15 times. After the levels were completely separated i noticed a strong green/yellow discoloration in the xylene and decided it was good to pull. I mixed the collected xylene with vinegar and then pulled the vinegar after seperation (4x) then I reduced the collected vinegar on the stove. after the collection was reduced in size i put it in the pyrex and hit it with the blow dryer. After about an hour of so I got pissed and set it down to dry by the fan till morning. Their was a small amount of amber colored liquid left in the pyrex and white crystals on the bottm reminiscent of dxm or even salt. Could this be salt? ive dried the rest of the amber liquid with a blow dryer and got crystals of a milky amber color and maybe a little waxy. I realize the difference in crystal formations could just be from the way it dried but could realy use someone experienced. also im aware I will probably have to do more pulls, this is just an experiment since shaking the stuff failed miserably