getting a "g" in 100/150 of MHRB, lucky i guess , or a really
concentrated root bark who knows
I don't know anything about luck, I just keep things extremely clean.
I keep it small, only like 100 to 150gm of bark at a time.
I take my time!
And I use a
real lab equipment!!!!
I feel that using actual lab equipment, mainly the Buchner filter, helps more than any other factor.
I've tried 2 or 3 vendors, same results.
Whole bark & pre-powdered, same results.
couple of different teks, same results. (all A/B though!)
So now I just order the pre-powdered bark from the least expensive vendor I know and do the extraction in as "professional" a manner as one can do in their kitchen.
Trying to use a t-shirt or coffee filters to strain the acidic solution by plain dripping or even squeezing it, just can not get all of the liquid out and that last little bit of moisture, I would assume, holds quite a lot of liquefied DMT salts!!
A Buchner filter creates a vacuum that pulls
all liquid out of a solution, leaving only the solids!!
When I'm done filtering the acidic liquid out of the bark solution with my Buchner, the bark is back to being
totally dry!! Not just the outer layer either, completely dry, all the way through, and stuck together pretty hard! The bark ends up as a little, dry, round puck that has to be broken or cut up to get it back into the flask for the 2nd & 3rd soaks!!
If there is any liquid left in the bark after filtering, there is still DMT in it as well!!
I would say doing
this, and never rushing any part of it, is where my bounty comes from!!
To tell the truth, I didn't realize I was getting any more than an average yield until a few folks on this board said something about it.
It's not all that uncommon to get 1% yields if you are persistent enough.
And extremely extensive A/B extraction should get you everything you can out of your bark. Just need to relentlessly do your acid washes. Say about 4 or 5 acid washes if you want to be COMPLETELY completely sure all of the alks were turned to salts, though that many washes may be unneccesary. Do maybe 3 defats to be sure your product is pure. Then when it comes to the non-polar extraction, make sure to never stop pulling until you get absolutely nothing else out of it. I've found that often enough the DMT will just keep on coming out. If you are having trouble getting good yields with the non-polar washes, then doing a hotwater bath can help a LOT, and won't effect your purity if you defatted sufficiently enough.
None of that going on over here!!
In my experience doing all that was just a waste of time!!
I Just use a standard A/B extraction (basically "Vovin's" tek).
a.) 3 acid soaks (2pH) each filtered with the Buchner. Then combined & filtered again, left in the fridge over night to decant any silt that might be leftover and filtered once more in the morning.
b.) very slowly reduced in the oven to around 300 to 400ml (this takes up to 6 hours sometimes!)
c.) 3 defat's (with a real seperatory funnel!)
d.) Basify (14pH)
e.) 3 Naptha pulls (with a real seperatory funnel!) combining all the pulls when finished
f.) a sodium carbonate wash (1 with SC + Distilled water, 2 with just plain distilled water and with a real seperatory funnel!)
g.) Freeze precipitate at least 48 hours, sometimes up to a week.
h.) Filter the crystals out of the Naptha (with the Buchner filter!!)
Thats all!!!
On my first & second extractions, I tried all of the excessive pulling & evaping etc.. It was all a waste of time for me!!
I did get a tiny bit more DMT out of it but after a few recrystallizations to get it up to the same quality as my normal extractions, there was not even enough there for a full 50mg dose. That equals a waste of my time in my book!!!
I do this for me and my close friends
only, so I want it to be as pure as I can get it in my kitchen and still be as easy and quick as it will allow!!!
Its always Quality over Quantity for me!!
WS
