Hippie Salad Revisited

[jvosh1]

My brother's cat's imaginary friend is at it again!

Being the stubborn type, he decided to give the Hippie Salad Tec another go.

But he did things differently. Although starting with the same 50g of MHRB, he first did the vinegar step as in the q21q21 tek.

After basing, it was split into two different mason jars and 4 one-hour heated sunflower oil pulls were performed.

The oil was collected, filtered, cleaned up with carb. and salted with the defat step was skipped. (last time not much came out of it, perhaps it should have been done more on that later)

Evap, addition of carb. and filtration of 99% IPA were performed.

After 4 days of evaporation, he was left with a very orange fatty liquid, this was transferred to a flatter plate and placed in front of a fan for more drying. What is remaining in the bowl will be dried and collected, possibly cleaned up with IPA.

The yield seems much more than before, so he seems happy. Hopefully all this orange-ish goo
is good, as it smells of an old leather shoe :thumb_up:

pics:

Original result

Same pic different lighting

Liquid part transferred to a different plate


The yield does seem much more than before but can't be exact as he doesn't have a scale

 

[dreamer042]

looking good! :thumb_up:

 

[jvosh1]

Thanks he seems happy!

He wonders how long it will take to dry out the liquid to a more solid goo? He could care less about crystals and aesthetics as long as it gets the job done.

On a side note, this mhrb was a bit old. Is there a way to tell just by looking if it is more dmt n oxide vs dmt? I think I read a few threads about color not being a good indicator, although thought some a yellowish tint was a sign of oxide.

 

[jvosh1]

Not sure if it was the vinegar step, splitting the MHRB into two mason jars, or most likely the heated pulls.

The first time it was attempted such a small yield came from a small result. Perhaps next go it is better to do more pulls and maybe save the source material until it is fully spent.

Also of note, the second time (from these pictures) the defat step was not done, and it always came out as an oily mixture, the first go was a bit easier to work with in terms of scraping up and handling.