Horticultural Hydrated Lime

[The Closet Cultivator]

Hey all,

I just had a quick question regarding the use of lime in my extraction tek. I used the vinegar-lime tek and was curious if it was ok to use horticultural hydrated lime for the extraction. I believe that it is pure lime with no additives but just wanted to be extra sure so that I don't ingest any nasty stuff like heavy metals, the spice looks and smells fine. If it helps at all I used Ace hardware VM&P naptha as my nonpolar solvent.

Thanks

 

[q21q21]

The MSDS is here

http://74.6.146.127/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=horticultural+hydrated+lime+msds&fr=moz35&u=www.gardnwise.com/documents/msds/33362.doc&w=horticultural+horticulture+hydrated+lime+msds&d=UqGZSu8_UkYm&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=q7JnFjTdC9eGiLagGn1TDg--

can't say anything for sure, MSDS always confuse me, how can something be 100% calcium hydroxide and also 71% calcium oxide and 1% silicon dioxide???

Maybe someone could read the MSDS and give a clear answer.

 

[The Closet Cultivator]

Thanks q21q21,

Might I add your tek worked very well for my first extraction. I will stick with it for all of my future extractions as well.

The MSDS is pretty confusing. Maybe a better question would be if any of that other crap is soluble in naptha? Thanks again for your input.

 

[TheReadyAwakening]

SWIM found out that regular old PICKLING LIME, which is cheap and readily available at your local Walmart (not that I'm promoting such a terrible, bloodthirsty corporation) works just as well if not better.

SWIM used hydrated lime ordered from a shamanic vendor the first couple times, then got lazy and tried the pickling stuff. The yields were amazing, not to mention reducing the cost and efficiency that much more =)