Is it possible to have too much lye?

[tropane]

I'm still trying to figure something out ...

I know alot of lye is generally a good thing but.
Is there anyway too much can break down or otherwise harm the spice?

 

[endlessness]

nope, too much lye wont hurt your spice

 

[breakMYhead]

nope, too much lye wont hurt your spice

el ka bong might beg to differ.

*reminisces back to the old lye arguements on the nexus of yesteryear*

 

[endlessness]

lol yeah true el ka bong would def lecture me about the dmt suffering with that lye ..

but fact is, SWIM did all sorts of extractions with different pH ranges, sometimes using huge amounts of lye and never noticed any loss in yield (only diminishing emulsion problems), never heard of anybody having and neither has heard of a chemical instability of dmt to high pH, so...

 

[tropane]

Thanks for the replies.
SWIM was just wondering.
There was maybe 3 coincidental changes that could have led to his current extraction problems.
Increased lye was one of them.
He really didn't think it could hurt, just wanted to be sure

 

[Infinite I]

nope, too much lye wont hurt your spice

el ka bong might beg to differ.

*reminisces back to the old lye arguements on the nexus of yesteryear*

El ka bong was great, he had lots of great trip reports, also used to love cilosyb, he was going to write a book and then he just dissapeared, still theres loads of other great folks posting here so its all good!