Okay This is from KemFun over at reddit. The Tek was chosen for scalability.
2. Put your bark in a large stainless-steel pot.
3. For every 100g of bark add:
· ½ gallon (2L) of water
· ¼ cup (75g) of Kosher Salt
· ¼ cup (60ml) white vinegar
4. Bring this to a boil. This doesn’t smell great so keep that in mind.
5. Boil the mixture until the liquid has been reduced by half. Remove from heat and let it cool.
6. Strain the bark mixture and place the water back into the pot**. Continue boiling until the liquid has been reduced to about 2 cups (500ml) per 100g of bark you started with. (I reduce 1kg to 1 gallon.)
**Save the bark; you can repeat this boiling process with fresh water until it no longer produces DMT (3-4 more boils). Save this liquid and reduce as before. Store the wet powdered bark in the freezer for later use
7. Once the liquid has been reduced to the desired amount, pour into a 1qt Mason jar and let it cool completely in the fridge.
8. In a second glass Mason Jar (or a 500ml Beaker) measure out 200ml of distilled water. Slowly add 100g of Lye to the water, mixing constantly with a glass or wood stir rod until dissolved.
9. Let the Lye / Water mixture cool down to room temperature, then put into the fridge for about 30-45 minutes with your jar of soup.
10. Remove the jars from the fridge. Pour the Lye / Water into the 1qt jar containing your bark soup.
11. Mix thoroughly and let sit for a few minutes
12. Measure out 100ml of your chosen solvent
13. Pour the solvent into the soup mix and screw on the lid.
14. Shake the jar for 5-10 minutes, stopping frequently to check for any pressure buildup.
15. Let the contents settle and separate. This can take a few minutes
16. Use a pipette to siphon off the solvent into a collection beaker.
17. Pour this into your evaporation / freeze precipitation dish.
18. If using Naphtha or Heptane, put the lid on the dish and place in the freezer for 12-24 hours. Pour off the remaining solvent and collect your crystals. If using Xylene or Toluene you must evaporate the solvent fully and collect the remaining residue. .
19. Repeat steps 12 – 16 until the bark is no longer producing. You can combine pulls or precipitate them individually.
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Criticisms
NaOH - The 100g feels wildly excessive. High amounts of NaOH in many teks are to foolproof the tek or add in Lysing as far as I can tell. As long as PH is kept at circa 3.0 for acidification, and 12.0 in basification. We're good to go?
Water - It seems wasteful. From my humble research boiling 4l down to 1l for say 200g of powdered MHRB would feel wasteful. Could the same result not be achieved from half that. Perhaps there's some additional chemistry I'm not yet aware of that would require such volume?
NPS - The above Tek makes no mention of solvent scaling - Is that even a thing, or is there a preset/capped amount of solvent past which there is no additional benefit. This is pure intuition, I have no objective basis for that reasoning.
NaCL - This should be added as a separate solution post acidification as a separate stage, as it's essentially just a way to stop emulsification?
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Doubtful I'll ever reach the advanced stage of understanding chemical processes involved, but I would at least like to know the 'why' of each process.
Thanks in advance to those that can provide insight.
2. Put your bark in a large stainless-steel pot.
3. For every 100g of bark add:
· ½ gallon (2L) of water
· ¼ cup (75g) of Kosher Salt
· ¼ cup (60ml) white vinegar
4. Bring this to a boil. This doesn’t smell great so keep that in mind.
5. Boil the mixture until the liquid has been reduced by half. Remove from heat and let it cool.
6. Strain the bark mixture and place the water back into the pot**. Continue boiling until the liquid has been reduced to about 2 cups (500ml) per 100g of bark you started with. (I reduce 1kg to 1 gallon.)
**Save the bark; you can repeat this boiling process with fresh water until it no longer produces DMT (3-4 more boils). Save this liquid and reduce as before. Store the wet powdered bark in the freezer for later use
7. Once the liquid has been reduced to the desired amount, pour into a 1qt Mason jar and let it cool completely in the fridge.
8. In a second glass Mason Jar (or a 500ml Beaker) measure out 200ml of distilled water. Slowly add 100g of Lye to the water, mixing constantly with a glass or wood stir rod until dissolved.
9. Let the Lye / Water mixture cool down to room temperature, then put into the fridge for about 30-45 minutes with your jar of soup.
10. Remove the jars from the fridge. Pour the Lye / Water into the 1qt jar containing your bark soup.
11. Mix thoroughly and let sit for a few minutes
12. Measure out 100ml of your chosen solvent
13. Pour the solvent into the soup mix and screw on the lid.
14. Shake the jar for 5-10 minutes, stopping frequently to check for any pressure buildup.
15. Let the contents settle and separate. This can take a few minutes
16. Use a pipette to siphon off the solvent into a collection beaker.
17. Pour this into your evaporation / freeze precipitation dish.
18. If using Naphtha or Heptane, put the lid on the dish and place in the freezer for 12-24 hours. Pour off the remaining solvent and collect your crystals. If using Xylene or Toluene you must evaporate the solvent fully and collect the remaining residue. .
19. Repeat steps 12 – 16 until the bark is no longer producing. You can combine pulls or precipitate them individually.
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Criticisms
NaOH - The 100g feels wildly excessive. High amounts of NaOH in many teks are to foolproof the tek or add in Lysing as far as I can tell. As long as PH is kept at circa 3.0 for acidification, and 12.0 in basification. We're good to go?
Water - It seems wasteful. From my humble research boiling 4l down to 1l for say 200g of powdered MHRB would feel wasteful. Could the same result not be achieved from half that. Perhaps there's some additional chemistry I'm not yet aware of that would require such volume?
NPS - The above Tek makes no mention of solvent scaling - Is that even a thing, or is there a preset/capped amount of solvent past which there is no additional benefit. This is pure intuition, I have no objective basis for that reasoning.
NaCL - This should be added as a separate solution post acidification as a separate stage, as it's essentially just a way to stop emulsification?
---
Doubtful I'll ever reach the advanced stage of understanding chemical processes involved, but I would at least like to know the 'why' of each process.
Thanks in advance to those that can provide insight.