so SWIM recently started trying an a/b extraction. this is his first extraction. he followed the marsofold tek fairly closely, but not exactly.
he adjusted the ratios of white-vinegar and water solution to be equivalent to his 4 ounces of mhrb. but during his first session of soaking the mhrb in 1/2 of his solution alot of it evaporated because of the crockpot. so he just put the last half of his solution in and was careful for it not to evaporate.
then he let the liquid sit overnight, and poured out the less pulpy solution that was left on the top, leaving a layer of what he guesses was root bark on the bottom.
he then places this solution into a wine bottle and poured in a lye/water solution with appropriate ratios from the marosofold tek, and mixed it up. he then put a small amount of warm water in the mix to accompany the small length of his pipette. he then filled the rest up with naptha(which wasn't much) and did several pulls. mixing and sometimes shaking -- although the emulsions always seperated themselves after they sat for a minute.
he then placed his pulls in the freezer for appox 20 hours and there was barely one small little snowglobe in it. he poured off the naptha and attempted to collect the snowglobe but it just melted. so he did a few more pulls from the wine bottle -- which he placed another tbsp of lye in after the first round of pulls -- and put them together with the leftover naptha that was in the freezer. currently he is evaporating off some of the content so that maybe the solution will become a little more dense.
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so why did hardly any crystals precipitate? did SWIM do something wrong? should SWIM get a bigger yield this next time when he freezes it? he was hopeing for around half a gram of spice, but is quickly losing hope. help please!
he adjusted the ratios of white-vinegar and water solution to be equivalent to his 4 ounces of mhrb. but during his first session of soaking the mhrb in 1/2 of his solution alot of it evaporated because of the crockpot. so he just put the last half of his solution in and was careful for it not to evaporate.
then he let the liquid sit overnight, and poured out the less pulpy solution that was left on the top, leaving a layer of what he guesses was root bark on the bottom.
he then places this solution into a wine bottle and poured in a lye/water solution with appropriate ratios from the marosofold tek, and mixed it up. he then put a small amount of warm water in the mix to accompany the small length of his pipette. he then filled the rest up with naptha(which wasn't much) and did several pulls. mixing and sometimes shaking -- although the emulsions always seperated themselves after they sat for a minute.
he then placed his pulls in the freezer for appox 20 hours and there was barely one small little snowglobe in it. he poured off the naptha and attempted to collect the snowglobe but it just melted. so he did a few more pulls from the wine bottle -- which he placed another tbsp of lye in after the first round of pulls -- and put them together with the leftover naptha that was in the freezer. currently he is evaporating off some of the content so that maybe the solution will become a little more dense.
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so why did hardly any crystals precipitate? did SWIM do something wrong? should SWIM get a bigger yield this next time when he freezes it? he was hopeing for around half a gram of spice, but is quickly losing hope. help please!
swim's first extraction didn't work because he didn't basify far enough. Also, when he tried doing a freeze precipitation the first five 100ml pulls didn't precip ANYTHING! So he put each 100ml of naphtha into a jar in a bowl of boiling water, enough to heat it up nicely then he pulled with that hot naphtha. This resulted in a yellowy-orange naphtha at the end rather than a very pale green, which yielded a good amount in the freezer after only a few hours
