Growth&Unity
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Hi fellow travelers, I am sorry to post without giving out any of my knowledge or contributing else where, but I ran into an issue with my first extraction. And I wanted to go over every possible reason for my low yields, because I am not a rich man and do not want to waste bark, if I don't have to that is. Anyways, I followed cyb's hybrid ATB salt tek. 50 grams of ACRB powder was put in a mixing jar/bottle, and 200 mL purified water was brought to just boiling point with 50-60 mL of white vinegar. The acid solution was then added to the mixing jar/bottle, and left to soak in a heat bath for an hour and a half(shaking/mixing occasionally to prevent settling) . 30g of deionized salt was dissolved into 100-150 mL of purified water. The saturated solution was then added to the mixing jar/jug. Then 50g of caustic soda was added to 200mL of cold purified water,carefully mixing until dissolved, then added to the mixing jar/jug. Topped up with another 140mL of purified water, then the mixing jar/bottle was left in a heat bath for 2 hours(shaking/mixing to prevent settling, careful to form no emulsion, although there was this foam/plant matter looking stuff on the top of the solution). Then 50-55 mL of warm naphtha was added, swishing the mixing jar/bottle in a "figure 8" motion for one minute, then left to settle. Repeated this process three more times, making four in total. Unfortunately, during the extraction of the naphtha, my turkey baster broke, so i had to slowly and patiently extract all 50mL of naphtha with an eye dropper into a pyrex dish. The extracted naphtha was of a yellow tinge. I read this means it is saturated, yellow is fine. The pyrex dish was wrapped in ceramic wrap, and put in the freezer for 14-16 hours. When i pulled it out and dumped the naphtha out in a storage container, the only thing that was left were a few yellow dots. I assumed this was the spice, and it is still drying. There was very little yield, even though it was one pull, I expected a little more. I was thinking maybe it was bad bark powder, or my freezer was not cold enough? But before i dispose of my bark and find a new vendor, I would like to hear the opinions of other who may have had this issue. Maybe i overlooked something? If you took the time to read this, thanks for hearing me out!
What tek are you leaning towards using? I didn't really freeze or thaw the powder thoroughly before the first extraction, so i'm hoping that freezing/thawing efficiently will have an effect on the yield. I still have not decided if i will do the acid boil, or do the mini a/b that is used in the tek I will follow. Practice makes perfect. I should invest into some pH strips or a meter, instead of assuming it's the correct pH. I will get these 100g extractions down before moving into bigger ones. :thumb_up:
