grudgemaksimit
Esteemed member
Hi
Using lazyman's/nomans teks since around 2010, I now tried with 100% xylene for the first time. Evap test completely clean, but it takes a long time to evaporate.
I started with 50g powdered (very, very finely powdered!) MHRB, 75g NaOH, 0,5l water and used 20 to 30ml room temperature xylene for the pulls. Got a separatory funnel for separating the xylene more easily.
At this point I'm wondering, would heating up the xylene be beneficial. Also I think I went with too little water, I will try atleast 750ml water for 75g NaOH and 50g MHRB for next batch.
I got some promising early results from the first pulls by evaporating a small amount of xylene on a petri dish, the whole surface area formed a nice collection of snowflakes. I got around 150ml now in the freezer and will see what's up tomorrow, but I'm already looking for things to do better, if there is something obvious I may have missed.
One thing I noticed already is, seems the pulls are a bit oily. Could this be a temperature thing, or perhaps the powdered bark itself? Stored in dark & room temperature in a glass jar for many years.
I'm also keen to try a sodium carbonate wash, but will have to wait a bit to get enough material.
Is xylene ok for getting really pure dmt, as my goal this time around is to figure out a reliable way for me to make really pure end product. While I have made many a succesfull batch, I always have this nagging feeling it could've been a little better. I am very severely hampered by laws and regulations though, regarding what materials (i.e. solvents etc.) I can easily obtain.
Thanks for your time!
Using lazyman's/nomans teks since around 2010, I now tried with 100% xylene for the first time. Evap test completely clean, but it takes a long time to evaporate.
I started with 50g powdered (very, very finely powdered!) MHRB, 75g NaOH, 0,5l water and used 20 to 30ml room temperature xylene for the pulls. Got a separatory funnel for separating the xylene more easily.
At this point I'm wondering, would heating up the xylene be beneficial. Also I think I went with too little water, I will try atleast 750ml water for 75g NaOH and 50g MHRB for next batch.
I got some promising early results from the first pulls by evaporating a small amount of xylene on a petri dish, the whole surface area formed a nice collection of snowflakes. I got around 150ml now in the freezer and will see what's up tomorrow, but I'm already looking for things to do better, if there is something obvious I may have missed.
One thing I noticed already is, seems the pulls are a bit oily. Could this be a temperature thing, or perhaps the powdered bark itself? Stored in dark & room temperature in a glass jar for many years.
I'm also keen to try a sodium carbonate wash, but will have to wait a bit to get enough material.
Is xylene ok for getting really pure dmt, as my goal this time around is to figure out a reliable way for me to make really pure end product. While I have made many a succesfull batch, I always have this nagging feeling it could've been a little better. I am very severely hampered by laws and regulations though, regarding what materials (i.e. solvents etc.) I can easily obtain.
Thanks for your time!