thank you for the input and yes that is why i warn about this early on and repeatedly.

it does not explode, all you have is a trapped layer form under a mesh of plant material resting on top of the magnesium sulphate water, it is something which needs to be addressed and i am doing which is why i took a half year between posts, the risk only goes down by working through it and figuring it out, this will probably have to be an a/b tek where as little plant matter is in the jar for the final steps, but thats why prototypes exist, i want to fix the bugs, but at the same time i want anyone who does help out know what happened.

all that said, when i have used a through acid bath and use the resulting bath for extraction that this spontaneous decanting does not occur, but its one of those situations where better safe than sorry and i need more information, that is why i am asking for independent analysis from someone who has a solvent i do not.

[USER=24124]@dooby[/USER] the question of producing milk of magnesia has been asked and mentioned repeatedly and i have tested it, even trying to make it at home (using magnesium sulphate saturated water and pouring lye saturated water into it).

the result is that i was unable to make milk of magnesia when i tried this (which was as close akin to how the process in general would occur) and when naphtha was poured in to a bottle of pure milk of magnesia with water bought at a store trying to extract the milk, it would non suspend in the solvent.

so even if milk is precipitated it will not contaminate the results. (as far as i know, maybe xylene or toluene can pick up milk of magnesia, but i have been unable to do it with naphtha)