ridethespiral
Rising Star
My fairy's pet monkey is currently on an adventure in the jungle to acquire 1lb of powdered mhrb. The primate was told that this particular source supposedly has very high quality rootbark, and he is trying to decide which technique he should use to acquire the highest yield of spice. After spending hours reading thread after thread on various forums, it seems that Marsofold has the best technique of an acid/base extraction and Noman has the best technique of a straight to base extraction. I know this question has been beat to death and I am not trying to start another war between biased extractors, so I'm asking Noman and El Ka Bong to [i:499279afd5]please[/i:499279afd5] not reply to this thread (pm me with your opinion if you must). Instead, I'm asking for the opinions of people who have done [i:499279afd5]both[/i:499279afd5] the A/B and straight to base techniques with pre-powdered bark. Which tek produces a higher yield? After reading that some people claim to acquire over 7 grams of spice (from 1lb of bark) using a straight to base tek makes me think that a large portion of that HAS to be impurities. But at the same time, wouldn't freeze precipitation and a couple of recrystallizations surely get [i:499279afd5]all[/i:499279afd5] impurities out? If after you freezed/recrystallized a few times and the yield was still higher than an A/B, straight to base would definitely be the way to go, right? If there is anyone out there that has done both techniques with the same source of bark please let me know which worked out best for you. I tried telling the chimp that he should try both teks out himself to see which works best for him, but he hopes someone who has already done this could tell him so he didn't have to risk losing any precious alien dust.