flyboy said:
DAMNED that is beautiful!!! Incredible!! I'm green with envy.
I ended up with that sticky mess thrice now and didn't think crystal were possible. Is heptane readily available and what the heck is MEK? Swim's got a chemical cash-and-carry store nearby he just got wind of from a fellow local ethnobotanist.
Ron in the end were the seeds really the issue as previously discussed, or is the method that made the diff? How much columbrina did you begin with and what is yield?
Are you going to try the same with pelegrina?
Congratulations again.
Bestine is a good brand of heptane that is available over the counter in many places (it’s sold in some art supply stores). Heptane is very similar to naphtha. It’s less polar than naphtha. You could probably substitute heptane with naphtha, but you’d have to use more naphtha because it’s more polar.
MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) is also known as butanone, ethylpropanone, and ethylmethylketone. It’s very similar to acetone, but less polar, and less water soluble. I’m pretty sure acetone could be substituted for it, but you’ll need to use less acetone because its more polar.
The seeds used were horrible quality seeds. SWIM was getting frustrated with then producing sticky nauseating extracts, so he tried everything he could think of to clean it up. He was mostly concerned with it not being sticky. Finally finding a solution to the stickiness that also produced nearly pure bufotenine crystals was a fabulous surprise to SWIM. It’s was just a matter of finding the right solvent mix. I’m sure there are probably other solvent mixes that will work, maybe even work better.
SWIM will try this with peregrine as well.
SWIM is not done experimenting. He’s not completely satisfied. Those crystals are mostly pure, but you can see some amber coloring present. That amber coloring is not bufotenine. But even so, the effect of the amber material is not noticeable, so for practical use, it’s fine as is.
SWIM’s goal is to help find a method to produce 98%+ pure crystals using commonly available over the counter solvents, common acids, etc., with as little steps as possible, and no lab equipment required.
I’ve got a question, which solvents are easy for most people to get over the counter?