Naphta layers didn't separate. What ti do now

[Dimitri096]

Hi i followed dmt handbook tek and when the layers should have separated they didn't
Can I try again without dumping the basified solution?
Do I have to re heat it up?
Please help me I don't want to throw everything away

 

[Northerner]

Add more base. Commonly that's the issue with first extractions.

 

[Achilles]

Keep in hot water... I’d try adding more naphtha and keeping it warm this time and see if you can get a pull.. if not scrap it and start over

 

[Northerner]

Even after you've heated and added base, you can still add salt even which can sometimes help.

I wouldn't scrap a soup unless it had sat there for months and still not separated, which I am yet to see.

 

[Dimitri096]

Okay thanks and should I heat in in the tank or put it back in the saucepan??

 

[Achilles]

I just put my jar in a pot of hot tap water.. always works for me

 

[Dimitri096]

Is It normal that when I shake it it gets foamy?
I'm trying adding salt first and I put some of the tea in a glass jar inside a hit water pan
If it doesn't still work I'll try to falsify more
What do you suggest? And when I shake I have to let it sit for a minute in between but with open or closed cap?
Oh and the foam doesn't never go away afteri shacked
Thanks

 

[endlessness]

Check the FAQ , so many of these questions are answered there.

Good luck

 

[Mushroom Whisperer]

Don't shake it! Stir with a large spoon. That's probably why you're having this problem.

 

[Mushroom Whisperer]

Actually I know it's the problem.

 

[fulger]

Even after you've heated and added base, you can still add salt even which can sometimes help.

I wouldn't scrap a soup unless it had sat there for months and still not separated, which I am yet to see.

I have had 60ml naphtha not separate from a jar of 50g mhrb powdered and 50g lye with 300ml h2o. I left it sit for a week and still didn't separate and I tried heating in warm h2o and nothing. I added another 60ml naphtha and that would separate but I didn't get a good yield. I got 0.121 of dry white spice.