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Naptha pulls (looking for best method)

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Simba

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SWIM just used Noman's tek for the first time and realized how difficult it can be to pull the Naptha from the lye soup. SWIM ended up using a small eye dropper to pull from a 32oz pickle jar. He ended up getting a tiny bit (maybe a drop or two) in his collection jar. First of all, is that problem (maybe an amonia clean will help?) and second of all what's the best method when one doesn't have a separatory funnel? looking forward to tomorrow
 
in my beetle's experience, a glass baster works well until the naptha layer gets smaller, at that point hit it with the eye dropper. Between the baster and the eye dropper, he manages to get very close to 100% of the naptha out. another tip: if you are pulling from a large bottle or jar, it is helpful to move the naptha layer(along with some of the bark solution) to a smaller jar, that way, the naptha layer wont be as thin. So it would go something liek this: 1. Use large glass turkey baster to pull as much as possible from your large container. 2.Once the naptha layer is too thin for the baster to get, pull the remaining naptha along with bark solution into a smaller(less wide) jar. Allow the naptha to separate from the solution. 3. Now pull the last of the naptha out of the smaller jar using your eye dropper. After a few times, this gets easy, and it's possible to get damn near every drop of dmt-rich naptha with a little patience. No need for a sep funnel, tho i'm sure they're nice to have. Good luck!
 
The shellite I bought doesnt evaporate to dryness, it evaporates down to an oily smelly residue. The diggers brand shellite has always worked fine in the past, I dont know if they have changed the formula or maybe I got a bad batch. I tried igniting the oily residue with a lighter without much luck. What to do???
 
you can pour your naptha and a bit of the liquid soup (no solids) into a zip-lock bag and once your layers seperate hold the bag by the top corner and cut the bottom corner off the bag (just a little piece) the soup will run out the bottom of the bag and you can pinch off the flow just at the right time. you can do a test run with a little naptha and water first just to get a feel for it. use rubber gloves you do not want lye soup on your hands.
 
Check the phone directory for a second hand lab equipment store or something like that, Can get a 500ml+ sep funnel for very cheap. Really really worth getting especially if your working with material needing defat.
 
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