Newbie to Extraction

[bezevo]

NO NEED To Invert or shake Ever ....just lightly swirl jar or gentle stir with a wooden dowl or glass rod .

Why vigerous shaking , inverting ,adjitated stiring...... ?
This is not nessary and just leads to emulsions .

Just an opinion ...feel free to ignore .

 

[Transform]

I used the glass-topped rubber seal Kilner jars on my first extraction and the seals on those swelled up loads with the naphtha and leaked.

Best to replace them with a more resistant material like silicone.

 

[froggydays]

Ow for me it doesn't happen often. What I do is I release the pressure from the hot naphta mix by "popping" the lid and then proceeding to the second round of inverting, etc. This prevents the pressure + naphta low viscosity from leaking across the rubber seal.

One thing to prevent is to not let the mhrb lye naphta mixture get under the rubber seal, because it can glide off.