psilocybin
Rising Star
Any questions or problems you may run into during an extraction can be asked to get other members input in this thread.
Du57mi73 said:There is still bark in it. Your dmt should not be orange at all if it came from mhrb. If it is orange at all it means theres still plant matter in it. What you did to get rid of a majority of the bark was smart, but theres still more in it. Reabsorb it in naptha and then filter it would be best bet.
It is the combination of the 2 things going wrong, not one or the other. You have to have low quality bark AND add the bark at/near the same time as the lye.
TiHKAL said:When using the q21 tek #2 with 100g MHRB:
1. Some people recommend having the Acidification step to be 3-4 hours instead of ~40 minutes. Any words of wisdom on this?
2. Can I do the 3-4 pulls within 1-2 hours without any downsides?
3. Can I put the 400ml Naphtha in one pot if I am planning on recrystallising the DMT either way?
4. Should I let the 400ml Napthpa evaporate in room temperature or put it straight into the freezer? (have read different opinions on this one)
5. What's the trick with blowing on the Naphtha? If it goes "dull" there is still DMT in the Naphtha and should be evaped more, correct?
I am aiming for a pure white product with small crystal shards.
Thank you in advance for your help. Preparation is key for me and I want to be as prepared as possible!
Du57mi73 said:just-yb, if you want a salted form then that should should it too. Look in the wiki section of the nexus and youll find out what to do for that. Naptha and xylene evap at about the same rate, no? I never noticed a difference. Jungle spice is grabbed with xylene.
anrchy said:I actually preferred vodsels approach to the q21 tek. Q21Q21: Vinegar + Lime + Naphtha = Impressive. - A/B - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus
Pretty straight forward.
Du57mi73 said:TiHKAL,
1. 3-4 hours will increase your yield.
2. Yes, you will have a lower yield.
3. 400ml in one pot for one? You mean just doing one pull with 400ml? Thats fine, but you aren't going to have very much of it drop out in the freezer. If thats what you want to do, i think youre better off using 200ml, since MAX you are gonna get 2g(more likely youll end up with 1-1.5g) 400 is overkill. 30ml warm naptha per gram, 60ml should be enough, but if youre not heating, then 200ml should be good for a first pull to grab most of it.
4. You should never evaporate your naptha since it can be reused. Why dont use just do a 100ml pull, freeze that, then reuse the 100ml to do your 2-4 pulls. Unless you want crystal clear spice.. Just do 3-4 50ml pulls. If you are using 400ml, you need to evap atleast half of it because 400ml is a huge waste of naptha if youre going to evaporate half of it anyway, just use 200ml, even then that is excessive, especially if youre using heated naptha.
5. The trick with blowing on the naptha is to see if it is saturated. If you blow on the naptha and it starts to get cloudy then you know it is completely packed with spice and cannot grab more.
anrchy said:You don't want to combine that volume of pulls. The more solvent you are freeze precipitating the less dmt will crash out. I didn't evap my solvent at all and everything went fine.
Besides if your waiting to do each pull combining them all doesn't make much sense anyways. The longer you wait to do each pull the more you will get.
diox8tony said:@ TiKHAL
3) I recommend freezing the 100ml pulls separately and then combining the powder after.
4) On your 4 or more pulls(do more if the fourth still is yielding, this is why we freeze separately, so we know when to stop pulling) no need to evaporate beforehand. Just let them freeze for a day or two past what you think is good.
When pulling, heating the naptha is not necessary, it will be cooled off by the basified water anyway. It helps, but meh, just do an extra pull. I rarely use heating(only on the last recrystallize to make super saturated, and even then i just use hot water from tap in a bowl) during my Xtract, i just do the same thing more. broken too many glass jars using heat.
pour the used naptha back into your 'used naptha' container which can be used again for first pulls. Since you are doing recrystallizing, which i agree with, your naptha with you first pulls can be pretty yellow until it stops working.
with recrystallizing you should always use fresh clean naptha. since alot of oil will stay in used naptha.
recrystallize until you are happy with the clarity. and on the last crystallize, dont even freeze, just make a super saturated solution of naptha+powder and let it sit on your counter(1-2 weeks), the clearest crystals form slowly, instead of crashing out in the freezer.