official extraction help thread

[psilocybin]

Any questions or problems you may run into during an extraction can be asked to get other members input in this thread.

 

[Varallo]

Okay this is my first time posting on here hope I did this correctly!

Once you basify your solution do you then cool down before adding hot naphtha, or does it matter, cooling solution and/or heating naphtha?

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[Transform]

Okay this is my first time posting on here hope I did this correctly!

Once you basify your solution do you then cool down before adding hot naphtha, or does it matter, cooling solution and/or heating naphtha?

The specific heat capacity of water is much higher than that of naphtha, so adding warm naphtha to the cooled base solution would be largely pointless. Aim to do your pulls at between 40 to 60°C perhaps depending on your naphtha. It's not so big of a deal though - good results have also been reported when performing the pulls at room temperature, and higher temperatures tend to give rise to a darker coloured product.

 

[Pyramids]

For an A/B extraction of MHRB, if my heptane pulls are clear, rather than yellow, does that indicate something has gone amiss?

 

[Transform]

For an A/B extraction of MHRB, if my heptane pulls are clear, rather than yellow, does that indicate something has gone amiss?

Not necessarily - you may well have succeeded in getting a really clean pull. Put the first pull in the freezer quick and carry on with the next ones, pronto!

 

[Pyramids]

Not necessarily - you may well have succeeded in getting a really clean pull. Put the first pull in the freezer quick and carry on with the next ones, pronto!

lol. thanks for the cheerleading, appreciate the quick help

 

[Transform]

lol. thanks for the cheerleading, appreciate the quick help

It doesn't matter if the heptane's "empty" - you can just reuse it in a later pull.

 

[Pyramids]

It doesn't matter if the heptane's "empty" - you can just reuse it in a later pull.

Right, thanks. I was more concerned that I had screwed up another batch, but some very lovely, white crystals are forming