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.

 

[_Aurelias]

Mini A/B - the acid phase does a good job of breaking up the polymer. Ime, re-x of polymeric goo tends to be wasteful and confusing, as different sizes of polymer dissolve at different temperatures.

thanks, just got a bit of goo off my first pull of an ATB with 50g Acuminata bark, ill see how much i get off it and if i think its worth it ill try a mini a/b - have wanted to try a proper hit of the goo/spice so keen to give it a whirl. Do you think freeze precip would be better to form crystals than evaporating for any reason? I evapped this pull.

 

[Transform]

Do you think freeze precip would be better to form crystals than evaporating for any reason?

While they can both produce good results, freeze precipitation would tend to produce purer crystals, although slow evaporation is the favoured way of producing large crystals.

The main thing with evaporation is that the last remaining portion of solvent will contain a higher concentration of impurities, and a mixed solvent like naphtha will have its more volatile components evaporating in greater proportion at first. This means that the material which crystallises later on is more likely to contain impurities and trapped hydrocarbons. There may also be a bit more polymerisation later on, as a function of exposure to oxygen for a longer period.

Freeze precipitation carries the further advantage of preserving the solvent for subsequent reuse; conversely, evaporated solvent is effectively lost, unless one were going to unusual lengths to capture and condense it - something which isn't realistically feasible for the average hobbyist as the required rate of evaporation is too slow.