official extraction help thread

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

 

[SecondSecondAssistant_HenEgg]

Im currently doing pull 3 on my first extract. Im using the Q21Q21's Vinegar/Lime A/B Extraction Tek - DMT-Nexus Wiki tek(#2).

Im doing a 100g MHRB to test the tek and get familiar with the process.

My first pull yielded 0.324g but I could see there was still a lot suspended in the naptha which went back into the bowl for pull 2.

Pull 2 resulted in 0.284g.

Im currently doing oull 3 but I had to rehydrate the mixture a little because it had gone hard. I think the reason it suspended on oull 1 was because I topped up the Naptha, worried I was losing too much. (Lesson learned.) On pulls 2 and 3 I have had to add more naphtha at the beginning but didnt add any more during.

I dont think I stirred pull 2 enough tbh so I think there may be a fair bit left for pull 3. Only time will tell.

I know this isnt write home about yield but I am very pleased that I've extracted something on my first go.

Edit: Im half an hour into stirring pull 3 - and ive added more naphtha just because im frightened of not having anything left at the end to put into the freezer. Theres still another 3 minutes of stirring to go and obviously the warm water underneath is causing evaporation loss.

Is what im doing OK? It doesnt mention topping up in the tek so im worried im cocking it up.

 

[Transform]

Im currently doing pull 3 on my first extract. Im using the Q21Q21's Vinegar/Lime A/B Extraction Tek - DMT-Nexus Wiki tek(#2).

Im doing a 100g MHRB to test the tek and get familiar with the process.

My first pull yielded 0.324g but I could see there was still a lot suspended in the naptha which went back into the bowl for pull 2.

Pull 2 resulted in 0.284g.

Im currently doing oull 3 but I had to rehydrate the mixture a little because it had gone hard. I think the reason it suspended on oull 1 was because I topped up the Naptha, worried I was losing too much. (Lesson learned.) On pulls 2 and 3 I have had to add more naphtha at the beginning but didnt add any more during.

I dont think I stirred pull 2 enough tbh so I think there may be a fair bit left for pull 3. Only time will tell.

I know this isnt write home about yield but I am very pleased that I've extracted something on my first go.

Edit: Im half an hour into stirring pull 3 - and ive added more naphtha just because im frightened of not having anything left at the end to put into the freezer. Theres still another 3 minutes of stirring to go and obviously the warm water underneath is causing evaporation loss.

Is what im doing OK? It doesnt mention topping up in the tek so im worried im cocking it up.

Sounds about right to me. An ordinary fork can be quite handy for mixing the naphtha through the lime paste, seeing as you didn't mention any specific detail about that.

 

[drpotato]

keep in mind that hexane leaves the naptha first, then heptane, so you may find it behaves more heptane-like, being that it is a poorer solvent, though that also makes precipitation better too. as a result it might help to add more shortly before the pull if your intention is just to boost the volume for extraction sake.

also, if you find emulsions to be an issue, or, efficiently extracting all the oil off the water, just take a nice clean bulky portion, then aggressively slurp up the rest, water and solvent, and put it in something like a test tube, and add a bunch of salt to it, or brine, and it will rapidly settle. its a handy way of stripping the surface bare if you have a soup that annoyingly just keeps having more to take so you have difficulty deciding when to stop, since each pull leaves like 5-10% of the solvent behind.
doing this in a seperatory funnel makes this infinitely fast and easy, especially if paired with literally any kind of vacuum pump, and sucking solvent up as you skim the surface of your hot soup with it, then once the funnel is full, letting the soup out, leaving clean solvent behind.

 

[propellerheed]

hello!
doubt anybody would remember me, was previously 'ozora' on here a long time ago!
I have a question which may well sound ridiculous but I'll ask it anyway in the hope of some advice....
about FOUR years ago I did three boils of 1kg of powdered mimosa bark in a A/B extraction. it was all filtered clean of any gunk. I never got round to finishing the process, ie reducing the 4.5 litres I stiĺl have in the 5L jerry can and adding the sodium hydroxide etc...
question is, if i was to do this now despite the very extended delay would it be worthwhile or would whatever goodness was in there have deteriorated or collapsed to a level that makes it a fruitless effort?

 

[TransistorBass]

hello!
doubt anybody would remember me, was previously 'ozora' on here a long time ago!
I have a question which may well sound ridiculous but I'll ask it anyway in the hope of some advice....
about FOUR years ago I did three boils of 1kg of powdered mimosa bark in a A/B extraction. it was all filtered clean of any gunk. I never got round to finishing the process, ie reducing the 4.5 litres I stiĺl have in the 5L jerry can and adding the sodium hydroxide etc...
question is, if i was to do this now despite the very extended delay would it be worthwhile or would whatever goodness was in there have deteriorated or collapsed to a level that makes it a fruitless effort?

How about you try a small amount and see if it works? Got to be worth a test.