Pics from first STB

[omentheduck]

ACRB/NaHo/Frown Naphtha 'used alot of this, that lead me to think I had messed up lol, but it was a learning process!
Vessels, Glass Cider jars

BTW Boiling the caustic mix will clean the hell out of a pot!

Either way soms shots

 

[User1911]

def would not suggest smoking that...slow down take your time. in the end you do not want any of that brown sludge in the naptha.

 

[Trypp Jones]

Almost there omen, scrapey scrape that, redissolve in hot naptha in a shot glass, low heat, brown sludge sticks to the sides, pour saturated naptha into new glass repeat several times, reCryxxtalize, my recommendation...loookin good so far.

 

[omentheduck]

Thanks for the input friends, I've got some cleaning up to do thats for sure, as of right now I have a little bit of a yellow goo, with no residual from the lye, in one dish...
the yellow goo wont dry up any,
so it seems, been about a week,
gonna give it some more time and see if I can get a crystalline goo

 

[3rdI]

Have you tried scraping your goo around with a razor? I find it solidifies quicker if you do this.

 

[omentheduck]

Have you tried scraping your goo around with a razor? I find it solidifies quicker if you do this.

Haven't touched it with any thing yet afraid to loses any, even if I can wash it back ,lol
but I have been doing like in the last few pics and pouring it back and fourth over the bottom to make it as thin as possible
Thanks for the advice


and 1911 what you mean slow down, ive been at it for TWO WEEks lol some of those shots are far apart , thanks for your concerns tho
I was wondering which is more stable for storage, covering in the oils or all cleaned up? ad if I am to under stand fumate is the best for long term storage?

 

[omentheduck]

Alrighty I redissolved it , combined some more pulls, left sludge behind,
Naphtha turned a very Orange color when the pulls and re dissolves were mixed
remaining in all decanting equipment was a sticky film , orange to yellow and some blobs red in color
No dyed lye came through, well not enough for the visibly of the eye to catch

I can smell IT, some left over!
But if I add room temp nap it do not dissolve and noting freezes out of it, no matter how long I soak the goo, evaporate/freeze.
But if I use hot nap it peels right off forms a mass under the solvent and becomes gooey when it cools (room temp), I am assuming this is the nm't

And now the thing is everything fre-pre'd out white?

is it safe to assume as long as i didn't see any of the dyed lye in there that there is little enough coming from the nap to be safe enough to smoke, harshness being account for?

And could that red be lye solution making it through , via unseen suspended emulsions?
and just curious, I'm carbo wash it either way

Pic 1- is what it looked like immediately after freezing for about 3 hours
Pic 2- is what it the sludge look like in hott nap ( the clearest of it all)
Pic3- is the first pic at room temp , the one in question ( all combined pulls)

 

[omentheduck]

answered a question of my own, and yes it is lye, and yes it is coming from being suspended in the Naphtha, not letting it settle enough at first before decanting' either that or freeze precipitating lock it in