Please help me understand what im doing wrong

[mrlemonjunkie]

I have been trying to extract dmt from root bark using this method

. this methos is supposed to give me 1-2 % yield but i barely get anything . im still really new to all this so i dont really have a clue what im doing . for this extraction i used about 100 g root bark , 75 g caustic soda roughly 700 ml Deionised water and 200 ml nafta . i did this with regual tap water as well and has same results .

 

[brettsta]

Hi , the only time I get a empty dish like that is on the fourth or fifth extraction when I've exhausted
all the DMT in the solution?.
The guy in videos technique is a little crude but ok, that's generally how it's done .
Doesn't matter what water used , can be done hot or cold ,
if it went black after soda added, then PH is probably ok.
if you adjitated it enough after adding nafta then that should be ok .

So that leaves me to think it could be your root bark? 100g is not much but should of at least gave .5 - 1 g
over a couple extractions.
I've never had a problem with root bark but there is always a first.
Best of luck

 

[WalterChronkite]

What kind of root bark? That looks kind of like acacia goo to me on some spots. You also used a big dish. I think if you scrape that with a razer blade, you'll have more than you think so it wasn't a total loss. Wouldn't surpise me if you have 1g there. You'll get more upwards crystal growth if you freeze precipitate it as those look like evap crystals to me.