I have followed Q21Q21 second tek with the reccomended amounts of materials for 50g of MHRB, so 50ml of vinegar, 50ml of water, 37.5g of lime and 50ml of naphta, but i got no precipitate in the freezer.
The exact materials i used are:
-50g of powdered MHRB
-For the vinegar i couldnt find vinegar without additives so i diluted 2.5g of glacial acetic acid in 47.5ml of distilled water
-50ml of hot distilled water
-37.5g of lime
-50ml of hexane
These are the common issues on the tek page i thought could be the problem:
1. Your Lime is not Calcium Hydroxide: i had this doubt as well because when i added the lime the mixture started heating up so i thought it was calcium oxide having an exotermic reaction with the water but i tried to put some lime in a glass and poured some water in it and it had no reaction (i guess the hexotermic reaction was something else, i dont know what though). Also the safety sheet speaks clearly about it being calcium hydroxide.
3. Your MHRB is not MHRB: the ingridient listed on the packaging says mimosa tenuiflora bark powder. If this doesnt contain dmt i wouldnt even know how to check.
Other things that could've gone wrong:
-Diluted too much acid in the water: it smelled a bit more strongly than vinegar but if my scale is not wrong i did put 2.5g of acetic acid in 47.5ml of distilled water.
-When doing the first pull after 8 hours, i mixed the naptha maybe too well because i caused an emulsion and i could only retrieve about 6ml of the 50 i put in, so in an attempt to break the emulsion i put 2 spoonfulls of lime, not a fantastic idea since it did absolutely nothing to resolve the situation. Then i tried to put 60 more ml of naptha and mix very little for another 40 minutes. At the end of this i retrieved the naptha and put it in the freezer but the only thing i got the next morning was some ice on the walls of my glass dish that promptly melted a few minutes later (the jar with the mixture is still emulsified by the way).
What could've gone wrong and what can i do? Should i try another extraction from the same mixture or try again doing something different/buy different MHRB?
The exact materials i used are:
-50g of powdered MHRB
-For the vinegar i couldnt find vinegar without additives so i diluted 2.5g of glacial acetic acid in 47.5ml of distilled water
-50ml of hot distilled water
-37.5g of lime
-50ml of hexane
These are the common issues on the tek page i thought could be the problem:
1. Your Lime is not Calcium Hydroxide: i had this doubt as well because when i added the lime the mixture started heating up so i thought it was calcium oxide having an exotermic reaction with the water but i tried to put some lime in a glass and poured some water in it and it had no reaction (i guess the hexotermic reaction was something else, i dont know what though). Also the safety sheet speaks clearly about it being calcium hydroxide.
3. Your MHRB is not MHRB: the ingridient listed on the packaging says mimosa tenuiflora bark powder. If this doesnt contain dmt i wouldnt even know how to check.
Other things that could've gone wrong:
-Diluted too much acid in the water: it smelled a bit more strongly than vinegar but if my scale is not wrong i did put 2.5g of acetic acid in 47.5ml of distilled water.
-When doing the first pull after 8 hours, i mixed the naptha maybe too well because i caused an emulsion and i could only retrieve about 6ml of the 50 i put in, so in an attempt to break the emulsion i put 2 spoonfulls of lime, not a fantastic idea since it did absolutely nothing to resolve the situation. Then i tried to put 60 more ml of naptha and mix very little for another 40 minutes. At the end of this i retrieved the naptha and put it in the freezer but the only thing i got the next morning was some ice on the walls of my glass dish that promptly melted a few minutes later (the jar with the mixture is still emulsified by the way).
What could've gone wrong and what can i do? Should i try another extraction from the same mixture or try again doing something different/buy different MHRB?
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, no biggie. 
