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Vacuum Purging Acacia Goo
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LibertyforAll
Claro in Vitam
I have been interested in this topic for several months but know little about it still. Does it remove remnant naptha?
skoobysnax
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WanderingTraveler said:
Sound like a good idea. IMHO it takes quite a long while with lots of squishing and scraping to get it to harden. I have worked some every day for two weeks before and eventually got it to a waxy powder.
Gone-and-Back
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Since dmt and nmt have low boiling points, much lower then those of thc, I imagine one would need to be very careful with how much pressure and heat is applied. This would be due to the boiling point being reduced even further then what it's already at. Too much vacuum or too much heat, possibly both, and I fear the dmt and nmt would start evaporating as well as the solvent.
Maybe someone with more chemistry knowledge could chime in on if this would be a problem or not.
Maybe someone with more chemistry knowledge could chime in on if this would be a problem or not.
LibertyforAll
Claro in Vitam
This may be a sign of poor quality naphtha IME; I've seen some brands or batches refuse to fully evaporate.skoobysnax said:
Really? Lighter fluid or VM&P? In the US or? Did you look up the MSDS and see if there were any other ingredients? Seems like naphtha is naphtha, what do you mean by poor quality?LibertyforAll said:
Sorry for the 20???s,
not trying to put you on the spot, I'm just curious, i've never run across this.Peace.
LibertyforAll
Claro in Vitam
I've definitely noticed differences in different cans of naphtha. I've even seen it come out green and cloudy from the can, albeit that batch was probably quite old, 20-30 years.
I know the fumes are toxic of course, but it can smell differently, not that that's indicative of quality difference.
Some naphtha has been seen to work differently than others in the past, one brand I remember smells very strongly and much more unpleasant, like it wasn't as 'clean' as other brands smelled, and it worked poorly, only yielding small amounts of wax that it took days to weeks to fully evaporate from.
Different distributors have different petrochemical makeups sold as 'naphtha'; typically VM&P (varnish maker+painter's) is regarded as the preferable 'blend' but this can be arbitrary as well.
I've also read something about 'light aliphatic naphtha blends' working best, there is some research to be done on the topic if one is uninformed and interested in it.
MSDS sheets may be found and the exact contents can be known.
... Until recent times actually, 'naphtha' was loosely defined in terms of petrochemical makeup.
I know the fumes are toxic of course, but it can smell differently, not that that's indicative of quality difference.
Some naphtha has been seen to work differently than others in the past, one brand I remember smells very strongly and much more unpleasant, like it wasn't as 'clean' as other brands smelled, and it worked poorly, only yielding small amounts of wax that it took days to weeks to fully evaporate from.
Different distributors have different petrochemical makeups sold as 'naphtha'; typically VM&P (varnish maker+painter's) is regarded as the preferable 'blend' but this can be arbitrary as well.
I've also read something about 'light aliphatic naphtha blends' working best, there is some research to be done on the topic if one is uninformed and interested in it.
MSDS sheets may be found and the exact contents can be known.
... Until recent times actually, 'naphtha' was loosely defined in terms of petrochemical makeup.
