Vibrating table to help layers separate

[Bob Sacamano]

At some point in the extraction process I have a mixture of DMT plant material in a basic liquid and naphtha. I shake it and then I have to wait for the layers to separate. After half an hour or so I get the naphtha from the top using a turkey baster. The thing is, the next day there is usually a little more naphtha that came to the top. Of course I can get that naphtha then again with a turkey baster, but I'm wondering if I can speed up the process of separating some way so that I can get all the naphtha in one go without waiting a day. I guess filtering is an option, but I've had so much trouble with that, that I don't want to try that for a while.

Can I speed up the process of separating layers by putting the reaction bottle on a vibration table? I mean something like this. I know vibration tables are used to get air bubbles out of concrete, so maybe it's also possible to get naphtha out of the mixture. Any experiences and insights are welcome!

 

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You could do a dry tek like the q21q21 A/B fluffy white funfest.

No filtering in that tek, or volumes of water. You wet the bark just enough, like the consistency of wet concrete. Then you can stir the naphtha through the mixture, and pour it right off. There is still some loss of naphtha into the bark-crete, eventually making it more of bark-mud. But it's a lot easier to handle and faster. I think you can still bet on most of the goodies getting extracted as long as you repeat pulls and add additional naphtha as necessary.

I'm curious how much a vibrating table might help though.