GonePhishin54
Rising Star
SWIM is having a lot of trouble doing a not so troubling STB extraction.
He is ending up with a waxy sticky substance that smears when he tries to scrape it out (instead of collecting together) but still smells like spice
Here was his procedure
200g powdered MHRB
He slowly mixed 200g of 100% lye (Rooto) into 5 cups of distilled water in a stainless steel stewing pot
Then mixed this solution with the 200g of powdered MHRB in a tall skinny glass vase (so the naptha layer would be thick without being a lot of naptha)
He stirred and broke up the clumped mimosa then added roughly 1 cup of naptha, stirred, and let sit for 30 minutes
Then he made his first pull and got none of the dark layer, he put that into a pyrex dish and put it in a very cold freezer.
He then added another half cup of naptha, stirred and let sit for 30 minutes (lye and water was still warm when more naptha was added) then made his second pull, not getting any dark layer material, he put this into a different pyrex dish and let that sit in the very cold freezer.
these both at over night, in the morning he could see a few small white crystals had formed and there was somewhat of a thick layer on the bottom of the dish (assumed to be much much smaller crystals). the naptha had some crystals floating in it, but it was never yellow, always clear or maybe a little foggy, he dumped this naptha out and allowed it to dry (i live in colorado and the air is very dry, evaporation happens quickly) it just turned out stick, not able to scrape up, a friend suggested to him to add clean naptha to the dish and re freeze.
whats going on here? please help!!!!
He is ending up with a waxy sticky substance that smears when he tries to scrape it out (instead of collecting together) but still smells like spice
Here was his procedure
200g powdered MHRB
He slowly mixed 200g of 100% lye (Rooto) into 5 cups of distilled water in a stainless steel stewing pot
Then mixed this solution with the 200g of powdered MHRB in a tall skinny glass vase (so the naptha layer would be thick without being a lot of naptha)
He stirred and broke up the clumped mimosa then added roughly 1 cup of naptha, stirred, and let sit for 30 minutes
Then he made his first pull and got none of the dark layer, he put that into a pyrex dish and put it in a very cold freezer.
He then added another half cup of naptha, stirred and let sit for 30 minutes (lye and water was still warm when more naptha was added) then made his second pull, not getting any dark layer material, he put this into a different pyrex dish and let that sit in the very cold freezer.
these both at over night, in the morning he could see a few small white crystals had formed and there was somewhat of a thick layer on the bottom of the dish (assumed to be much much smaller crystals). the naptha had some crystals floating in it, but it was never yellow, always clear or maybe a little foggy, he dumped this naptha out and allowed it to dry (i live in colorado and the air is very dry, evaporation happens quickly) it just turned out stick, not able to scrape up, a friend suggested to him to add clean naptha to the dish and re freeze.
whats going on here? please help!!!!