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Rising Star
hi folks..
SWIM just wanted to set things right for those people who seem to believe that xylene pulls don't result in crystals.
SWIM has followed nomans tek until the point where he was supposed to use naphtha. since SWIM had no naphtha at the time he pulled 4 times with xylene. he then evapped the xylene in a hot water bath and when there just seemed to be an oily rest left with a little bit xylene in it he put in in a dark cupboard for 3 days for the rest of the xylene to slowly evaporate.
SWIM didnt think it would result in crystals because people had told him that he would only get oily goo.
when SWIM had a look in the cupboard after 3 or 4 days he was amazed to find bright yellow crystals and some red oil. the crystals and the oil kinda seperated themselves. (the oil went in one corner while the crystals were growing all over the place). the only place where there were no crystals to be found was in the area where the oil was.
SWIM got about 1 10th of oil, rest crystals.
SWIM will now let it sit for another week or so just to be sure that every tiny bit of xylene has evaporated. then he will try and suck up the oil with a syringe so that he can scrape together the crystals without the chance to get any oil in there.
SWIM has been told by someone that he should wash the yellow crystals with ammonia.. what kind of filter do you recommend to SWIM?
since its a very small amount he doesnt wanna use coffe filters because everything seems to stick to them so easily.
peace folks!
SWIM just wanted to set things right for those people who seem to believe that xylene pulls don't result in crystals.
SWIM has followed nomans tek until the point where he was supposed to use naphtha. since SWIM had no naphtha at the time he pulled 4 times with xylene. he then evapped the xylene in a hot water bath and when there just seemed to be an oily rest left with a little bit xylene in it he put in in a dark cupboard for 3 days for the rest of the xylene to slowly evaporate.
SWIM didnt think it would result in crystals because people had told him that he would only get oily goo.
when SWIM had a look in the cupboard after 3 or 4 days he was amazed to find bright yellow crystals and some red oil. the crystals and the oil kinda seperated themselves. (the oil went in one corner while the crystals were growing all over the place). the only place where there were no crystals to be found was in the area where the oil was.
SWIM got about 1 10th of oil, rest crystals.
SWIM will now let it sit for another week or so just to be sure that every tiny bit of xylene has evaporated. then he will try and suck up the oil with a syringe so that he can scrape together the crystals without the chance to get any oil in there.
SWIM has been told by someone that he should wash the yellow crystals with ammonia.. what kind of filter do you recommend to SWIM?
since its a very small amount he doesnt wanna use coffe filters because everything seems to stick to them so easily.
peace folks!