Hey guys, SWIM is performing his second STB. He used limonene as the extracting solvent, and now has a sticky goo that won't harden into anything smokable! Should he redisolve this into 99% IPA and siphon of any leftover limonene, or should he redisolve this into 5% vinegar, then basify the solution, and rextract with naptha. The second option feels like it would defeat the purpose of using limone, since SWIM did not want to use petrochemicals in this extraction. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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SWIM wondered about the same problem. Thanks for asking, he planned to do the second option as he knows that it works althought a lot of yield will be lost. However he did not think about the first option and I guess he will test it before.
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SWIM has a vinegar solution full of goodies, wont be no harm in straight up basifying it will sodium carbonate, will there? You lock the door, and throw away the key
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Well, SWIM was very careful with his spills and chemistry and hopes that he saved about 80-90% of the magik. Thanks guys. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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In SWIM's experience SWIM could not get any spice out of sodium carbonated liquid. SWIM added enough to make the ph >11 but the naptha pulled nothing compared to the 100 mg that the same liquid basified with lye yielded. Just SWIMs experience, SWIM knows the chemistry facts say it should work.... But your vinagar solution, basified with NAOH or CaOH should yield 100% of what they have in them with a few naptha pulls. Q21Q21's Tek: A comprehensive guide to extracting DMTThe 2 teks use non-toxic lime and vinegar and Tek 1: d-Limonene or Xylene or Tek 2: Naptha to produce very quick high yields with the greatest of ease.I am almost never on this site anymore so I will likely not answer PMs
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I'm pretty sure that reacting NaOH with acetic acid yields some kind of underiable compound. I really think I read that around here somewhere. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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VisualDistortion wrote:I'm pretty sure that reacting NaOH with acetic acid yields some kind of underiable compound. I really think I read that around here somewhere. Yes, it's sodium acetate. Totally harmless and it only stays in the aqueous phase! Need to calculate between salts and freebases? Click here! Need to calculate freebase or salt percentage at a given pH? Click here!
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Infundibulum wrote:VisualDistortion wrote:I'm pretty sure that reacting NaOH with acetic acid yields some kind of underiable compound. I really think I read that around here somewhere. Yes, it's sodium acetate. Totally harmless and it only stays in the aqueous phase! Oh, thanks. Didn't know it stay in the aquaeous phase. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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Of course it does, it's a salt.
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you say that like i'm a chemist or something. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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Ended up with a yellowish waxy substance to burn the taste buds terribly when licked. Gonna throw it out, definately won't smoke it. Oh well, that's life. You lock the door, and throw away the key
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Don't throw it out, do a recrys.
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