How do the companies that sell various dyes powder their substances? Would putting substances through a blender for a long period of time result in the fine-as-possible powders that the dye vendors sell?
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I've kinda wondered this as well after burning out two blenders (both were actually pretty good blenders). Anyone?  "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -A.Huxley
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I think they use a professional type of machine for that. Not a blender type. "Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"
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christian wrote:I think they use a professional type of machine for that. Not a blender type. lol, I would imagine so. Which one? "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -A.Huxley
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Yes shredded mimosa was very hard to work with, some of the "shreds" were huge bark pieces.
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I'm betting it's something like this; our Plant, Soil and Insect Science department had several. PK Dick is to LSD as HP Lovecraft is to Mushrooms
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Yikes. That is some cash. But, hey -- you can save $500 off the list price! Oh, man. I think I'll keep buying powdered for a while... "'Tis true, without falsehood, certain and most true.
That which is below is as that which is above, and that which is above is as that which is below, to accomplish the miracle of the One thing.
And as all things have arisen from one by the meditation of one: so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother,
the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth its nurse."
-Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
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a coffee grinder has worked. I did spend the day(a few times actaully) with a large bowl, 100g of rootbark chips and a pair of scissors and it got the job done..though I also had blisters all over my hands..a small price to pay though for what came next.. Long live the unwoke.
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fractal enchantment wrote:a coffee grinder has worked.
I did spend the day(a few times actaully) with a large bowl, 100g of rootbark chips and a pair of scissors and it got the job done..though I also had blisters all over my hands..a small price to pay though for what came next.. You could have worn rubber gloves when you were manually cutting up the bark.
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I would have thought that the shredded is easy enough to work with, not requiring modification or grinding, except for perhaps the odd chunk. Does this ring true or false?  "Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"
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christian wrote:I would have thought that the shredded is easy enough to work with, not requiring modification or grinding, except for perhaps the odd chunk. Does this ring true or false? True Wiki • Attitude • FAQThe Nexian • Nexus Research • The OHTIn New York, we wrote the legal number on our arms in marker...To call a lawyer if we were arrested. In Istanbul, People wrote their blood types on their arms. I hear in Egypt, They just write Their names. גם זה יעבור
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half true It works to some extent but yield of shredded bark can be smaller if you dont try to break it further. I suggest trying to blend the shredded bark before extracting.. And if you do an a/b, do long boils, maybe 5 of them, and after 4th, you could pour out water, put the mimosa in blender and try to break it a bit for the last boil. Or if you do an A/B maybe leave soaking for long in high pH solution. Good luck 
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Thanks for those replies Snozzleberry and Endlessness. I'll bear that in mind when the time comes. Cheers.  "Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"
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One thing i did was first to break the bark into as small parts as i could with my hands,
then when in the lye solution or pot boiling (when doing mimosahuasca) i use a hand blender untilli feel the solution is smooth.
This way i got comparable yields to powdered.
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Probably with GIANT MACHINES...  Hmm, I think I missed that episode... How's It Made?: Magic Purple Plant Powder.  For very small amounts, though, I can twist/tear the bark into pieces with my hands, though, and a coffee grinder will do it. Great for all your Ayahuasca brewing needs. Slightly more tedious for extracting 200g, but very doable in under 30 minutes. Some things will come easy, some will be a test
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I think the mimosa is powdered by those "machine elves" that Terence Mckenna likes to call them.  "Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"
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Give me some bark I will take care of it This guy looks pro  But this is the ultimate power If you go for something serious make sure the safety go first or you get powdered We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
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We are all living in our own feces.
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Wow, that is scary, smokerx...from an awesome machine, to a poor little elf almost getting powdered!! "Eat your vegetables and do as you're told, or you won't be going to the funfair!"
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