Considering I'm normally a very bad "science lab" partner; I'm happy with my very first DMT extraction (STB) . I used only 30grams m. hostilis, 35 grams lye, and like 175 ml naptha. Put it all in a 500ml sep. funnel and then "swirled" the funnel and ran it under a hot sink off and on for maybe 4 hours. I seperated out the clear top layer, Let it sit till morning in the freezer. I was unsure about the recrystalization/wash/evap procedure. But I could clearly see crystals floating by the time I woke up (most were stuck on the very bottom of my jar. I ran the naptha through a panty-hose filter, but ended up using a very nice exacto set to chizzle the best material off the bottom (of course I should have waited for a bit more evap time)

Experience: I had been using adderalls and drinking a bit for the past two days while I setup this process and made sure I understood it. So I wasn't in the frshest mindset, plus I had to use a nug of weed to "mop up" some of the more "mushy" shards. I got two good hits and instantly and I knew I was tripping. I relaxed went with it, never experienced a moment of fear, but mostly just saw comlpex geometric patterns and felt extermemly good. I think the weed messed with it, plus the adderall still in my system gave me too much ego-overdrive. But at least I know the 411 now. I'm already doing my 2nd pull on that first batch. I got 7 more OZ of MHRB too, so I'm debating whether to do a full out A/B extraction with the bulk of the bark and go for broke.

I would say my results were probably about the average, maybe above average considering I improvised a few things that worked out nicely. Mostly I just made sure I had extras of every ingredient, and tons of lab equipment in case the sep. funnell wasn't for me. Overall I'm more excited about doing ayahuasca now. But we'll see after I get a "true" trip to hyperspace.

I did my first A/B extraction yesterday/today using Q21Q21's A/B vinegar/lime TEK. The dish with the first 2 pulls of naphtpa is in the fridge at the moment. In there for about 4 or 5 hours and the naphtpa is really clouded and the first crystals seem to be forming. The TEK is simple, straight forward and food safe.

Not sure what yield I'll end up with tomorrow, but I'm curious because the solvent looks promising.

Well done on the successful extraction!

If i were you, I wouldn't do a bulk extraction on your remaining 7 ounces. First of all, if something goes wrong you lose a lot of bark and therefore DMT. Usually things can be salvaged if nothing has been thrown away, but if you spill it all over your floor or something, you are screwed. Second, your DMT will keep longer whilst in bark form and if you get searched for any reason, you can't get in trouble for having the bark. If you get caught with a load of DMT however... you go to the slammer with dudes touching you in weird places. Not fun.

Welcome to the Nexus by the way