Hi,

New member here. As I just signed up, I am unable to send KASH a PM. I have a question about the mescaline TEK. It mentions mixing in certain steps. Would stirring with a glass rod be enough for the mixing?

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-Rust

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If anyone can help..

Specifically step 6 in the tek. Not really sure how to mix. Should I be stirring or shaking the container?

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Personally, I would turn the jar end-over-end gently, being careful not to spash the liquid around. This will allow the NPS to mix with the aqueous layer thoroughly, without increasing the risk of creating an emulsion.

Basically anyway that gets the layer mixing together well. Turning the jar end over end is a good method without causing excess air to get trapped and cause a huge emulsion mess, which is more likely with shaking. Glass stir rod probably wouldnt cut it, more like a wooden spoon or the end over end method.

Great thanks!

I was able to get my hands on eight 12 inch cuttings. What is the maximum number of cuttings you would suggest I use?

What kind and have you tested the source before? If its pachanoi and you havent tested before I would recommend trying with 1 first before you put in a lot of uneccessary work. Pachanoi's are very unreliable with potency.

Ive got Bridgesii.

I think testing it is a good idea regardless.. If it turns out good, would doing a batch of 7 be too much?

One more thing. Is it possible to substitute the xylene/toluene with d-limonene?

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If you know what you are doing 7 would not be too much. Start small and then share your results.

Thanks, will do. I'm excited to give it a try.

Just curious about d-limonene. I know it is used to extract mescaline, I'm wondering if it could be used in place of toluene or xylene for this tek? Cant seem to find any xylene/toluene. Has anyone tried this?

Appreciate the help
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Yes indeed.

Great

In the additional purification part of the tek it stresses that the solvent ratios must be followed exactly. If I substitute d-limonene for toluene here, will the ratios for the other solvents remain the same?

Thanks for your continued help

Mescaline HCL was successfully extracted. I have a question about washing in cold mek. How exactly is this done. Mek was placed in the freezer for a few hours, a small amount was put in a beaker and 1g of mesc hcl was added to it. The mesc was smashed up and swirled around for a few minutes, then the mek was decanted off. The end result was not much different in appearance (light tan color).

Is this the correct procedure? Any tips would be great

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I don't have a mescaline tip but I bet if you add pictures your chances for good tips will go up!

Hello, glad to hear this ten worked well I am hoping to take a shot at it myself here soon. How much plate material did you end up using and was it wet or dryed?

never had much luck with washes of mek or acetone
now a re-x using either is trickier but makes for much nicer material.

with out writing for ages my method is like this:
add mek or acetone to dry powder you wish to purify
heat the mix (careful here! be safe- flamable solovents are more volatile when heated!!!!!!!) you might need to add a drop or two of water to get it to all disolve.
keep heating it to evap some of the mix and drive off any water
let it cool down- possibly move to freezer
filter pure needles from the mix and rinse with fresh ice cold anhydrous acetone

Two foot long cuttings of bridgesii were used. They were fresh cuttings which were diced up into small pieces. They were then frozen and thawed 3X.

The tek worked very well. I would suggest to pay particular attention to the salting phase. The first go, too much acid was used, resulted in a maroon color. The next go, drops were added a few at a time until ph 6-7.

Here is a pic after MEK wash. There was no pic taken before the wash, but the color was very close, maybe slightly darker.

Thanks, I'll give it a shot

Personally can't comment on your purification question but those crystals certainly do look scumptious , if you don't mind me asking how much weight did you end up with there?