Hi all,
Just wanted to share my experience with extracting for the 1st time. I did the A/B method with 100g of MHRB extract (not sure if it was pure root bark, because it was advertised as skincare powder) Phosphoric acid with distilled water (ph 3-4), roughly 2:1 bark powder to lye ratio and Heptane for the solvent. I did three 1,5h acid cooks and filtered our the powder with a screen print cloth and coffee filters between each cook. The liquid was foggy/clear and had a red tint. Then I dissolved 20-30g of lye in 100ml of distilled water and ended up with 1L of aqueous solution when i combined the two. I then added 100-150ml of warm Heptane. I had some trouble with layer separation and emulsions at first, so i added about 20g of lye. The solution was heated to about 50-60 degrees and shook about 5 times for each pull
The 1st pull gave me 300mg and the 2nd one 150mg. In the 3rd pull there was almost nothing left. I re-used the Heptane in all pulls.
In the end i had about 450mg of sticky yellowish product, which i washed in 50ml of warm fresh Heptane.
The final result was almost pure white product.
I had the product lab tested and the result was 95% pure DMT.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with my first attempt. I'll try a different MHRB source next time, and I'm curious if the yield will be better.
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Any recommendations for next time? Is anyone also lab testing their product? I'm curious to hear other's results.
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