Although this may have been covered before SWim Is trying To get THeir limonene dark and pee looking, However there appears to be little color Change, SWim Feels that Mush has not had enough base added to it. Swim is using mrs wages pickling lime in a 1g to 2 gm ratio with the bark. However Swims bark is still a light brownish color, Unlike the bark in q21q21's tek which is a light grey color which looks pretty basey. The mrs wages cans of lime that are close to swim contain 424g of lime. SO on like 200g of bark one should be using almost half of the lime in the canister? Swim used Quite a bit but bark is still light brown. Latly How long should one leave bark basifyed before nps phase? Will the process be thrown off by adding nps right away to the basified stew?. Remember SWim keep the bark and limonene warm via warm hottish water bath.. Thank you

SWIM was having exact same problems with appearance. And even one that was dark brown but not changing to grey when stirred. These attempts had: different shaped container, higher Lime:MHRB ratio, and finer ground MHRB than last time when SWIM's mush looked similar to the ideal of q21. Perhaps it relates to one of those variables?

SWIM's read here on the forums that even a 1:2 lime:MHRB ratio is almost overkill in terms of basifying so SWIY is fine there.
You seem to have the ratios right, just simple math (100-200g according to the tek and what worked last time for SWIM). It'd be useful to know the "why's" of the phenomena in this tek so SWIU (?) can diagnose problems better.

q21 says it takes longer for the DMT to freebase with lime, so 2-5 hours (SWIM does 4 hrs). So from what I gather SWIY could do solvent pulls earlier but would have to wait 2-5 hrs to do the last one or else there's no chance of getting it all. More than likely one would need to do two or more after that period to retrieve it all.

Is that all correct? Not super-experienced but trying to help out based on my experience...

Well, Swim Had added a bit more lime and "massaged" the doughy mix thoroughly, and let it sit for a couple of hours. Then Swim Took a A couple of dollops of the dough and attemped a micro extraction in the bath, at first the heat made it a bit too dry, THen SWim added jus a bit of water and gently mixed. Now Limo Looks a lot more like really dehydrated pee Yummy!(Never thought a Swimmer would say that). Amor_fati had said something along the lines of every single Spice molecule need to be on contact with the base , hence the blender in his tek.Swim felt like the jar Swim was mixing in was too constrained and by moving to a bowl like q21q21s tek, Swim was really giving the spice a rubdown. Thanks Boonefrog for that rundown ,

Sure! Sorry SWIM has never worked w/ d-limo or amor_fati's tek but it seems like SWIY is doing everything right.

Is SWIY planning on seeing the micro-extraction through to finish before proceeding? Let us know how it goes and I'm sure some of the older heads here will have answers for ya if need be

Well, this is the d-limo after an hour or so.. its got the look..

Well, SWim tried to post the pic like its visible without downloading.. oh well, This is a pick of the limo afte sitting in the fridge for 40 min, to allow any sediment to fall, That entity pokey said something about this..

Well, Now Swims following pulls have not been changing color, even almost 2 hours on a heated source. Damn, What could be up right now. Swim still feels like material is not based enough.If swim remembers correctly this batch my have just been vinagar juice from simmered mhrb, simmered down and based.

Some people use the vin & juice of the bark, setting the pulp aside like in vovins tek. Swims mush sure as not liquid but this could be the culprit. If only swiy could get q21q21 to weigh in on how a person could get their mush that white.. maybe its someting in the bark oxidizing with the lime.. For sure SWIm needs Progression, feels the dark powers of lye calling, for its known effectiveness.