Q21's white DMT tek seems to be the way for many people, especially novices and people who don't want to be working with nasty lye. I have been doing some research about the tek and I thought I would do a small compilation of things that help to reach good results from the tek. Here's just my small share but
please add your tips too.
-Use a glass or metal bowl for mixing as plastic might leave some residues from scraping while mixing and in worst case will be dissolved in naphtha. When using glass, make sure it's not cold before pouring in boiling water, otherwise it might crack!
-When adding splashes of water during the freebasing step, make sure it's boiling/almost boiling, it's no longer mentioned in the tek(it was updated yesterday)
-Another thing that is not mentioned after updating is the duration of how long the lime/MHRB/vinegar mix should be freebasing(before it was 2-5 hours), now q21 mentioned this on another board:
~10-15 minutes for at least 60-70% of the DMT to be freebased.
Within 1 hour 80-90% is freebased
The final 10-20% is freebased within a 24-48 hours.
-Use a fork or other similar object when mixing with naphtha, it will help the naphtha to be absorbed more evenly
-If you feel that after scraping off the crystals they still might have some naphtha trapped inside, redissolve it in acetone, here's more info about the procedure:
https://www.dmt-nexus.me...spx?g=posts&t=17798
-When heating the naphtha with water from bottom bowl, use less heat for first two pulls for whiter crystals, for later pulls you can use boiling water
-After pulling the crystals out from the freezer, it is recommended to put them under slight breeze(such as fan on "light" setting), to prevent the crystals from redissolving back into the remaining naphtha
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So here's some info I have acquired and I think it will help other novices as they aren't so often mentioned.
So if you have any more tips PLEASE ADD
Good luck with the holy spice!
SWIM's result with this tek(0,25 gram batch):