I noticed an admin deleted the wiki article. I didn't see an explanation but I'm guessing it is because I did something wrong. I apologize.
So this is what I will be doing, based off of
Earthwalker's tek. This is just his tek but I saw some parts were left out or maybe just implied. Either way, as a newbie I had some difficulty following some parts of his post so I re-organized it in step by step format like a recipe.
I would be forever indebted to anyone who could look this over real quick and double check that I did not misinterpret anything. Thank you very much!
== Step 1: Freeze/Thawing ==
1) Add 100 g ACRB powder to 2 L bottle.
2) Add 500 mL water (tap is fine), gently swirling until thoroughly mixed.
3) Place bottle in freezer until mixture is completely frozen (can take 6 hours or more).
4) Once frozen, remove bottle and allow to thaw. Use hot water bath to speed the thawing process.
5) Once thawed, leave in hot water bath for 2 hours at around 50 C or until the mixture is the same temperature as the hot water bath.
6) Freeze again for a total of 3 freeze/thaw cycles.
== Step 2: Acidifying ==
1) Add vinegar for pH of 2 - 3 (50 - 60 mL) and allow this to sit in heat bath for 1 - 1/2 hours, gently mixing occasionally.
2) Gently swirl, careful not to create an emulsion by causing bubbles or aeration.
== Step 3: Salting ==
1) Measure out 80 g salt and dissolve in 400 mL of hot water to make dissolving easier.
2) Add an additional 600 mL water to the saline solution.
3) Add the saline solution to the acidic mixture in the 2 L bottle. The 2 L bottle should contain about 1.5 L so far.
== Step 4: Basifying ==
1) Measure 50 g lye and SLOWLY add it to 300 mL COLD water in a well-ventilated area. Do not pour water onto lye!
2) When the lye is dissolved, add it to the acidic saline soup that's in the 2 L bottle. It will go almost black.
3) Top off the 2 L, leaving sufficient room for naphtha to pull (about 50 mL). The pH should now be over 12.
4) Place the basic 2 L mixture in a warm water bath for at least 2 hours, gently mixing occasionally.
5) Remove after 2 hours and optionally allow to cool before proceeding. Some say to add naphtha when warm but this doesn't matter for this tek as we're doing a defat.
== Step 5: Adding Naphtha ==
1) Warm about 400 mL of naphtha INDIRECTLY in a hot water bath. Naphtha is highly flammable so do not use direct heat or open flames.
2) Add 50 mL of the warmed naphtha to the 2 L bottle mixture, mixing/shaking gently for a good 45 - 60 seconds, being sure the naphtha reaches all parts of the dark mixture.
3) Allow it to separate fully (can take 3 to 5 minutes).
4) Repeatedly mix/shake again for a total of three times.
== Step 6: Initial Pull ==
1) Once the mixture is fully separated into two layers, pipette out the top non-polar (naphtha) layer with a glass pipette/syrine/baster. Be extremely careful not to disturb the bottom dark red layer or get any dark red specs in with the pulls.
2) Collect all pulled naphtha in a single glass container. It now contains the DMT.
3) Repeat this step at least 5 - 6 consecutively times, adding fresh warm naphtha each time.
== Step 7: Defatting ==
1) Create an acidic solution with around 500 mL of water and a pH of 2 to 3 like in step 2.
2) Add this 500 mL acidic solution to a 1 L glass bottle with a narrow neck.
3) Pour the naphtha that has been pulled from the basic soup into the 1 L bottle with the new acidic solution.
4) Vigorously shake and allow to separate.
5) Repeating shake & separate for a total of ten times.
6) Now pipette out the top brown layer (naphtha) and discard as this contains the plant fats and oils. The bottom (clear) 500 mL acidic solution contains the DMT.
== Step 8: Mini A/B & Extraction ==
1) Measure 200 mL water and add 50 g lye to it, dissolving completely.
2) Pour this into the clear 500 mL acidic solution. It will turn white immediately.
3) Top off the 1 L bottle with additional water, leaving about 50 mL for naphtha as in Step 4.
4) Add 50 mL of fresh naphtha and vigorously shake. Allow to separate and repeat for a total of 5 times at least.
5) Pipette out the top layer, transferring it to a large glass baking dish for freeze precipitating.
== Step 9: Freeze Precipitating ==
1) Pre-evaporate with a fan blowing across the dish until half the liquid evaporates.
2) Cover the dish with plastic wrap or with anything that creates an airtight & watertight seal (like a large ziploc bag).
3) Freeze for 18+ hours so crystals will form.
4) After removing from freezer, drain excess naphtha from the dish into a jar.
5) Tilt dish on its side and face fan to dry for a couple of hours. Do this as quickly as possible.
6) After a couple of hours drying, crystals can be scraped for use.
7) Later pulls can be done until the bark is spent. Later pulls done singly don't require a defat and this is a good way of seeing if bark is still putting out.