Okay, so I am completely new to this but Ive done an adequate amount of research Id say. I attempted my first extraction yesterday from 100g of mimosa and did 3 pulls I left it in the freezer for a day and a half, I could see some crystal not much but i couldnt get it out through a coffee filter. I then decided to evaporate and I got absolutly no dmt.
Materials I used:
Brand of lye was Roebics 100% lye and 1 gram per 1 gram of bark so 100g and an extra 3 g to be safe. Purchased from lowes.
Used Klean strip Naphtha from Ace hardware for the pulls, 1ml per g of bark per pull. All in all 300ml. I kept the pulls seperate for first freeze. Nothing that time in any of them except a few floaters. I them combined them and evaporated half the naphtha and put in the freezer a second time, nothing but a few floaters..
Nomans tek.
I used pre-powdered bark, supposedly it was inner root bark, I shot for that since i read it has the highest alkaloid content.
Details of extraction:
I let bark soak for about 3 hours in lye solution before adding naphtha and mixing. When I added the bark to the lye water it went like a real dark black/purple, more black than anything though. Is that a good sign?
Added 100ml of solvent and I shook for 1 minute and let rest until it all seperated. Repeated 3 more times. Naphtha was clear each time. Took around an hour to finish 3 pulls. Added another 100ml and let it all sit for a day and a half before removing. Tried freezing that seperate and saw a little crystal but when i removed it by hand, it disappeared and turned to an oil.
Did 4 pulls total the three were from the first day.
Did it in a safe plastic container. HDPE
Set my freezer to coldest temp and let sit for a little over a day and there was no build up of crystal at all. I could just see a little floating around.
When I evaporated I put a heating pad underneath and a fan blowing on it. Only thing i got was a minuscule amount of oil and brown sludge. Possibly dmt?? No white or yellow spots on the dish.
I followed the tek the best I possibly could. Im a little salty I didnt get anything from 100g of bark.
My only theories of what could have gone wrong is the bark was boof or the naphtha didnt pick anything up. The lye is good I know that and klean strip naphtha passed the dry test there was no oil after it evaporated. According to my research nomans tek is a good yielding, fast, and simple tek sutible for a beginner's like myself. I dont know where I went wrong if I did. Please feel free to share any information on the supplies you guys use and any theories you might have on how this could have happened.
Thank you to all who respond!
Godspeed
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