Hey guys, I'm pretty new and have been having a go at extracting my own. I was attempting to use GordtoTEK and have been having some troubles I'd put down to lack of experience. I was hoping you guys could help me.

When mixing the naphtha with the bark mixture, the naphtha was seemingly disappearing, and I wouldn't have had enough by the end of the 10 minutes to get anything out. I decided to restart the heating naphtha step and the mixing step again but on a lower heat and this seemed to work better however it still seemed less ideal than I would've wanted it to.

Here is a link to what both the dry and the naphtha (after a night in the freezer, currently drying) look like: Here.

I was concerned so I decided to make a Reddit post before and I got an unexpected reply: Here.

I live in Canada so the only Naphtha I could easily get was Ronsonal lighter fluid, in the post however some guy went off on how this wouldn't work and its toxicity. I have heard quite the opposite both on Reddit and this site however. I linked a couple of examples in said posts comments.

Anyways my questions are:
Is the Ronsonal lighter fluid anything to worry about or will the end results still be fine?
and
How can I make the second pull better? Do I add more water to make it wetter?

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

That happens sometimes (the mud pie abdorbing the solvent.) When it happens to me I just try again with some more naptha that day or the next. If you have at least three mud pies set and ready to go you dont worry about a failed extraction or low yield.
Naphta pulls better than ligther fluid but look at your results; those are some nice crystals, probably 3 full on breakthroughs if made into changa. (smoke changa in a bong, its effectiveness is insane!)
I wouldnt add water or if I would I would add just a sip and no more.

Ok, good to know I didn't completely screw up haha. I wanted to attempt changa so I'll keep your recommendation in mind. Thanks for the help!