mdbnkc,
You really should track down & read as many different teks as you can (both
A/B and
Straight To Base teks),
before starting your first extract!!
Learning what each step is doing and why each is necessary, was key to me refining my method down to getting clear-to-white, crystal shards right out of the freezer!! No recrystallization needed!!
I suggest finding & at least
reading "
Vovin's Tek"!! (U can find it by searching on this board)
A very detailed & informative,
albeit long reading, A/B tek.
IMHO,
Straight To Base teks are a fucking mess and almost always
require a recrystallization to get a good clean yield. So even though they have less steps & seem like they would take less time, the extra steps in most
A/B teks are there to help clean the spice
as its being extracted in a very thorough way. So you end up with a cleaner product quicker.
Usually.
Trying to do any of this quickly usually results in a low quality yield!! And a fucking mess along the way!
(...and in worst case, you can actually get yourself hurt!! Lye is nothing to monkey around with!!)
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...didn't understand that Naptha not only defats the solution, but pulls the crsytals as well
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The naptha (non-polar solvent) attracts fats & bases.
When the bark solution is still in its
acidic state, doing a naptha mix/separation pulls out unwanted plant fats and is then discarded (defat step). At this time, the DMT is in its acidic state, as liquified DMT salt so it stays in the bark solution.
Once you have
basified the bark solution, the DMT is turned into its freebase form, so doing a naptha mix/separation now, pulls out the DMT freebase.
And its now cleaner, because the fats where removed while the DMT was still acidic. So they don't end up being pulled out
with your freebase!!
Also, You don't want an emulsion!!!
Do Not Shake the Mixture!!!
Turn it end over end for a good 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of your extract!!
Do your reading chap!!
Good Luck!!
WS