Fail Fighter
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- Apr 25, 2008
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ps... 10ml dh2o IS air-dryable. and I don't understand how pushing a solution through a filter is so annoying... it takes about 3 seconds. Evapping 10ml dh2o takes about... 5 minutes? Just face it, man, it's a good method which will give a MUCH better yield than a coffee filtered isopropanol-soaked mess. There, I said it, your method sucks compared to mine... HA!
pps... I've done plenty of extractions in my life and, from my experience, micron filtering pills is FAR easier than soakin' em in alcohol, trying to get the mess through a coffee filter, repeating the soak and filter, etc etc etc. So, until you TRY the method I described, just stop. For everyone's sake...
10ml? You're supposing that someone is going to do single-dose extractions? You'll likely have a lot of water to evap, which is a huge pain. I've had alkaloid extractions go bad before due to bacterial growth (purple or pink globs start to form on the solution meniscus). And then it's a total loss. Worst one I had go bad was after only 8 hours, and the beaker was pre-sanitized (i.e. it was most likely an airborne contaminate).
The alternative is to spray the pills down with iso, with leaves behind a filtrate that will dry in a minute or two, even with large batches. Couldn't be easier. And I've preached about micron filtering non-stop since I joined this forum. I usually suggest 5uM or so (depending on situation), which is not too small to vacuum filter. 2uM is exponentially harder to vacuum filter (very slow drip). By mentioning micron filtering, I'm by no means referring to a syringe + wheel filter.
Also, the water method does not filter out the sugar. I'm not sure how much sugar is in a 10mg Adderall, but the sweet taste tells me it's a significant amount.