Smaller media bottle
So I have been doing a lot of valuable reading on the liquid measurement technique for chemicals. It all makes sense but the only thing which I find a bit annoying is storing and carrying around larger/bulkier containers (e.g. a 100 mL Pyrex Media Bottle) dissolved with the chemical along with a shady looking syringe.
A smaller 1 oz amber glass vial with a dropper is both easier to store, less conspicuous, and more portable. So I consulted this document at erowid:
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/dose/dose_info1.shtml#LionTech
Using the above information and all the other threads I have read on bluelight, I have come up with a procedure to use the amber vial to dissolve the exotic chemical. Here are the instruction for which constructive criticism is what I am seeking:
1) Take 100% of High proof Everclear Grain Alcohol or other high proof alcohol.
2) Measure the number of drops per your dropper by "giving one thorough squeeze to the bulb and sucking up as much liquid as possible" (use alcohol from Step #1) and dropping and counting one drop at a time. Let's say (just for example; u gotta count your's!) the dropper came out to 30 drops.
3) Measure the exotic powder weight you want to dissolve on a high precision milligram scale (a MUST or your whole measurement is off).
4) Carefully pour the powder into the glass vial.
5) Now fill up your dropper to full and drop 30 drops into the vial. Now you have a solution which is calibrated to x mg/drop. Of course with some exotics, you would want to dilute much more so you get 0.x mg/drop.
Example: Say you have 50 mg of DOx measured out pretty accurately. So if you put that in your vial and u have counted your full dropper capacity to be 30 drops and you put 30 drops in the vial also, you'd get a solution of (50 mg / 30 drops = 1.67 mg per drop). This is NOT a good solution density for such a chemical because the active dosage is in the single milligrams and you already have more than a milligram per drop!
So what can be done is you put 30 *more* drops in your vial (double the 30 drops so you'd need to fill up and empty your dropper once again) and you'd get a solution density of (50 mg / 60 drops = 0.83 mg per drop). This is getting better but you should make it even more diluted to be absolutely safe so put another 30 drops in and you get (50 mg / 90 drops = 0.55 mg per drop).
You can keep doubling the amount of solvent and get lower density (50 mg / 120 drops = 0.42 mg per drop, and so on) until you have achieved your desired density and/or the vial is full.
But make sure that if the vial is full, you do have a safe amount of mg per drop. The vial being full alone is not an excuse to stop dilution in which case you need a bigger bottle or you need to reduce the starting amount of chemical!
For other chemicals such as 2C-x series, you can dilute to 5 mg per drop. Again it is extremely important for any chemical to be weighed out accurately to begin with or your whole procedure is invalidated and you can be risking yourself or others (this can't be overstated)!
Now you have a vial calibrated to a safe amount per drop.
IMPORTANT:
Each time you dispense from this vial you need to use a permanent marker or some sort of tape to mark the level of the liquid in the vial. Do this by placing the vial on a level surface and marking off the level with a marker or tape. Next time when you bring out the vial and you know that it has not been used, you may notice that the liquid level has fallen below your marker. This is due to evaporation. It's very important that you put more solvent (Step #1) in the vial to bring it up to the old level before dispensing or your measurement will be off!
When storing the vial, put a clear plastic on the mouth before screwing on the dropper cap (you can punch the dropper through the plastic). This will prevent excess evaporation in the long term but the marker is still very necessary just in case.
Finally, make sure you clearly mark the density (mg per drop) on the bottle somewhere so you do not forget in the future.
I have collected this info from various threads and erowid. Again, constructive criticism is very welcome.
My question would be what type of solvent to use because I have read people using 100% alcohol OR 25% alcohol + 75% distilled water. I'd think that for a smaller vial, 100% alcohol solvent would work because the drops would not be enough to get one drunk. But I am not sure which is better for long term storage in terms of evaporation rate (water+alcohol vs. just alcohol).
HTH.
Al