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The Big & Dandy N,N-DMT Extraction Thread - Elves are watching

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bradoi, I wouldn't worry about a little dampness but I'm sure opinions vary a lot regarding that. Try evaping it over low heat or letting it air dry some more to see if anything changes.

Extracted the first three pulls of my remaining bark yesterday... Might do a fourth later this weekend.

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how dangerous is it to heat the naptha to facilitate evaporation? im not afrid of it catching on fire because its only a few ml, but is there danger the DMT will evaporate/vaporize as well?
 
there is a little risk of losing some, you just have to be very attentive to it.
 
well, it turns out patience was all i needed. unfortunately i almost completely fucked up the first batch, but important lessons were learned. also, it was only 50g MHRB, so no biggy. and the resulting quantity was still enough for 2 trips :)

anyway, i have a question about storage. now i have a nice heap of ~250mg (0.5% seems pretty decent for a novice), and i'm thinking of storing it (and future extractions) in some sort of amber lab jar, but i'm a bit worried about material sticking to the sides and bottom. any thoughts and suggestions?
 
I store my extracted DMT in an envelope folded from wax paper which is then put into a plastic ziplock bag in the fridge. The DMT doesn't stick to the wax paper and the plastic bag keeps it airtight.
 
you're welcome :)

some even make a smokeable blend from shredded caapi and DMT (called "changa"). This gives you the spice + maoi all in one blast from the pipe.
 
I've just bought some changa actually... my friend bought some at teh same time and said it's very nice and visual... His mum said she wanted to lol.

Have yet to do my own first extraction - just thinking about how much of all the chems I will need for a few runs...
Will be getting it from my old school to start with.
 
im getting pretty small yields this time around. after 3 pulls on ~50g bark i'm only yielding a total of 177mg. roughly 0.35% dmt =/

weak bark maybe? i went well over 1g/1g on the basification using STB so i figure that must be the reasoning. also using 50ml or less of naphtha in all my pulls and i'm freeze-preciping them. my last pull was about 60mg which is about as much as the other two pulls so i believe there may still be more to get at.

im evaping the naphtha i've been using for these three pulls and will use some fresh stuff because the last pull got a bit yellow.

you think i can improve on this 0.35% or is it safe to conclude this late in the game that i may just have some low potency bark?
 
just added another 10g naoh. there's no way i could possibly be under-basified at this point. we'll see if that helps after i let it sit for a couple hours and then start another pull.
 
weird. this 4th pull has been my largest pull so far. i'm now close to 0.5% which is a significant jump. perhaps the added naoh did help. can't imagine how i could have been under-unbased but eh, i'll guess i'll keep pulling at it.

could the smaller yielding pulls be because i'm using so little solvent or would that even matter? i'm getting consistent pulls from 60mg to 70mg each go. i haven't reached a noticeable taper yet so i guess i'll just keep chippin away at it. just seems more drawn out than the first time i did an extraction.
 
I’m going to be attempting my first DMT extraction soon and I think I have a pretty good idea of what to do, but would like some input from people who have done it before. I realize there are already well written teks but some of the terms are confusing to me so I thought I'd write it out in my own words just to be clear.

Ingredients
• MHRB powder 100g
• Water- 1.5 liters
• 150g lye- http://www.essentialdepot.com/servlet/the-26/4-lbs-Technical-Grade/Detail
• Naphtha- 150ml http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?...utm_medium=se&utm_campaign=V9124&cookietest=1
*Note: I will increase the volume if my first try is successful

Tools
• A one gallon pickle jar for the main part of the extraction.
• Three quart jars to freeze the naphtha
• A plastic turkey baster to siphon the naphtha off (is there anything that works better and can be made/ bought cheap)
• Coffee filters to filter out the crystals once they have crystallized in the freezer.
• A rubber spatula and ice-pick to get any stubborn crystals out of the jar.
• Rubber gloves and plastic goggles
• Vinegar in case of spills

Method
• Start by adding the Lye and water to the gallon jar, stirring until dissolved.
• Add the MHRB to the gallon jar, shake, and let sit for 20 minutes (should I wait longer?)
• Heat the naphtha by sealing it in a jar and putting it in a pot of heated (but not quite boiling) water for 15 minutes.
• Add the naphtha to the gallon jar and shake vigorously every ten minutes for 30 minutes. Then use the turkey baster to siphon off the naphtha and put it into the quart jars. (repeat three times so all three jars are full)
• Put the quart jars in the freezer overnight. (should I wait longer? does shaking periodically help?)
• The next day take the jars out and quickly filter the contents through a coffee filter. Scrape out any residue that sticks to the inside of the jar with an ice-pick and spatula.
• Save the used naphtha for future extractions.

Please comment on anything you think I could change/improve. I have no knowledge off chemistry so use noob friendly terminology please. :D
 
-150ml maybe a bit too much naphtha but is close enough it should work

-dont shake the jar when you've added your naphtha. you'll be asking for an emulsion to form. gently turn it end over end repeatedly, swirling it about for a minute or so then let it separate and repeat a couple of times. then go siphon the naphtha.

-i personally think a turkey baster would be difficult with small volumes of solvent (ive never used one for this kind of extraction though). i use plastic disposable 5ml pipettes but i've only ever done 50g extractions so my solvent volume is even less. many people also use needle-less syringes that you can pick up at any drug store in the pediatric section.

-you'll only need a half-pint jar for collecting the naptha 150ml = nowhere near a quart.

-once it's in the freezer leave it until there are no more crystals coming out. i almost always over night it. shaking won't help anything and may actually redissolve what has precipitated.

-use an xacto knife to scrape your crystals. you can recover residue left behind by collecting another pull in the jar or re-disolving in naphtha and evaping.



when i have my precip and have decanted the naphtha off i place collection jar and place it back in the freezer upside down so any residual naphtha doesnt redissolve the crystals. i usually let it sit in the freezer upside down for about an hour then take it out and let the jar evap and scrape it up. this is an optional step but i do it every time.
 
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