Hey everyone, during the step in marsofolds tek of polar extraction.

i accidentally put the whole water vinegar solution in the crock pot rather than doing it 50% -> 25% ->25%. are there any tips for what i can do right now? thanks

hmm.i think we are on the same boat,


i did one big pot,
:/



now when i pull i get nothing.

it's been cooking for about 3 hours. i was thinking about cooking it over night? anyone else?

i only did 2, but im thinking im going to have to do more.





and i think thats overkill.


from what i've read recently.

Just cook it as instructed and do two more extractions with the proper amount of water, combine everything and reduce it down to a manageable volume.

thanks a lot! but about reducing it to a manageable volume, how would i do that?

The same way you would reduce a sauce, by evaporation through slow further cooking.

would it lessen my yield?

It won't. You will be evaporating the liquids, not the salts contained. Just do it at low setting and keep your eyes in it so it does not get burned.

so i went on with the extraction with out simmer and it is now freezing! it looks like crystals are forming within 2 hours of freezing! very excited

reading through the tek i failed to realize the tip of using as less naphtha as possible. i used about 300ml in the pull and it's pretty much all in there.
it's freezing now so should i take it out from 24 hrs, filter, and place it back in the freezer and repeat about 3 times? or should i reduce it? thanks!

300ml in one large pull might be too much or not, depending on how much plant material you had to start with. Anyways, it's recommended to do several pulls from the basified mix, even if you were using warm solvent, since one only pull won't pick up all the alkaloids.

I would check the solvent in the freezer once the time has passed. If you have precipitate, filter it out, recover the naphtha, and re-use it for a second pull. Whether you can use most of the 300ml in that second pull or not depends on how much root bark you had to start with.

If the solvent has no visible precipitate, that means it was not saturated enough. You will have to evaporate it partially and try the FP again.

Also, I advise you to do a little more homework, read the wiki and do some site searches when necessary. Answers are there.