Hello everyone! I've had the pleasure of frequenting these forums for a few weeks now and learning about the wonders of DMT
So, recently a friend of a friend of mine, SWIM, performed his first extraction!
SWIM followed whatchamacallit's STB tek using 500g of Mimosa purchased from Maya Ethnobotanicals. 250g was in pre-powdered form, and the other 250g was in bark form. The 250g in raw bark was reduced to powder and very flimsy bits by first cutting whole bark into ~1 inch pieces using a pair of flush cutters (~40 minutes of work), and then blended in a $29 blender for approximately one minute, occasionally stopping to mix around pieces that weren’t being hit by the blender blades.
From there, SWIM followed the procedure in the tek to the letter, with two exceptions. Firstly, due to time constraints, SWIM was only able to do 3 pulls, instead of the recommended 4 (or 5, or however many one wants...) Secondly, SWIM is Canadian, and did not have access to VM&P Naphtha. So, SWIM used Ronsonol lighter fluid to perform the non-polar extraction. It passed the evaporation test and worked like a charm!
And now, some pictures
After cutting away the jug used to freeze precipitate, and then pouring off the solvent into a jug, SWIM was greeted with this:
SWIM then waited a bit for any remaining solvent to evaporate and then scraped out the spice into a glass pan to dry further. Once all the spice was dry, SWIM weighed his product:
Since SWIM used 500g of Mimosa, 3.52g means that SWIM achieved a yield of 0.7%. This wasn't too disappointing, considering SWIM only did 3 pulls (and may have slightly rushed one of the pulls...)
A close up of the goods:
Overall, SWIM is pleased about his first extraction and is looking forward to trying DMT for the first time in the days ahead. SWIM is also open to any questions you guys might have for him