STB made easy!
Materials:
Mimosa Hostilis Root Bark (Jurema)
Glass-bodied Blender (Hamilton Beach 450W)
Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
Distilled H2O
Distilled White Vinegar (Acetic Acid)
1 half gallon glass jug (Or, HDPE if one so chooses that route)
1 gallon glass jug (Again, HDPE is acceptable to some parties)
Organic Vapor Respirator
Nitrile gloves
Safety Goggles/Glasses
100 % Toluene
100% Naphtha
500 ml measuring cup (Glass, Polypropylene)
150 ml accurate measuring (Same)
Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
2 oz. Glass Turkey Baster
5 ml Eye Dropper
Glass bowls
Kombucha Bottle
Manilla Card funnel
Two Large Pyrex Baking Dishes, as flat bottomed as possible (13x9x2 or larger)
5 inch stainless steel stir stick
Paper Towels
Setting Up:
Grind up whole bark in the blender, or order pre-powdered bark(remember, pre-powdered may contain adulterants that add a red tint to naphtha).
For 250 grams of plant material, add 3750 ml water to your jugs. (2500 in the gallon jug, 1250 in the half gallon.) Next, add NaOH, 250 grams. Allow NaoH to dissolve fully and the exothermic heat to disperse to a temperature below 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Add powdered/shredded root bark to jugs, (150 grams in the big jug, 100 in the smaller.) Stir and allow to settle, I have found that the base solution is ready to pull on within an hour. Leaving it overnight isn't a bad idea to allow for the plant material to break up. The ratio of plant material to lye to water is 1:1:15.
Beginning to Pull:
When the base solution is ready to go, then it is time to add the solvent. 75-100ml per pull does the trick (25 small jug 50 big jug, or 50/50, personally I like to use smaller amounts as to not waste solvent). There are two routes one can take: Naphtha pulls a much more pure product, toluene pulls the whole spectrum of alkaloids in the plant. Stir the jug semi-gently (make sure not to aerate the solution, but make sure to mix it). If alone, set down one jug when its mixed, then stir the other, if you have a helper then both spin at the same time time it about 15 minutes.
Start a tub of hot water. Make sure it is under 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Put the jugs in the hot water bath to separate. Time this about 15 minutes. Add NaOH (10-15 g each time) after each pull(because the pH of the solution drops with each pull). Pull three times with naphtha, then three with toluene, or pull six times with with toluene.
If you do three naphtha and three toluene, do the naphtha first on one day, sodium carbonate/water wash and evaporate it, then do the same the next day with toluene. The benefit of doing six pulls with toluene and washing those and evaporating that result is expedience, the toluene evaporates twice as fast as naphtha (netting over an eighth of spice in one day!), and I personally prefer the mixed full spectrum's effects to the pure white crystals or the red goo.
Evaporating:
After you gather up all (or as the case usually is, 90-95%) of your solvent laden with alkaloid, wash it in sodium carbonate and distilled water. 100ml H2O /5 ml sodium carbonate has successfully cleaned 350-400ml solvent. This wash works on either solvent. Pull off all the clean solvent w/alkaloids and pour this into a baking dish.
Now, a second dish isn't VITAL if you want to put it in a bowl, I just do this in case a sizable amount is left in the holding tray. (There rarely is, though) BUT, the OTHER baking dish IS vital. Take the solvent about 1 fluid ounce at a time into the main evaporate tray, toluene takes about 5 minutes per fluid ounce to evaporate, naphtha takes about 10. Evaporate the entire solvent mass if toluene, or even so if with naphtha, but with naphtha you have the option of freeze precipitating the alkaloid out.
To do THIS, evaporate about half to two thirds of your naphtha, then put the rest in an airtight jar with a nice cylindrical profile (little nugget jars are BEAUTIFUL) and put it in the freezer overnight. If done right, there will be what seems to be a bang grip of tiny snowflakes on the bottom and sides of the jar, and some yellow stained solvent (the yellow left over is plant fats and oils, and contains a small amount of spice, so evaporate this naphtha and gather that result). Pour off the solvent and evaporate it, (as the parentheses said, hah) and take the jar and reseal it, and place it UPSIDE DOWN in the freezer. Wait for 3-4 hours. Take the lid off the jar upside down, as the remaining solvent will be in the lid. remove and evaporate with the other solvent you got before. The crystals are still not TOTALLY dry, but they are close. Try VERY hard not to allow too much condensation to form, although water and DMT are not soluble in the least (unless it is a salt, of course) it is a pesky asshole to get off your crystals.
Now, back to evaporating results: As the last little bit of liquid catches on the pan, its getting real close to time to scrape the result. Get a couple razor blades, and clean the packing oil the blades are kept in, off of the blades with some naphtha. A little dab on a paper towel or a cloth towel even will do you just fine. Now that you have clean razor blades, turn your attention to the pan. If you kept it pretty calm during evaporation, ther should be very little stuff on the sides and corners, but if there is, that isn't a problem. Be very careful, and meticulous and gather the result into one goopy pile. It goes through phases, an oily, liquid state, that starts to cloud up and get a little gummy, then it starts to really go opaque and act like spackle, then finally after about an hour of working it around it solidfies entirely. Sometimes more time, sometimes less.
An interesting note, EVERY single batch, even from the same batch of bark, though it may yeild the same amount, acts different and has its own special needs. This text is meant to be a comprehensive guide, not an end all be all, as no technique is the end all be and all no truth is, either. Everything is infinite and everything is love. But remember that infinity is also nothing and love can be evil, this world is what we make it. Much love, and good luck! I Hope this helps. **Pictures of the whole process to follow when I get some critiques and additions to make this more complete, and photos have been edited for anonymity.**
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