Extraction - First Attempt-Input needed

[rndrumgd]

Hello Everyone,
SWIM tried an extraction following the Trakman Tek. There were some possible areas of failure that they experienced. SWIM would like to get some input:

Steps (note- pet ether step replaced with CWE)
1. Grind seeds in coffee grinder or blender.
-used 1oz Seeds weighed, ground to a powder

2. Soak powder in cold water for 3 days shake twice a day.
-used boiled water that had been cooled in the frig. This could have been the first mistake, Next time SWIM will use distilled water. Also the filtering process did not work at all. Any coffee filter was instantly clogged so a shirt was used. Will use a reusable filter next time.

3. Evaporate all the water until only a brown sludge remains.
-Heres where it was different...what remained was little sludge but more so a hard resin that had to scraped off the pan with a knife. Almost smelled like Gak. Anyone else end up with this result here?

4. Place it back in the jar and add alcohol 2oz.
-ended up using 3oz.

5. Soak, shaking frequently, for 3 days.
-did it for 4 days

6. Filter again
-again had to use a shirt, this could have been another point of failure.

7. Drink the alcohol to achieve desired effect.
-1oz of solution produced mild sedation, nothing else really.
-2oz of solution produced a spacey feeling and peripheral flutters.

Anyone else tried this TEK and had good results?
For the next extraction SWIM plans to correct any errors based off recommendations plus:
1. Prior to CWE will soak in lemon juice for a few hours
-dont know if this has any value
2. Prior to drinking the solution will add Peppermint oil
-dont know if this has any value
3. Also plan to do all the steps only at night and keep it always refrigerated (did refrig during cwe, did not refrigerate the alc when soaking for 3 days)
What do the people say? Thanks

[vipergts2207]

Two things that MAY have been wrong. SWIY used water that wasn't distilled. Only use distilled water. Second, how high was the proof of SWIY's alcohol. The higher the better.

[rndrumgd]

Interesting, from some other advice on another board, they reccomended skipping the water extraction because the alc extract is a polar extract. SWIM might settle down and try some pet ether in the next test. The alc was 151 proof Everclear, the only thing available in this state

[vipergts2207]

Yeah SWIY did kind of go in a round-about way. In SWIM's extraction, SWIM only used distilled water to make sure all of the containers were clean, not for a solvent. There is a thread here on how to make a 15 ml tincture. Try that method. SWIM completed it last week, but can't sample it to test the results for another week or so.

[twitehell messenger]

joe (AFOAF) is currently in the middle of a 100 seed hbwr extraction and this is how he is doing it to achieve a "goop" that can be put in caps and eaten or disolved into alcohol when dried out for storage (this is joes goal).

joe has been researching and using lsa containing seeds (mostly hbwr as others are hard to find in his place of resedents) for quite some time now and has tried many different methods that he has found on the forum. his favourite method so far is the peppermint tea tek, very simple yet he believes achieves great results. the only problem is it cannot be stored so therefore everytime he wishs to trip he must prepare the brew. joe has looked over other methods and likes the LSH 15 ml tek. he is currently trying it out for himself with the seeds having soaked for a day now he plans to leave them for 2, filter of the liquid and keep, then re-extract the seeds for a further day just incase any lsa is left. as he has used 100 seeds he plans to let the filtered off alcohol (95% polish spirit) evaporate to leave the goop. further he will leave the goop in a dark place untill it becomes a little bit more of a dryer substance. then as 100 seeds were used on average there should be around 10 trips worth of powder. joe then plans to dilute the powder into 2ml of alcohol and 1 ml of peppermint oil (not sure how this bit will go) so then he only need one drop from a dropper bottle to have a decent trip.

[rndrumgd]

SWIM is going for round two.
will be following the same steps with the following changes:
1. Cold Distilled Water
2. Half as much Water (a glass)
3. 3 day cwe
4. Refrig alc polar extraction
5. keep in freezer and add 5 drops peppermint oil.
6. Do not remove until dose.