Talk:69ron's D-Limonene Mescaline Extraction

I'll be updating this page this weekend. --Digglover 06:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I've read this tek with great interest. I like it because, apart from being food grade all the way, the most dangerous chemical involved is the relatively "easy" Ca(OH)2 - no HCl or H2S04, which SWIM would never want to mess with.

SWIM has a few questions - maybe the points they rise could be incorporated into your new edited description of the tek.

1) BASIC MATERIAL Drying the cactus takes time and could possibly waste some alkaloids (different reports about the issue of drying aren't consistent). Do you think it could be possible to start with mashed fresh cactus, for example processing it in a blender? We're adding water back into the dried cactus anyway. Another tek I've read starts with frozen cactus, which also can be ground in a mixer. This allegedly helps by breaking cell walls. What do you think about these alternatives?

2) FINAL WASH Since MEK is not always easy to get by, it has been suggested replacing it with a mixture of d-limonene and ethanol. What would be the correct ratio? Would denaturated ethanol be OK?

3) CARBONATE How/when does it make sense to add carbonated water (seltz) to the process?

Globos 18:20, 4 April 2010 (UTC)