Ok, so I ran it through some t5. It looks like the deposits disappeared, but that wax like substance got through. I’m thinking that’s phospholipids making it through cause I didn’t do the proper brine wash to remove it.
It totally dissolves in etho. I’m quite certain at this point that it isn’t any powders making their way through, so it must be something from the plant. So, I’m just going to adhere to proper protocol in the future and hope that this doesn’t occur again.
Salts
Well, it fucking happened again and there’s a kicker now. What if these deposits are actually water soluble pesticides? Cause the oil came back hot for tebuconazole and acequinocyl, but also had bifenthrin in it… I am now wondering if that is what’s been showing up, cause initially I thought it was powders slipping through the filter papers, but now I’m really not so sure anymore. Cause one of the things mentioned was a tingling sensation for up to 12 hours, which is exactly what I felt when I tasted it.
Thoughts?
Wipe it with a paper towel and solvent of choice and wring out the solution for testing
Yeah, you’re right. I have to do that.
Hey, did you ever find any cause/final solution here? We are having the same problem and are very perplexed. Also using Summit AC. Thanks
This is weird; it’s the same shit I see on my blasting dishes after resolving into ethanol and transferring to a beaker for freezing… I assumed it was fats n other impurities…
This is what I was thinking being water sol. But I wanted to read all of the replies before making my assumption.
acequinocyl might be caused by the acid they used to activate the carbon and wash away any ash. Are you getting side isomerisation?
" Specific grades of activated carbon are engineered to function in acidic chemical processes. Select activated carbons are acid washed to remove acid soluble ash in preparation for use in the acidic environments. Acids that are commonly treated are HCl, Phosphoric acid , and Sulfuric Acids ."
I found it happened more when using celite. I was able to remedy it by dissolving in etho or heptane and running it over a bed of t5. Alas i never got a clear answer to what it actually was. Also since it didn’t happen all the time it was even harder to figure out. Salts were mentioned as a possible culprit. That’s all i can say, unfortunately. I never sent it in for testing since we moved to other processes.
Edit:
I’m wondering if one could prewash the powders with water filter and then dry the powders out while activating in the oven to see if that could remove these deposits. Cause it could be residual acids as it burned my tongue when tasting it.
I just posted something about this, i think celite is probably the culprit. I think prewashing is the next step in ultra pure extracts using powders
