Hello Gentleman,
I have been making distillate for about 5 months and have come a long way. I have just started r consistently making yellow distillate on my first pass but I have been seeing various companies post stuff that is literally water clear. One person in particular keeps posting pictures of his crude with the tag #watertek. I get standard crude very similar to those he posts pictures of and I am wondering what additional steps I need to do to improve my starting product. Here is my SOP
Dissolve crude in 200 proof ethanol on induction burner
add activated charcoal and a little diatomaceous earth 5% by mass of oleoresin
let cool to room temperature
pour through a tabletop buchner with a puck made out of bentonite/diatomaceous earth and a small amount of charcoal. pour repeatedly
Winterize until 0 c for 36 hours
pour through tabletop again to get rid of fats
then through a 2l buchner with a similar puck
product comes out a dark amber color.
then rotovap and into my short path
Here is a picture of my most recent (and best) first pass