Amonia water/Na2CO3
1.fGUP were added to a small beaker along with AmOH. But no creamy consistency was ever attained, the ammonia water just sat on top of the GUP.
2.Soaked overnight with stirring every now and then. What looks like a film forms after a period of time on it's surface. The film was thought to be pfed.fb, but it was wishful thinking to assume it all was.
3.The NH3/pfed was extracted 3 times with lukewarm xylene. At this point it becomes apparent that the film was made up substantially of cellulose ethers/hydrogels or similar
4.The yield was low, at .3g, but the result was clean, with no visible signs of orange, yellow or PEG, although the fb crystals were slightly elongated, they had a definite opalescent glisten to them, which is a sign of purity.
Problems: cellulose binders made a good yield difficult. But that could have been because the “creamy” consistency wasn't attainable.
TT (modified)
1.fGUPs were shaken up in a shaker with 2 tblspns of Na2CO3, then added to a coffee jug.
2.Xylene was added to the GUP/Na2CO3. Stirring and spraying with H2O was constant, and was continued with careful observing of the GUP texture. This was continued for about 30mins.
3.Stirring continued long after the spraying was complete, maybe 2-3hrs, at which point the temperature was brought up to about 30-35C.
4.1st Pull
5.Xylene replaced, stirring continues for another 30min, temperature was brought up to 30-35C - 2nd pull.
6.Repeated step 5 - 3rd pull.
7.A few cups of h2O were added to bring about a regular A/B situation. This was left along for 6hrs following fresh xylene addition.
8.4th pull.
9.Combined pulls are poured through two(just in case one has a break) filter papers to remove any rogue cellulose fragments or other.
10.Upon evaporation, a yield of .7g of pretty clean pfed.fb is formed.
Problems: no defense against yellow. Becomes increasingly difficult with scaling up.
Rough OH extracts, waterbased A/B
IPA was prepared using 70% rubbing alcohol, salted out with NaCl, and dryed with CaO. (MgSO4 can't be used)
1.fGUPm was added along with 3 volumes of 95% IPA, with stirring. Plastic wrap and a rubber band was used to cover the stuff.
2.After about 1-2hrs the first OH extract was carefully made, it was clear to slightly cloudy.
3.Repeated step 2, 4 more times.
4.The beaker containing the GUPs which was being extracted from has Na2carbonate and water added. A lot of cellulose shows it's face with the water and the base present.
5.The OH pulls are evaporated in a very small dish at room temp. to reveal pfed.salt, and a small amount of PEG. Water is added to the dish, syringed up, and transferred back to a clean beaker.
6.The H2O/pfed.fb is based with solid Na2CO3, tiny amounts of cellulose appear.
7.3 pulls were done with lukewarm xylene and added to the pull done in step 4.
8.evaporation of the xylene arrives at a yield of .6g of clean pf.fb.
Problems: no defense against yellow. Time consuming and a bit fiddly. Partly susceptible to cellulose binders. Difficult maintaining anhydrous alcohol over the course of the procedure.
The pills most likely didn't contain yellow of course~!. They were a popular brand of 12hr 120s, 1 pack per experiment.
Prepuce! What do you think went wrong? Has swim had any cellulose problems in his experiments?