JoeBananas
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Did I say acetic acid was not an acid? I know vinegar is an acid, but I wouldn't recommend using it when you can go to a pool supply or paint supply store and buy Hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) and it's much more efficient.
But in reference to Naptha, petrolium distillates are neither acidic or basic.
The vinegar is the acidic part to break down the bark, the lye is used to base the mix so the naptha can pull the dmt out of the mix. Vinegar works just fine, pulling about 3-4 grams of dmt(pure white) out of every 100grams of bark.How about your yields?
Oh and btw I use sep funnel I bought at the science/chemistry store. No plastic. I also cannot remember which of naptha, toluene, or xylene worked best for me.