Damn Var keeps crashing in Everclear

Oxandrolone is soluble in ethanol at roughly 2mg/ml, not 20. It is soluble in DMSO at 20mg/ml. (according to Cayman Chemical)

I'd filter the crystals out, save them, and boil off the alcohol to precipitate the remaining crystals. Ethanol has a lower boiling point than water (around 173F), btw. Or you could pour it all into a shallow pyrex baking dish and evaporate it off slowly, scraping up whatever is left with a razor or credit card if you're concerned about heat.

For curiosity's sake, filter out the crystals, dry them, and weigh. If solubility really is 2mg/ml, then you should have about 9.2g that fell out of solution with only 800mg still left dissolved. Much less than 9.2g and you have to start wondering what's in your var that's more soluble in ethanol than the var itself.
Kind of like making ear wax without the butane.
 
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