Dirts Brew log

[Deskoze38192]

Absolutely 100% will hold test c 300 at 2/22. I have test c 350 holding right now 2/25

Yeah, I’ve even got Test C 300 to hold at 2/20 but crashes when it gets pretty cold

 

[dirthand]

I don’t know who you’re asking, but I’ll give you a reply. When I brew I use as little heat as possible. I actually keep my hot plate on the absolute lowest setting basically warm. I use a separate magnetic stirrer. Since I’m trying to use as a little heat as possible, I’m never bringing the brew up to a certain temperature because that is never the goal. I stir and then warm as needed. Using heat will bring your solution clear and then get the grainy particles dissolved pretty quickly and very little is needed for that Heat does damage raws.
Heat is never used to dissipate moisture if there is moisture in your brew, you fucked up and just throw it away

I bought a mixer with a digital heat setting just for this!! Most ones had like a 3 selection heat setting. This way I can go at a more precise setting. Does longer mixing times help?

 

[nightprowler7]

I bought a mixer with a digital heat setting just for this!! Most ones had like a 3 selection heat setting. This way I can go at a more precise setting. Does longer mixing times help?

Not really as long as the raw is dissolved. For higher concentration brews this takes a bit longer. I just pickup the beaker and look well at the oil. Once I noticed it's dissolved fully I keep it spinning but lower heat to 100-120F then add ba, spin 10min longer on high. Then filter at that temp too

 

[nightprowler7]

I started with syringe filters a little more than a dozen years ago. It was just basic test c at the beginning, and later with npp, mast and primo. Got more heavily into it these past few years with more equipment just because it was fun and I wanted more control over my gear, trying blends, etc. I’m a bit of a newbie brewer compared to many here.

Maybe one day if we are lucky you can share some blends with us.

I'm looking at a higher concentration no pip blend

250 test e/250 test c

2/26 because of test e already being a liquid at 80F. I haven't tried it yet, waiting a filter order. But I'm going to microbrew 20ml of it to try the recipe very soon.

 

[dirthand]

Maybe one day if we are lucky you can share some blends with us.

I'm looking at a higher concentration no pip blend

250 test e/250 test c

2/26 because of test e already being a liquid at 80F. I haven't tried it yet, waiting a filter order. But I'm going to microbrew 20ml of it to try the recipe very soon.

It may change but as for now I am just not a fan of blends.. I just want to make simple clean , safe gear that's no extreme high concentration but higher. I think 400 would be a little to high for mast and tren so I think imma go with 300. Plus that way I can split up 100grams of gear 3 ways at 33 grams to store it.

 

[nightprowler7]

It may change but as for now I am just not a fan of blends.. I just want to make simple clean , safe gear that's no extreme high concentration but higher. I think 400 would be a little to high for mast and tren so I think imma go with 300. Plus that way I can split up 100grams of gear 3 ways at 33 grams to store it.

There you go! Buy a vacuum sealer and silica packs for storing your raws.

 

[dirthand]

There you go! Buy a vacuum sealer and silica packs for storing your raws.

Got mylar bags and o2 absorbers

 

[nightprowler7]

Here is a photo of my test c 350mg/ml. Also check out my tiny beaker my friend got from karter scientific. It was a promotional gift to his work, or maybe they expect people to use it? Gonna need a tiny tiny stir bar!!

Clear no crashing at 73F

2/25 in mct (medlabsupply brand)

 

[HereToTeachAndLearn]

I'll be honest, I got a batch of vials that are crashed, and instead of tossing it as I normally would (I'm not reheating every time I want to pin, since it recrashes ofc), I decided to put one in the oven at (190f) 88c for 45 minutes and to my surprise, it's stayed in solution for weeks.

Makes me think the "coffee cup warmer" or other methods aren't fully dissolving the crystallized raws, and some tiny undissolved crystals were acting as "seeds" to initiate the crashing process, but the long period in the oven got it to full dissolution.

Does that temp(88c) and time(45min) likely damage the test is what I'm wondering though...

Not likely to cause any significant degradation . Bayer’s patent for one of their testosterone products has them doing a terminal sterilization at 160C for three hours.

Another study show zero degradation at 80C for 48 hours.

 

[Ghoul]

Not likely. Bayer’s patent for one of their testosterone products has them doing a terminal sterilization at 160C for three hours.

Another study show zero degradation at 80C for 48 hours.

Extremely useful info, thanks!

Now my only concern is contaminants from the stopper (mostly), and glass (much less likely) leeching into the oils. It's below autoclave temp for even cheap stoppers so I think it's be ok but who knows how the presence of hot oil, BA and BB might change that. Butyl Rubber is highly susceptible to penetration and breakdown from MCT oils from what I've read...

I assume the only way to transfer oils into sterile uncapped vials (So I could use a teflon coated stopper suitable for long term storage) is under some kind of hood? I don't want to penetrate a stopper in a precapped sterile vial intended for long term storage with a syringe.