Dirts Brew log

[DECLAN]

And honestly if that was the case I would just state "this gear I made is cloudy.. imma bang it and see how it goes"

It happens to me all the time brother but unlike you I don’t analyze why at all hahaha. It always end up in my ass with no pip and potency is on point, so I don’t put any thoughts about it at all.

I probably worried on the first few times but after a while I just thought it’s probably condensation on mixed and had to heat it up a little bit more then it clears after filtering.

 

[dirthand]

Test NO Ester

1.
BA 1.5
BB 20
G20
EO/MCT 50/50
The highest amount of solvents... holding in the freezer for a few hours
2.
BA-1.5%
BB-18%
G-15%
MCT/EO 70/30
Holding well in freezer for few hours
3.
BA-1.5%
BB-20%
G- 8%
MCT/EO 75/25
Never made it to freezer started snowflaking shortly after filter.
4.
BA-1.5%
BB-18%
G-12%
MCT/EO 60/40
Holding so far we shall see.
I will say there were a couple other disastrous batches i will spare you guys the details. As i have searched for receipts for TNE their just aint much post here or other places. I know most of the homebrewers here are strickly against guaiacol and EO. every source i have got TNE from obviously uses it. Batch 4 will be what i try if it holds till before i go to the gym later. Obviously batch 1 will got to the trash bin.

Wanted to kinda update on the tne recipes.
1&3 got threw out.
2 holding haven't used any
4 1 out of the 3 vials crashed and I've used about half a vial.. good stuff no pip

 

[dirthand]

It happens to me all the time brother but unlike you I don’t analyze why at all hahaha. It always end up in my ass with no pip and potency is on point, so I don’t put any thoughts about it at all.

I probably worried on the first few times but after a while I just thought it’s probably condensation on mixed and had to heat it up a little bit more then it clears after filtering.

The tren e I made was definitely cloudy but it cleared up. At first I was afraid it was dissolved membrain from the filter, but when it cleared up I was like you... oh well. So far everything I e made has been pretty smooth. I can put a ml of each for a total of 3ml shots.. no pip. I only made small 100ml batches. Now that I have it down a little I'm going to start making 250ml batches of each compound and send in samples for concentration, sterility, and microb testing on each batch.i didn't know jano offered those test but I read a post by @UncleBuns where he mentioned it. I curious to know.

 

[Ateam2023]

The tren e I made was definitely cloudy but it cleared up. At first I was afraid it was dissolved membrain from the filter, but when it cleared up I was like you... oh well. So far everything I e made has been pretty smooth. I can put a ml of each for a total of 3ml shots.. no pip. I only made small 100ml batches. Now that I have it down a little I'm going to start making 250ml batches of each compound and send in samples for concentration, sterility, and microb testing on each batch.i didn't know jano offered those test but I read a post by @UncleBuns where he mentioned it. I curious to know.

keep up the good work brother , i bet your building one hell of a good stash .....

 

[dirthand]

Yeah

keep up the good work brother , i bet your building one hell of a good stash .....

Yeah but a guy can only use so much gear..nit sure what im gonna do with all of it...

 

[edjohn88]

Just want to chime in since I'm having the same infuriating experience trying to find PTFE in stock... fortunately nylon works for most of what we do, but it's still difficult to find good deals on. FYI according to the chart, the only thing we should be buying is PTFE:

Membrane Filter Chemical Compatibility Chart

scientificfilters.com

I see PVDF mentioned everywhere, and even PES which is recommended specifically by Chase Irons is literally INCOMPATIBLE with benzyl benzoate, which rules it out for all of us.

 

[dirthand]

Just want to chime in since I'm having the same infuriating experience trying to find PTFE in stock... fortunately nylon works for most of what we do, but it's still difficult to find good deals on. FYI according to the chart, the only thing we should be buying is PTFE:

Membrane Filter Chemical Compatibility Chart

scientificfilters.com

I see PVDF mentioned everywhere, and even PES which is recommended specifically by Chase Irons is literally INCOMPATIBLE with benzyl benzoate, which rules it out for all of us.

KS-TEK.COM has sterile nylon bottletop filters..
You. An get PTFE syringe filters on Amazon.. PVDF will do if your solution does not have a high amount of solvent but I will not be buying anymore myself.

 

[edjohn88]

KS-TEK.COM has sterile nylon bottletop filters..
You. An get PTFE syringe filters on Amazon.. PVDF will do if your solution does not have a high amount of solvent but I will not be buying anymore myself.

Randomly, this item is cheaper thank kstek rn:
https://www.amazon.com/Foxx-Life-Sciences-325-5241-FLS-Polypropylene/dp/B01N5SM6UR

 

[dirthand]

Randomly, this item is cheaper thank kstek rn:
https://www.amazon.com/Foxx-Life-Sciences-325-5241-FLS-Polypropylene/dp/B01N5SM6UR

Yes I have looked I to those! if you will look those are non-sterile I beleive we have also discussed this issue with those particular one a few pages back!!

 

[edjohn88]

I bet you could sterilize just like you do baby bottles...

 

[dirthand]

I bet you could sterilize just like you do baby bottles...

I'm sure there is a way to sterilize filters but I don't know how. The filtering/sterilization part of the process is the most important to me so I invested in a couple of cases of the sterilized bottletop nylon filters and a couple hundred syringe filters..

 

[narta]

I bet you could sterilize just like you do baby bottles...

No you can't. Medical instruments are sterilized by gamma radiation in USP standards.

 

[dirthand]

No you can't. Medical instruments are sterilized by gamma radiation in USP standards.

Thank you for clarifying this!