Raising the Standard
The purpose of this thread is to present a comprehensive, reproducible, lab-grade method for purifying steroid raws prior to conversion. This is not a replacement for quality manufacturing..
this is a
corrective technique to deal with substandard materials when no other option is available.
We must be clear:
this is not an excuse for manufacturers to cut corners. This is a stopgap solution that allows individual compounders and responsible middlemen to clean up contaminated or adulterated product
until true GMP-level practices are adopted upstream. Even if we can't achieve GMP standards, increasing the standard in general is a wise idea.
Suppliers and sterile manufacturers should be the ones using this technique
before raw powders are ever released to customers. But in the current state of the market, with contamination levels ranging from oils, moisture, dyes, and binding agents, we must be realistic:
If you're receiving raw material that is 88% pure or lower, purification via recrystallization is one of the only ways to salvage it.
The Chemistry of Recrystallization
Recrystallization relies on the principle that your
active compound (the steroid) has a different solubility profile in high-purity solvents than the
impurities it's mixed with.
Process Overview:
- Dissolve the raw steroid in a high-purity hot solvent (typically 99.5%+ ethanol or acetone).
- Hot filter to remove insoluble trash like oils, waxes, pigments, or binders.
- Crash the steroid out of solution by either cooling it slowly or adding an anti-solvent (e.g. distilled or deionized water).
- Cold filter the solid crystals that form.
- Dry the purified crystals under vacuum or low-temp desiccation.
The result is a significantly cleaner yield of the target hormone.
Materials Required (Laboratory-Grade Only)
To perform this properly, you will need:
- High-purity 99%+ ethanol (USP or reagent grade)
- Deionized or distilled water
- Borosilicate glass beakers or flasks
- Magnetic stirrer or hot plate with temp control
- Lab-grade filter paper (e.g. Whatman #1, #5, or #42 depending on micron rating)
- Glass Büchner funnel or vacuum filter system
- Vacuum pump or manual vacuum system
- Desiccator or low-heat oven (<50°C) for drying
- Sterile gloves, masks, and clean workspace
This is a lab-grade procedure and should be treated as such. However not everyone has simple lab grade methods on hand or equipment but we can get close.
Using denatured alcohol, hardware solvents, or kitchen equipment is not compatible with achieving pharmaceutical-grade results.
Filter Selection: Micron Guidance
Filtering is a critical part of this process.
Avoid coffee filters, fabric, or makeshift setups. They are neither consistent nor clean enough for this application.
Purity Yield Expectations
- Starting with 85–90% purity raws: expect to retain 75–85% yield with 95–98% final purity
- Starting with 70–80% purity: expect 60–70% final yield, but potentially 95%+ purity in recovered material
- Starting with 50–60%: much lower yield, but still usable; multiple recrystallizations may be needed
You cannot increase the quantity of active steroid..
you are simply removing the non-active garbage that never belonged there.
Why This Should Be Done by Suppliers First
The responsibility for ensuring compound purity should never fall solely on the end-user. This method exists as a response to an unreliable supply chain. Ideally, this process would be handled by:
- Raw suppliers prior to export
- Domestic middlemen before resale
- UGL operators prior to formulation
Unfortunately, we know that none of these parties are consistently doing that. Until they do,
this is the most accessible way to reclaim agency over the quality of your injections.
Case Use: Why You Might Still Want to Purify
Let’s say you spent $600 on 50g of Mast P raw, and it tests at 88% purity.
- That means 12% of it is crap: moisture, oil, cut, dye, residue, who knows.
- You were going to overdose the brew anyway to compensate.
So instead:
- Recrystallize it
- Remove the 12% junk that would have made your oil cloudy, painful, or difficult to sterilize
- Formulate your gear with precision dosing and no guesswork
You didn’t lose yield. You
gained control.
Follow-Up Testing and Service Outlook
I am currently in the process of:
- Building a controlled setup with proper labware
- Processing multiple raw batches through purification
- Sending both unprocessed and recrystallized samples to Jano for comparative analysis
If the testing confirms what we already observe visually and physically, I will explore offering a service for those who do not have time, space, or resources to build this setup.
Final Thoughts
This process is:
- Chemistry-backed
- Lab-standard
- Easily replicable with the correct tools
- Completely justified in a contaminated market
This should never be the
first option, but it is currently one of the
best fallback options we have.
If the people selling us product won’t clean it,
we will.
And we’ll do it right
The following are are compatible with this method.
Testosterone Enanthate
Testosterone Cypionate
Testosterone Propionate
Testosterone Phenylpropionate
Testosterone Isocaproate
Testosterone Decanoate
Testosterone Undecanoate
Trenbolone Acetate
Trenbolone Enanthate
Nandrolone Decanoate
Nandrolone Phenylpropionate
Masteron Propionate
Masteron Enanthate
Primobolan Enanthate
Methenolone Acetate
Boldenone Acetate
Turinabol (Oral)
Winstrol (Stanozolol)
Oxandrolone (Anavar)
Oxymetholone (Anadrol)
Mesterolone (Proviron)
Halotestin (Fluoxymesterone)
1-Testosterone (Dihydroboldenone)
1-Test Cypionate
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT base)
Methyltestosterone
Mestanolone
Drostanolone Propionate
Drostanolone Enanthate
Anything waxy or oil at room temperature will be much harder to do. It's doable, but we'll take a bit extra steps.
You'll welcome to say this is pointless, but in this current market
We either hope the manufacturers step up and do better, or we make do what we can for now. while still pushing the manufacturer to do better.
