I personally recommend using isopropyl alcohol or 99% alcohol but using the proper solvents can also be safe."Naphtha" is an imprecise term. In the USA it refers to kerosene fractions that boil higher than 200 degrees Celsius. There is no way to remove those from an extract without also burning off the useful components.
In Europe and elsewhere "naphtha" generally means the lighter fractions, pentanes and hexanes, that are better but not ideal extractants for Cannabis. But for Rick to recommend "naphtha" is criminal.
Curing cancer and stuff.@RC7 Your last post was 8/28/2012 and you surfaced Wednesday, where were you in the interim?
That is not scientific literature. It is mere anecdotal evidence which does not rise to the level of scientific proof. If you wish to make this case you need to go to graduate school in science and get back to me with actual proof. Until then proffering anecdote as scientific proof demonstrates your inability to recognize your own ignorance in the subject.Try reading the information and watching the video links posted guys and you will see its not bullshit. There are many testimonials and the science is all there.
I personally recommend not proselytizing something about which you have now shown you know nothing.I personally recommend using isopropyl alcohol or 99% alcohol but using the proper solvents can also be safe.
RICK SIMPSON OIL SOLVENTS 101
"It should be light aliphatic Naphtha (Petroleum Ether in US, 1520 Naphtha, VM&P Naphtha, check MSDS if it's pure light Naphtha NO additives) Shellite in Australia, (technical) Benzine in Europe (NOT benzene). Boiling point around 80°C. Smear in Petri dish or dip a finger and if it evaporates within 30 seconds and leaves no oily residue usage should be okay. Currently with many suppliers I can't tell you which one is best or what we'd recommend so we only provide general instructions. If possible CAS number 64742-49-0 pure with no additives most refineries produce it. 2nd option: 99% or 99.99% Isopropyl alcohol or the very expensive 99% food-grade alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol and food-grade alcohol aren't as effective as Naphtha and strip more plant materials and chlorophyll in the oil making it LESS potent and tasteful that is why we recommend using Naphtha always when possible/available."
That is not scientific literature. It is mere anecdotal evidence which does not rise to the level of scientific proof. If you wish to make this case you need to go to graduate school in science and get back to me with actual proof. Until then proffering anecdote as scientific proof demonstrates your inability to recognize your own ignorance in the subject.
I personally recommend using isopropyl alcohol or 99% alcohol but using the proper solvents can also be safe.
RICK SIMPSON OIL SOLVENTS 101
"It should be light aliphatic Naphtha (Petroleum Ether in US, 1520 Naphtha, VM&P Naphtha, check MSDS if it's pure light Naphtha NO additives) Shellite in Australia, (technical) Benzine in Europe (NOT benzene). Boiling point around 80°C. Smear in Petri dish or dip a finger and if it evaporates within 30 seconds and leaves no oily residue usage should be okay. Currently with many suppliers I can't tell you which one is best or what we'd recommend so we only provide general instructions. If possible CAS number 64742-49-0 pure with no additives most refineries produce it. 2nd option: 99% or 99.99% Isopropyl alcohol or the very expensive 99% food-grade alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol and food-grade alcohol aren't as effective as Naphtha and strip more plant materials and chlorophyll in the oil making it LESS potent and tasteful that is why we recommend using Naphtha always when possible/available."
I didn't report your post. Again using alcohol as a solvent produces a very safe and effective oil.Scientific Fact?
"Dip a finger in it....watch your stop watch for 30 seconds, if it evaporates...should be good enough"(but, to cure cancer?)
please explain first why you reported my first post?
Please explain secondly how a dying cancer patient can remove all of this naptha solvent?
sounds like the recipe for the Dispensary Diarrhea Syndrome
LOL I bet I can extrapolate the shape of the earth it lives on too!
Using alcohol as a solvent produces a very safe and effective oil. I don't recommend naphtha as stated and most of the videos show alcohol being used. Thanks for the derogatory comment, you don't offend me lol. You clearly have no knowledge on the healing power of cannabis oil like the rest in this thread. Great job representing the cannabis community.I personally recommend not proselytizing something about which you have now shown you know nothing.
VM&P naphtha is a mix of higher-boiling n-, iso- and cycloalkanes (aka naphthenes) with an unacceptable boiling range. As @Singlemalt pointed out; your use of an imprecise term parading as technical ... exposes you as a poseur.
I will not even begin to discuss your choice of alcohols as extraction media. I have no inclination to cast my professionally-verified pearls before yet another opinionated and stubborn swine.
fair enough, can you explain how a dying cancer patient can be assured there is no solvent remaining in his rice cooker/naptha/alcohol oil cure before ingesting it ?I didn't report your post. Again using alcohol as a solvent produces a very safe and effective oil.
Dude, it's over. After Barnbuster posted your 9/11 quote, no one here is going to take you seriously. I hope you enjoyed your time in TNT, and I hope is was as good for you as it was for us...Using alcohol as a solvent produces a very safe and effective oil. I don't recommend naphtha as stated and most of the videos show alcohol being used. Thanks for the derogatory comment, you don't offend me lol. You clearly have no knowledge on the healing power of cannabis oil like the rest in this thread. Great job representing the cannabis community.
Prove it and while you are at it define your domain for safe and effective. Please do this based upon peer reviewed and replicated scientific studies.Using alcohol as a solvent produces a very safe and effective oil. ....snip.....
the thing is..we used to freak out at the thought of dirty oil..but we smoked hash from the other side of the world and BIT chunks off with our mouth, with out a second thought...fair enough, can you explain how a dying cancer patient can be assured there is no solvent remaining in his rice cooker/naptha/alcohol oil cure before ingesting it ?