ChrisDorner
Banned
Materials
- Mimosa tenuiflora (= M. hostilis) root-bark
- A coffee grinder or heavy-duty blender (one that will crush ice)
- A wide-mouthed glass mixing jar with a tight-fitting lid (a quart jar can do 50 grams of root-bark, a gallon pickle jar can do 200 grams)
- Water
- Lye (granulated sodium hydroxide)
- A bottle of vinegar (for neutralizing any lye spills)
- A dust mask, safety goggles, and rubber gloves
- Naptha (VM&P, not lighter fluid)
- Four wide-mouthed 8-ounce glass collection jars with lids (canning or jelly jars work well)
- A separatory funnel or gear to siphon or decant
- Coffee filters
- A rubber spatula
- A freezer set to a very cold temperature (it should freeze ice cream rock-hard)
- Non-sudsy ammonia (10% solution, e.g. "janitor strength", is optimal, but 5% "household strength" will do as well)
- An eyedropper







