STEP #1 - Extraction of Pseudoephed

STEP #1 - Extraction of Pseudoephedrine

Materials - Step #1
gatorade jugss
pseudo/ephedrine pills
distilled H2O
tube (for siphoning)
coffee filters
heat source (for boiling down, electric stove recomended)
methanol ('Heet' brand works well)
 

....starting with your pills, crush them in a grinder, and put powder into a large washed out gatorade jug. make sure you wash with distilled water only. 1000 60mg pills, will yield 1 ounce of honey, at a 50% return. Next, add distilled water to the powder, and shake....let settle for a minute or two, and siphon off the water. Repeat steps, until you can't taste the pseudo anymore. The pseudo has a bitter taste to it.. Now, make sure that you filter the liquid through coffee filters until the liquid is completely clear. When you have achieved this, boil it down til it's real low and put on medium heat.....continue cooking it down, until your pseudo starts drying out, then finish with a blow dryer... Remember not to burn your pseudo.... Scrape the powder into a small pile, and put into another washed out Gatorade jug. Then add Methanol.... You'll notice that a binder comes out in the methanol, but was clear in the water. Siphon, and filter, til this is clear......I use about 8 bottles of Heet brand methanol for every 4000 pills worth of powder. Again, filter til clear, then put on stove and boil.....this time, use a fan to blow on the top of your glass bowl to make sure it doesn't spill over and catch fire.....Do the same thing that you did with the first batch, low heat, and blow dry.....Now you'll have pure Pseudo.....The reason for the water pull, is to make sure you remove all the wax, because the wax is completely soluble in methanol. I forgot to mention, that when using the water, make sure it is ICE cold. Then, the methanol will bring out the last binder which is soluble in water. Step 2 coming up, but I have to run.

STEP #2 - Preparing the Setup

Materials - Step #2
(2) 2.5L gas cans
flask, or reaction vessel (perferably filter flask)
braided hose
tubing
PPVC spout (for excess water)
one hole stopper (for flask)
hose clamps
duct tape
PVC connection for one hole stopper
 



..... okay, now you should have your pseudo ready to go......just remember the ratios that I give you..okay...now to make the push/pull......the best thing about it, is the fact that since it's enclosed, there is no smell and the process only takes an hour or so.......take 2 2.5 gallon plastic gas cans....tape them together with duct tape , so that the can sit side by side. Next, take the nozzles from the the gas cans and attach them together.....usually, I cut the end off of one, and stick the other into it. then I hot glue them together, to seal them. so then you attach them back onto the cans. this allows water from one side, to enter into the other side. Make sure that you screw them back on tight, and that your seal is air tight, so that when you stand them up on their ends, water and/or air does not leak out......Next, take the can on the right side and attach a clear pvc tubing onto the air inlet of the gas can. This you use to run into a sink, or shower, or empty container, cuz sometimes iodine water will get pushed out from the reaction. Make sure you use a hose clamp and hot glue to secure it tightly. Next, take the can on the left, and attach a clear, BRAIDED, hose to the air inlet. This is the hose that will be attached to the stopper on the flask. It has to be braided, so that it won't collapse when the heat and pressure build up on the final rxn phase. Make sure that you use a hose clamp, and some hot glue to attach, cuz you don't want it to come loose. once this is down, fill one of the gas with 2 1/4 gallons of distilled water. Then stand the gas cans on end, so that the air inlets are up, and the U connection you made with the spouts are on the bottom. Attaching the hose to the stopper, can be a bit tricky. I use a threaded pvc connector. PVC won't deteriorate from the acids, or the heat. There's a special name for the type of connector I use, so it would be best if I go find out what it is and let you know, cuz the way it's threaded, it won't get pushed out of the stopper. You can build this setup for around 30 american dollars from parts at home depot. I shall return later with the name. Anyways, after you've connected the hose to the stopper, you're almost ready to go. The reason you have distilled water in the cans, is so that you can create a pressure. The push comes from the contents forcing out oxygen, and the pull comes from a complete hydrogen state, and after the final rxn, it tries to "breathe" back in oxygen. Use distilled water, cuz sometimes the pull is so hard, that it actually sucks water, back into the flask. Back soon with step 3.

STEP #3 - The Reaction

Materials - Step #3
heat source (electric stove)
iodine
red phosphorous
pseudo/ephedrine
distilled H2O
duct tape
rubbermaid "server" jug
visionware bowl
fan (for cooling bowl)
towel
 



....to answer a couple questions real quick, fzr96.....it shouldn't have cooked for 4 hours......only about 1 to 1 1/2 hours......and if it never pulled, then it was never done........Here, this might help answer the questions...... I use a 4000ml vacuum, or filter flask, cuz it has a nipple on the side. I attach a clear hose to this nipple, with a hose clamp, and pinch the hose closed with a pair of vise grips. Then I'm ready to get started. Here's the ratio..... take whatever amount of E you have, and match it with I. Then divide the amount of E you have, and that's how much R you need to use. My teacher told me though, that if you were to make less than an ounce of honey, you have to use half the amount of R, instead of 1/3. I don't know though, cuz I've never done less than 4 ounces. So, if it's 4 ounces, i should have 240 grams E, 240 grams I, and 80 grams of R. Take the flask, and first dump in the R. Then, dump in the E. Add 3 small capfuls of distilled water. If you're using re-used R, then add a small bump of hydrogen peroxide. Okay, now this part is the best. Add in the I, but be sure to hurry up and stopper the flask. Then use duct tape to wrap around the stopper and neck of flask, to ensure it doesn't pop off on you. Now, pick up the flask and stir the contents. Sometimes it's quick, and sometimes it's not, but the contents inside should start getting liquidy. If it happens quick, the contents will appear to start to grow. Shake more, in order to calm it down, cuz you don't want a fast reaction. You should notice that the water is pushing, and air maybe coming out the right side gas can. Keep stirring and shaking till the entire contents are liquidy. If you look inside the flask, you'll notice tiny little sprinkles everywhere in the mix. This is caused by the I reacting with the R, and creating Hydriodic acid. Keep your eye on it. You'll notice that at first, you have to stir the contents to calm it down. Then after about 15 minutes, it calms down on its own. Then, you have to stir to keep the reaction going. Let this stirring go on for about half an hour or so. Then, get a large stainless steel stock pot, and one of those portable electric stoves. Make sure you use the low burning side.... I went ahead and tested my reaction heat by getting a candy thermometer, and placing the stock pot on the stove and turning it on, I've noticed that you don't ever want your heat to get higher than 180 degrees, and that you should start cooking at 150 degrees... Test your stove out before you cook, and look at the dial on the stove, as to where the certain degrees are. Now, place the stock pot on the stove, at 150 degrees, and place the flask in the pot. Pick up the flask every few minutes and keep stirring, replacing the flask back in the pot. After about half an hour of this, (making it 1 hour total cook time), turn up the heat to 180 degrees and keep the stirring process up. You'll notice that the contents will get real liquidy, and a yellow film will be inside. The mix will look like it wants to literally grow inside the flask. After a few more shakes, let it go, you'll notice that more air and water will get pushed out of the gas can and the reaction will get violent. At this stage, I usually throw a towel over the top of the flask, cuz I've had accidents before, like the hose coming out of the stopper and contents get sprayed everywhere. When the push/pull is a rockin away, then unplug the stove and let it go. When the pushing has stopped, check the flask. The contents should have grown, and filled the entire flask, and a swirling green/white smoke should fill the flask. If this didn't happen, then it's not done. Plug back in the stove, and let it go. This final reaction, is what turns your E into Honey. What happens, is the contents reach a totally hydrogen state. The last of the I has turned into Hydriodic acid and all the oxygen gets pushed out of the flask. This is where you get the pull from...Cuz the hydrogen state combined with heat, creates a pressurized vacuum state. After this final reaction has happened, let the flask cool down, and every 2 minutes, stir the contents. You do this, because when you stir up the contents, you make sure that more E gets turned into Honey. Then when the flask has cooled down to a warm state, keep the nipple hose pinched, and release the vice grips. Place a funnel into the hose, and add distilled water to the funnel, then unpinch the hose and let the water into the flask. Let air get in through the hose cuz if you don't, then as soon as the water hits the inside of the flask, the vacuum will pick up and suck water from the push/ pull. Add more distilled water and remove the duct tape and stopper. Shake the flask around, and pour the contents into a heavy visionware bowl. Add more distilled water to the flask, to clean it out, and add to the visionware. Next, place bowl on the stove, and put on high heat. Get a plastic spoon, and wash with distilled water, to use to stir the mix.

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 1:

Langkah #1 - ekstraksi PseudoephedrineBahan - langkah #1Gatorade jugsspil pseudo efedrinsuling H2Otabung (untuk mengalirkan)penyaring kopisumber panas (untuk mendidih ke bawah, kompor listrik yang direkomendasikan)metanol ('Heet' merek bekerja dengan baik) ....starting with your pills, crush them in a grinder, and put powder into a large washed out gatorade jug. make sure you wash with distilled water only. 1000 60mg pills, will yield 1 ounce of honey, at a 50% return. Next, add distilled water to the powder, and shake....let settle for a minute or two, and siphon off the water. Repeat steps, until you can't taste the pseudo anymore. The pseudo has a bitter taste to it.. Now, make sure that you filter the liquid through coffee filters until the liquid is completely clear. When you have achieved this, boil it down til it's real low and put on medium heat.....continue cooking it down, until your pseudo starts drying out, then finish with a blow dryer... Remember not to burn your pseudo.... Scrape the powder into a small pile, and put into another washed out Gatorade jug. Then add Methanol.... You'll notice that a binder comes out in the methanol, but was clear in the water. Siphon, and filter, til this is clear......I use about 8 bottles of Heet brand methanol for every 4000 pills worth of powder. Again, filter til clear, then put on stove and boil.....this time, use a fan to blow on the top of your glass bowl to make sure it doesn't spill over and catch fire.....Do the same thing that you did with the first batch, low heat, and blow dry.....Now you'll have pure Pseudo.....The reason for the water pull, is to make sure you remove all the wax, because the wax is completely soluble in methanol. I forgot to mention, that when using the water, make sure it is ICE cold. Then, the methanol will bring out the last binder which is soluble in water. Step 2 coming up, but I have to run.STEP #2 - Preparing the SetupMaterials - Step #2(2) 2.5L gas cansflask, or reaction vessel (perferably filter flask)braided hosetubingPPVC spout (for excess water)one hole stopper (for flask)hose clampsduct tapePVC connection for one hole stopper ..... okay, now you should have your pseudo ready to go......just remember the ratios that I give you..okay...now to make the push/pull......the best thing about it, is the fact that since it's enclosed, there is no smell and the process only takes an hour or so.......take 2 2.5 gallon plastic gas cans....tape them together with duct tape , so that the can sit side by side. Next, take the nozzles from the the gas cans and attach them together.....usually, I cut the end off of one, and stick the other into it. then I hot glue them together, to seal them. so then you attach them back onto the cans. this allows water from one side, to enter into the other side. Make sure that you screw them back on tight, and that your seal is air tight, so that when you stand them up on their ends, water and/or air does not leak out......Next, take the can on the right side and attach a clear pvc tubing onto the air inlet of the gas can. This you use to run into a sink, or shower, or empty container, cuz sometimes iodine water will get pushed out from the reaction. Make sure you use a hose clamp and hot glue to secure it tightly. Next, take the can on the left, and attach a clear, BRAIDED, hose to the air inlet. This is the hose that will be attached to the stopper on the flask. It has to be braided, so that it won't collapse when the heat and pressure build up on the final rxn phase. Make sure that you use a hose clamp, and some hot glue to attach, cuz you don't want it to come loose. once this is down, fill one of the gas with 2 1/4 gallons of distilled water. Then stand the gas cans on end, so that the air inlets are up, and the U connection you made with the spouts are on the bottom. Attaching the hose to the stopper, can be a bit tricky. I use a threaded pvc connector. PVC won't deteriorate from the acids, or the heat. There's a special name for the type of connector I use, so it would be best if I go find out what it is and let you know, cuz the way it's threaded, it won't get pushed out of the stopper. You can build this setup for around 30 american dollars from parts at home depot. I shall return later with the name. Anyways, after you've connected the hose to the stopper, you're almost ready to go. The reason you have distilled water in the cans, is so that you can create a pressure. The push comes from the contents forcing out oxygen, and the pull comes from a complete hydrogen state, and after the final rxn, it tries to "breathe" back in oxygen. Use distilled water, cuz sometimes the pull is so hard, that it actually sucks water, back into the flask. Back soon with step 3.
STEP #3 - The Reaction

Materials - Step #3
heat source (electric stove)
iodine
red phosphorous
pseudo/ephedrine
distilled H2O
duct tape
rubbermaid "server" jug
visionware bowl
fan (for cooling bowl)
towel
 



....to answer a couple questions real quick, fzr96.....it shouldn't have cooked for 4 hours......only about 1 to 1 1/2 hours......and if it never pulled, then it was never done........Here, this might help answer the questions...... I use a 4000ml vacuum, or filter flask, cuz it has a nipple on the side. I attach a clear hose to this nipple, with a hose clamp, and pinch the hose closed with a pair of vise grips. Then I'm ready to get started. Here's the ratio..... take whatever amount of E you have, and match it with I. Then divide the amount of E you have, and that's how much R you need to use. My teacher told me though, that if you were to make less than an ounce of honey, you have to use half the amount of R, instead of 1/3. I don't know though, cuz I've never done less than 4 ounces. So, if it's 4 ounces, i should have 240 grams E, 240 grams I, and 80 grams of R. Take the flask, and first dump in the R. Then, dump in the E. Add 3 small capfuls of distilled water. If you're using re-used R, then add a small bump of hydrogen peroxide. Okay, now this part is the best. Add in the I, but be sure to hurry up and stopper the flask. Then use duct tape to wrap around the stopper and neck of flask, to ensure it doesn't pop off on you. Now, pick up the flask and stir the contents. Sometimes it's quick, and sometimes it's not, but the contents inside should start getting liquidy. If it happens quick, the contents will appear to start to grow. Shake more, in order to calm it down, cuz you don't want a fast reaction. You should notice that the water is pushing, and air maybe coming out the right side gas can. Keep stirring and shaking till the entire contents are liquidy. If you look inside the flask, you'll notice tiny little sprinkles everywhere in the mix. This is caused by the I reacting with the R, and creating Hydriodic acid. Keep your eye on it. You'll notice that at first, you have to stir the contents to calm it down. Then after about 15 minutes, it calms down on its own. Then, you have to stir to keep the reaction going. Let this stirring go on for about half an hour or so. Then, get a large stainless steel stock pot, and one of those portable electric stoves. Make sure you use the low burning side.... I went ahead and tested my reaction heat by getting a candy thermometer, and placing the stock pot on the stove and turning it on, I've noticed that you don't ever want your heat to get higher than 180 degrees, and that you should start cooking at 150 degrees... Test your stove out before you cook, and look at the dial on the stove, as to where the certain degrees are. Now, place the stock pot on the stove, at 150 degrees, and place the flask in the pot. Pick up the flask every few minutes and keep stirring, replacing the flask back in the pot. After about half an hour of this, (making it 1 hour total cook time), turn up the heat to 180 degrees and keep the stirring process up. You'll notice that the contents will get real liquidy, and a yellow film will be inside. The mix will look like it wants to literally grow inside the flask. After a few more shakes, let it go, you'll notice that more air and water will get pushed out of the gas can and the reaction will get violent. At this stage, I usually throw a towel over the top of the flask, cuz I've had accidents before, like the hose coming out of the stopper and contents get sprayed everywhere. When the push/pull is a rockin away, then unplug the stove and let it go. When the pushing has stopped, check the flask. The contents should have grown, and filled the entire flask, and a swirling green/white smoke should fill the flask. If this didn't happen, then it's not done. Plug back in the stove, and let it go. This final reaction, is what turns your E into Honey. What happens, is the contents reach a totally hydrogen state. The last of the I has turned into Hydriodic acid and all the oxygen gets pushed out of the flask. This is where you get the pull from...Cuz the hydrogen state combined with heat, creates a pressurized vacuum state. After this final reaction has happened, let the flask cool down, and every 2 minutes, stir the contents. You do this, because when you stir up the contents, you make sure that more E gets turned into Honey. Then when the flask has cooled down to a warm state, keep the nipple hose pinched, and release the vice grips. Place a funnel into the hose, and add distilled water to the funnel, then unpinch the hose and let the water into the flask. Let air get in through the hose cuz if you don't, then as soon as the water hits the inside of the flask, the vacuum will pick up and suck water from the push/ pull. Add more distilled water and remove the duct tape and stopper. Shake the flask around, and pour the contents into a heavy visionware bowl. Add more distilled water to the flask, to clean it out, and add to the visionware. Next, place bowl on the stove, and put on high heat. Get a plastic spoon, and wash with distilled water, to use to stir the mix.