I've had some problems with home brewed products going cloudy -- sometimes within an hour or two, sometimes days or weeks after they're made and filtered. Some of you on here suggested that water vapor is the problem; i.e., that water or vapor gets into the process at some point and ends up clouding the oil. I can see that this may be true.
But I just did some research on "cloud point" in oils, and learned that it often happens because heated oils may form tiny wax particles as they cool. Here is my question: Even though I start with "sterile oil," I usually heat it to about 100 degrees centigrade (212 F.) before mixing in the hormone and solvent mixture. I have been doing this to make double sure that the oil is sterile. Is that a mistake? Do you think if I just used the sterile oil without reheating it that it would solve my clouding problem? Am eager to hear opinions from some of you chemically knowledgable vets.
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wondering were you went bro..thought you like disapered
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There's no point heating the oil, unless you have the equipment to heat it properly its not going to help your sterility any more then the BA/filtering process does.
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Moved to the Chemical Study forum.
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Heat the oil after the power and solvents have been added. Heat slowely until the hormone goes into solution, that is all the heat you'll need - no more. The less heat you use the less chance you will have cloudy gear.
Then again theres nothing wrong with cloudy gear anyways.
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Quote: | wondering were you went bro..thought you like disapered | Yo, Sean! I'm still alive, just had no time to visit the boards recently because of work load... Dougoe, once again you're incredibly helpful. Thanks. I have sources for the common stuff I use, but occasionally experiment with blends or combos that are not offered commercially. And it's no fun when something crashes or goes wrong...
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