I am going to do my first extraction on Sunday, what is the best way to dispose of all the leftovers?
Congratulations! There's nothing like consuming medicine that you grew, extracted or synthesized. i believe this eliminates all levels (subconscious) of fear related to purity of product so that the real work may begin. Anyway, here's what i do: 1.) i do not re-use solvent, tho it seems tempting. The more it is re-used, the more difficult it is to get white crystals . . . 2.) i always do a pre-evaporation of about half of the volume of the solvent BEFORE freeze precipitating. Once the naptha is pulled and (hopefully) double decanted and in a pyrex, i put it under my remotest (from other residences/people) window under a small fan pointing down and set on High, then i exit the room and stuff a towel under the door on my way out. i also hang my respirator on the door handle to remind me not to enter without it . . . . 3.) Once the freeze precipitation is done and you have a bit of extra solvent, just do the same thing - into a pyrex, under the window, fan, towel, etc. To increase rate of evaporation, use fan on High and increase surface area. It'll take a couple hours . . . . Hope this helps . . .
What about the lye soup? A buddy and I did an extraction last night using your tek (w/ a few others) but I haven't seen the results yet, and we were wondering how we should discard it. Definitely didn't have enough vinegar to cover all the spills
Presuming you do not want to move forward into a jungle spice pull, at this point i flush the results down the toilet, one half container at a time, with at least two flushes between each dump. i wear all my safety equipment before i do this. i NEVER have a toilet backup problem due to these fairly regular "lye treatments."