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Using Methanol for ISO?
- Thread starter ThaiMeUp
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i have no idea how pure racing grade methanol would be if that is what you have, laboratory grade could be ok but if you have access to that then just put it under a nice hood and use iso as its cheaper... just imagine any leftover methanol burning off though when you were lighting a bowl... might be a little different than alcohol or butane but i haven't tried it... let us know how it goes. 
methanol is poisonous. the problem with using pure methanol, or really any solvent including isopropanol and butane, is that it is extremely difficult to remove every trace of such solvent from your extract.
it would be, in fact, completely impossible to remove every trace of methanol from an extract done with methanol, even if you had a vacuum pump.
another problem with methanol is that, like isopropanol, it is very "unselective" about what it dissolves.
people often do quickwashs with isopropanol. you would have to cut that time in half for methanol.
methanol is more suited to the extraction of amines (like opiods and other alkaloids) than relatively greasy stuff like THC.
it would be, in fact, completely impossible to remove every trace of methanol from an extract done with methanol, even if you had a vacuum pump.
another problem with methanol is that, like isopropanol, it is very "unselective" about what it dissolves.
people often do quickwashs with isopropanol. you would have to cut that time in half for methanol.
methanol is more suited to the extraction of amines (like opiods and other alkaloids) than relatively greasy stuff like THC.
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texsativa
It would take a few gulps of methanol to kill you. Just so you know, the antidote for methanol poisoning is drinking lots of ethanol (liquor) 
Why not use a sieve? The above poster is right, doing a quick iso extraction will give you unpure finished product. In my opinion, save up a couple hundred bucks, by one of the tumber sieves or box, you can have pure head stash without any toxic residue. It's win win.
Why not use a sieve? The above poster is right, doing a quick iso extraction will give you unpure finished product. In my opinion, save up a couple hundred bucks, by one of the tumber sieves or box, you can have pure head stash without any toxic residue. It's win win.
