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Degumming of extracts

Gray Wolf

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I had something of the same issue, with what sounds like the same mysterious white substance. I resolved it by putting the hazy or "Dirty Oil" into a beaker and began heating it up to 130c. once it reached temp I began to stir at about 700-1000 rpm. The weird substance started to trail up the sides of the beaker and rise to the surface. there they somewhat clumped together into a weird goo. I scraped off this goo (think skim milk), and carefully poured the "dirty oil" into another beaker. This beaker was then placed in the same position as the previous (on a hotplate with a stirrer at 130c, 500rpm). Next you wait to see if anything else seems to rise to the surface, if not then you should be good to go. Warning- it is a bitch to clean the substance from the first beaker, you may want to use a steel pad.

An aqueous NaOH solution should make short work of removing the deposits.
 
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