josey wales
New member
(Sorry for the long post, but I want to get this out in some detail, so the informed chemists can understand my problem fully.)
I'm attempting to make 50ml of 4OHT Cyp at 150mg per ml, but it's crashing big time. Can you help me fix it? Here is what I've done so far:
1. I started the mixture with 5% BA and 15% BB. I mixed the powder, BA, BB and oil in a vial and placed it in pot of boiling water and let it sit until the solution was a clear amber color (looked like good whiskey).
2. Then I started filtering through a .45 whatman into the sterile vial. Unfortunately, almost exactly half way through the filtering process the solution started crashing.
3. I didn't want to get stuck with a bunch of half filtered and half unfiltered solution, so I reheated the unfiltered solution, which went clear again, and then filtered the rest into the sterile vial.
4. But before I got the second half filtered, it began crashing again. So at that point I had a bunch of sludge at the bottom of the unsterile vial. Not wanting to lose that much compound, I added another 2.5ml of BB to the sludge, mixed it up and filtered that into the sterile vial also.
5. So in the end the solution in the sterile, filtered vial is ~150mg/ml at 5% BA and ~20%BB.
6. Problem though was that the solution in the sterile vial was still crashed and very cloudy.
7. To remedy that I then put the sterile vial in a pot of boiling water and let it sit until it was once again a clear amber color.
8. After that, I put in in the oven at 275 degrees. It's baking now. It's still clear, but I suspect that it will crash again as soon as it cools.
Assuming it does crash, any ideas as to how to fix it? Other than converting some fina with a kit, this is my first attempt at home brewing. I'd really appreciate the help.
I'm attempting to make 50ml of 4OHT Cyp at 150mg per ml, but it's crashing big time. Can you help me fix it? Here is what I've done so far:
1. I started the mixture with 5% BA and 15% BB. I mixed the powder, BA, BB and oil in a vial and placed it in pot of boiling water and let it sit until the solution was a clear amber color (looked like good whiskey).
2. Then I started filtering through a .45 whatman into the sterile vial. Unfortunately, almost exactly half way through the filtering process the solution started crashing.
3. I didn't want to get stuck with a bunch of half filtered and half unfiltered solution, so I reheated the unfiltered solution, which went clear again, and then filtered the rest into the sterile vial.
4. But before I got the second half filtered, it began crashing again. So at that point I had a bunch of sludge at the bottom of the unsterile vial. Not wanting to lose that much compound, I added another 2.5ml of BB to the sludge, mixed it up and filtered that into the sterile vial also.
5. So in the end the solution in the sterile, filtered vial is ~150mg/ml at 5% BA and ~20%BB.
6. Problem though was that the solution in the sterile vial was still crashed and very cloudy.
7. To remedy that I then put the sterile vial in a pot of boiling water and let it sit until it was once again a clear amber color.
8. After that, I put in in the oven at 275 degrees. It's baking now. It's still clear, but I suspect that it will crash again as soon as it cools.
Assuming it does crash, any ideas as to how to fix it? Other than converting some fina with a kit, this is my first attempt at home brewing. I'd really appreciate the help.
