Separation in Pansterone bottle
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I have a new bottle of Pansterone that must have gotten cold during shipment because I can see some kind of precipitate if I put a flashlight up to the bottom of the bottle. It looks like some kind of crystals, not very big and not very many, but they are there.
On RPF @haidut suggested a few seconds in the microwave and then some vigorous shaking. Well, I tried that, and there are still crystals. Is there anything else I can do or this bottle doomed or did it just get a little too much DHEA/preg added, in which case, there isn't actually a problem?
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@engineer for me; 10 secs in microwave is needed.
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@alfredoolivas what microwave power? Mine is "1000W" but it is definitely more than that and 10 seconds might be a little too long
Update: I tried it on 6 seconds (I first did 4 seconds) and this appears to have gotten rid of most of the crystals. However, there are still a few left.
Update 2: It appears as though shaking might not be the best way to distribute the crystals because they don't flow through the solvent very well. I'm trying to lay the bottle on its side and periodically rotate it in order to maximize crystal distribution within the liquid.
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@engineer Mine is 1000W too I think
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Ok, looks like most of the DHEA/preg crystals are gone with the bottle flip trick...but looking at my 6 keto p4 bottle, it appears to have the same exact problem but microwaving it did NOT fix it this time. I just so happened to have received the tocopherol/MCT version earlier, and like expected, it precipitated. But a simple shake seems to have fixed that one.
Seems like the ethanol/SFA version of 6 keto p4 is a pretty terrible product!
Thinking of just megadosing whatever is left until it runs out, then filling it with MCT oil, any thoughts chat? Maybe I should get a milligram scale to quantify how much was actually lost
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@engineer It doesn't dissolve in MCT alone. You need pure tocopherol
