no ive never heated my plates, havent felt the need to, i keep them stored in an airtight bag with a lot of silica and rice tho
YES!!! would be a very cool experiment, that's in regards to the Edge Effect™ which i only learned about a few days ago thanks to the book/pdf our savior GO Joe linked to -- ive never used filter paper around the edges before.One experiment I've neglected so far is developing plates without a wet paper backing the wa of the chamber.
do you appreciate the added level of color-coding (as opposed to Rf/location) now?!? for me the color is like a 2nd opinion, and one i can trust more than the 1st opinion (Rf), as my TLC is too home-amateurish for reliable Rf's, partly because I don't weigh the cannabis samples. Especially when two dots can be so close to each other ... such as THC and CBD!!! ... if I just saw one big dot under fluro/UV, i wouldnt have much confidence if it was THC or CBD unless it was next to other lanes which i had confidence in. But when they're dyed in FB they can no longer hide, it's game over.I was told by someone on my IG account that the 254nm fluorescent plates can work to identify spots (by Rf value Im assuming), but obviously you won't have the advantage of "color coded" spots (which isnt all *that* useful IMO)
what's solvent system #3?As far as color coding goes, my solvent system #3 seems to resolve some cannabinoids better than chloroform
1) somehow put fruit aside and not eat, this is the hardest partWhats your plan for fruit extraction?
what's solvent system #3?
why can't you say publicly? we're all trying to learn from each other, and you wouldn't even be at this point now if you hadn't received public help, in particular from people in this threadBinary mixture of 2 common solvents, I can't say yet publically (send me a PM if interested)