Sorry about that mate. I'll try and explain it a bit better.
You are going to be working with two vials. One is capped and sterile and the other is open. Although the second vial is open, it is important to maintain a high degree of hygiene when doing conversions.
Here we go:
- place the measured powder in the uncapped vial
- place the BA (benzyl alcohol) in the uncapped vial with the powder (do not excede 5% BA with any of the conversions)
- place the oil in a suitable container and heat on the stove to at least 212 'F
- draw up the oil into the syringe and add all but 2 ml of the oil into the uncapped vial
- gently shake the uncapped vial with the powder, BA, and oil mixture
- reheat the mixture, if necessary to achieve solution, by placing the uncapped vial in a frying pan and heat it gently
- place the 18 or 20 gauge needle into the top of the sterile (capped) vial
- place another needle into the top of the sterile (capped) vial to help relieve the pressure
- take another syringe and draw up the powder/BA/oil solution from the uncapped vial
- attach the Whatman Filter to one of the needles in the top of the sterile vial
- attach the syringe with the powder/BA/oil solution to the Whatman Filter
- slowly compress the plunger and run your solution through the Whatman Filter and into the sterile vial
- remove the syringe from the Whatman Filter but leave the filter and the needles in place
- attach the second syringe with the remaining 2ml of oil, which you saved previously, to the Whatman filter and slowly compress the plunger and run it through the filter and into the sterile vial
- remove the syringe, Whatman FIlter and both needles from the top of the sterile vial
- dispose of the needles in a suitable container
You can see from the above that you are passing your solution through the filter to reduce/eliminate the particulate matter and
not drawing the solution up through the filter. Hopefully it makes a bit more sense for you now.
Just another note for this thread.
I believe someone mentioned in another thread that this was just a 'copy and paste' which is available on practically every steroid forum. I made it quite clear at the bottom of my original post that:
Kian .. 29 March 2006 said:
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The above has been assembled from various online sources.
All errors in the original material have been corrected.
While this information is available on other forums and parts have been assembled by various people (too many to note), many of the original conversions contained numerous errors with regards to the specified amounts. These errors where then 'copied and pasted' to various other forums and on and on it went with incorrect conversions and crashing gear. If someone wishes to claim credit for any or all of the conversions which are posted here then that is cool with me. The only thing I am interested in is making the 'correct' information available to members here at EF as the Chem Forum seems to be sorely lacking in information. If you are looking for conversions for some of the most popular powders/orals, a conversion calculator or instructions on capping powders, then it is here for you to use if you wish. If you are going to use conversions which are posted on other steroid forums, then make sure you ask around with their respective members so that you can make sure that what your are going to attempt will actually work for you. There are alot of clued-up guys out there but there is also alot of misinformation.
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