Can a Whatman type filter (the.2 or .45 size) be used with test suspension?? This is not a homebrew and I would like to make sure the stuff is clean.
I’m not sure why you purchased from a source if you weren’t sure if their gear was good.
I don’t know how you are making the suspension. I don’t make them myself.
However I think it likely that it would be possible to have the testosterone fully dissolved and filter it in some step prior to precipitating it out into suspension.
The water that is used could likewise be filtered beforehand.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
No, that’s the major headache with trying to make a suspension; the crystals, tiny as they are, will not pass through the filter, leaving you with water/BA/Solvent.
But if it’s not a homebrew, i.e. you bought it alreay made up, then you should be good to go. No?
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I’m going with a UGL. I have only used oil based gear and have always filtered my UGL stuff before using.
[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
I don’t know how you are making the suspension. I don’t make them myself.
However I think it likely that it would be possible to have the testosterone fully dissolved and filter it in some step prior to precipitating it out into suspension.
The water that is used could likewise be filtered beforehand.[/quote]
But its never fully dissolved in typical suspension recipe preparation is it? I don’t make them either but i don’t think it is ever in a state that would allow it to be filtered by typical means. I do know i have never found a test suspension that was so far superior to test propionate that it made it worth messing with at all. If i am going with short acting test i will just stick with prop.
Could you just dissolve the test powder in some BA/BB and filter it through with a little bit of water. Then filter the rest of the water through? I would bet that the powder would come out of solution and become a suspension once the rest of the water is added…
[quote]DOHCrazy wrote:
I’m not sure why you purchased from a source if you weren’t sure if their gear was good.[/quote]
I’m not being a smart a$$ but how are you sure the gear good (clean) if the bad stuff is microscopic? You can assume your source is good but how are you to really know?
I read the melting point of test base is about 140C. So would boiling cause any damage to gear?
you may have to jsut try it … i for one would be interested in knowing what happened…i would of course try a small amount first. i would assume that if it is truly dissolved and passes through then it will precipitate back out of solution upon cooling but who knows? cool little experiment if nothing else
[quote]DMMOAB wrote:
I’m not being a smart a$$ but how are you sure the gear good (clean) if the bad stuff is microscopic? You can assume your source is good but how are you to really know? [/quote]
References / trial & error - or you could streak it in a petri dish with some nutrient agar and a 37C incubator but trusting your source is more practical.
[quote]DMMOAB wrote:
I read the melting point of test base is about 140C. So would boiling cause any damage to gear? [/quote]
Not sure - but I have heard from others that boiling it will damage it and furthermore, boiling is not a good (complete) method of sterilization anyway. If it doesn’t damage it then I guess it’s better than nothing (though it won’t kill every potential microorganism).