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getagrip_already

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1. Ooh, catnip extract!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Aug 27, 2023, 11:34 AM

Aug 2023

I bet using everclear would work even better, no boil required.

The alcohol will evaporate, but the essential oils won't be damaged by heat and you will get a much higher extraction rate since oils are hydro phobic.

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Don't know who does this but I have learned to put catnip in water and boil it a little [View all] Maraya1969 Aug 2023 OP

Ooh, catnip extract! getagrip_already Aug 2023 #1

Never heard of that. You just soak the catnip in the Everclear, (which I think is a very high octane vodka right?) Maraya1969 Aug 2023 #2

Just checked on Reddit and some are saying that the alcohol would make the liquid toxic? Maraya1969 Aug 2023 #3

I don't know if it would or wouldn't, but wnylib Aug 2023 #5

The liquid might be, but you would let it dry first.... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #6

I just buy the spray-on catnip. sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #4