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Getting rid of salicylic acid

eanardi - 26-3-2016 at 09:30

Hello everyone,
I've done some wintegreen (methyl salicylate) oil but its contaminated with salicylic acid, any suggestions on how to get it out of the product?

Daffodile - 26-3-2016 at 09:34

distill it.

UC235 - 26-3-2016 at 09:36

Saturated sodium bicarbonate washes until it stops fizzing.

eanardi - 26-3-2016 at 10:45

Thanks!