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Originally Posted by hackskii  Stuff is already so fine it is like flower, I dont know why you have to pack it so much.
First time I did it, just the moisture from where I live (near the beach) made it look like drops of a dark brown substance. It actually looked like 1/4 of the cap only had stuff in it.
If I tap the hell out of it, this problem goes away, but in the end, it is such a pain in the ass I almost prompt to buying i already capped....lol
When I do go to buy it, I say to myself, hell, I cant do that, I have over 2 pounds of the stuff and 1000 caps, so I cant buy it....lol |
Sounds like you need a lubricant like magnesium sterate or steric acid. 1% of each will get almost all powders flowing well. Flow rate is the rate at which a powder will flow I.E into a capsule. When powders stick or clog it denotes a poor flow rate.
I studied flow rates of powders when I worked for a company who designed tablet excipients. When powders are too fine they dont flow well as the particles are too small and bond together.
Take this as an example.
Get some icing suggar (confectionary suggar) and throw it againts a wall. Even if it is bone dry some of it will stick to the wall as the grains surface area is large in comparison to its weight.
Now go and get some table suggar and do the same, it wont stick to the wall because its weight is large in comparison to its surface area.