Normally, the addition of the acid is done with the aqueous layer, for several reasons.
The first reason, do not lose the product, it goes all into the water layer. acetone and acid give impurities, acetone dissolves mephedrone quite well, and even more so in the presence of water from acid.
The second reason, if your ph has gone even to 1, when the water is evaporated, all the acid will fly away with the water vapor.
The color of the product, as you remember, is often due to the admixture of 4-methylpropiophenon in bk4 (2b4m). It was noticed that when the ph goes below 6, impurities begin to fall out
And wash the solvent from methylamine qualitatively, then there will be no excess weight and will not burn the nose.