Mystic forge - demote crafting materials?

So there's the formula for promoting crafting materials.... Can you do it in reverse?

Example to promote materials:

Philosopher's Stone + Tier 2 Dust + Tier 2 Material + Tier 1 Material = Tier 2 material

Should promote Tiny Claws to Small Claws.

Can you do this -

Philosopher's Stone + Tier 1 Dust + Tier 1 Material + Tier 2 Material ?= Tier 1 material?

To demote Claws into Small Claws?

Solution 1:

Unfortunately there is no formula that allows you to take higher level materials and demote them to lower level materials. The process is one way only, meaning these materials can only be promoted using the mystic forge.

The recipes for promoting materials can be found on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki page for the Mystic Forge.