It is simply converting the THCA already present into THC.
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It is simply converting the THCA already present into THC.
Best Thread Ever!!!
twoguysupnorth
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Interesting thread and think I gathered a bit of knowledge today. It will be very usefull.
The oils below were purchased, but they give a good visual reference to the one I made, since I didn't take pictures. My oil resembled the one on the left, but was even darker.
So to recap, how would you replicate the oils above? Assuming of course, that the viscosity of my oil wasn't caused by the month-long ethanol soak or the excessive purge.
from glancing at it, looks like you have a semi decarbed doublewash amber on the left. Not sure about the one in the middle, but am leaning more twords not a fully purged bho.
The piece on the right looks like vacuum purged "shatter"
Yes
I just ran an ounce of keif through this process, and I'm still running the 2nd and 3rd washes. I noticed that waxes would continue to percipitate during the winterization for a period of about 2 days.
Sour Deez
Member
Thanks man. My last bho attempt turned to budder in the pan while i was attempting the purge, and it wasnt the waxy kind, it's crumby, flaky, wont stick to my dabber. My larger batches seem to want to budder while my small runs are perfect, gotta work on that.
Anyway, dissolved 2g of budder in everclear, in the freezer for 12 hrs.
I know the product could be cleaned up even more. But compared to what i started with, im pumped to get this. Only thing i hate is it lost all the flavor.
Heres the waxes that were left over. Got back 1.8g so i lost 10% with 12hrs in the freezer.
Thanks man. My last bho attempt turned to budder in the pan while i was attempting the purge, and it wasnt the waxy kind, it's crumby, flaky, wont stick to my dabber. My larger batches seem to want to budder while my small runs are perfect, gotta work on that.
Anyway, dissolved 2g of budder in everclear, in the freezer for 12 hrs.
I know the product could be cleaned up even more. But compared to what i started with, im pumped to get this. Only thing i hate is it lost all the flavor.
Heres the waxes that were left over. Got back 1.8g so i lost 10% with 12hrs in the freezer.
Its all about thin film purging, get more purge pans. I try to only do one or two cans of tane per pan if possible. I think the flavor loss is because of the heat needed to get the everclear out. I have made amber that retained some flavor, but that was made from really good bho that a lot of flavor to begin with.
Im getting a razr maxx tomorrow hopefully the camera is decent so I can post some new pics!
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Funion
I have tried the dry ice tumbling method of getting the hash and then placing in a cold SS thermos and adding butane for an hour or two. I got very nice shatter and am impressed with the quality!
The problem I encountered is after pouring out the butane from the thermos there was a lot of hashy debris that stayed inside the thermos. I took some 150 proof (best I can get) and rinsed out the inside of the thermos. Ran this thru a coffee filter but the whole thing got clogged with all the hashy debris and I abandoned trying to reclaim any additional oil. Should I even try and get something out of all that debris, and if yes how could I go about doing it with ease?
The initial butane I poured from the thermos purged nicely and is impressive. I did not try and winterize the butane because I am limited with the 150 proof. Should I give it a try? Would the additional ingredients in the 150 proof also winterize and be collected when filtered?
I really enjoy this way of preparing extracts. It also feeds my closet mad scientist.
Great sharing of ideas. Thank you all for the great read!
The problem I encountered is after pouring out the butane from the thermos there was a lot of hashy debris that stayed inside the thermos. I took some 150 proof (best I can get) and rinsed out the inside of the thermos. Ran this thru a coffee filter but the whole thing got clogged with all the hashy debris and I abandoned trying to reclaim any additional oil. Should I even try and get something out of all that debris, and if yes how could I go about doing it with ease?
The initial butane I poured from the thermos purged nicely and is impressive. I did not try and winterize the butane because I am limited with the 150 proof. Should I give it a try? Would the additional ingredients in the 150 proof also winterize and be collected when filtered?
I really enjoy this way of preparing extracts. It also feeds my closet mad scientist.
Great sharing of ideas. Thank you all for the great read!
eloquentsoution
Member
do dissolve into ethanol (at least 5 x as much ethanol as oil, preferably 10x) to extract the oil, filter, evaporate...voiallla.
I had the same problem with the ounce of keif that I ran. I still need to run my 3rd butane wash over the left-over keif. The 2nd wash had significantly less oil, so my guess is that the sediment is just left-over waxes that fell out of the butane solution.
After the 3rd run, I'll try a 4th wash using 190 proof, to see if the ethanol can pull anything out of it that the butane couldn't. I'll report back when I'm done.
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Funion
@eloquentsolution & CannaBunkerMan:
Thank you for your replies. I'm going to try again today with some of the 150 proof and see what we see. I'll report back on my learning curve!
Thank you for your replies. I'm going to try again today with some of the 150 proof and see what we see. I'll report back on my learning curve!
Hi Funion, thanks for sharing your experiences. I have no personal experience of 150 proof.
But in read on the forums I have not seen any report about the successful use of 150 proof.
It is unpleasant to disappoint, but probably nothing good should be expected.
150 is too weak, too much water in it.
I have Some budder that came out good just a darker budder, i want to re-extract it into amber, What would be a good oil to everclear ratio?
Also to get the glass consistancy will it be instantanious? or will it take a few hours?
And with the everclear when do you know it has all evaporated? i tried to make some on a 2nd run trim and i think i boiled to long i coulndt tell due to its consistancy.
I hope this all made sense i am incredibly stoned.
Also to get the glass consistancy will it be instantanious? or will it take a few hours?
And with the everclear when do you know it has all evaporated? i tried to make some on a 2nd run trim and i think i boiled to long i coulndt tell due to its consistancy.
I hope this all made sense i am incredibly stoned.
I did not tried to minimize the consumption of ethanol, and used some of 60-90 ml / g.
The solution should not be too concentrated and viscous for further filtering
In the heated ethanol badder dissolve faster.
Sometimes most of the wax drops at room temperature, cooling improves outcome, but not radically.
By evaporation of a thin layer, the difference between the solution and the melt is very clearly visible.
Waterbelly
Member
ARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!
Heres one for GW and Jump, and all of the rest of you reading!
So I have about 1 full bottle of 99% iso with alot of oil dissolved into it, and am evaping the alcohol out on a warm water bath all day while at work. I get home to see that one of my room mates bumped the damn thing, and a few drops of water got into the mixture. Im not exactly sure how much water got in, but am sure that theres a hell of alot more alcohol left to evaporate, (this was a big run) and dont know what to do at this point. Any suggestions?
Heres one for GW and Jump, and all of the rest of you reading!
So I have about 1 full bottle of 99% iso with alot of oil dissolved into it, and am evaping the alcohol out on a warm water bath all day while at work. I get home to see that one of my room mates bumped the damn thing, and a few drops of water got into the mixture. Im not exactly sure how much water got in, but am sure that theres a hell of alot more alcohol left to evaporate, (this was a big run) and dont know what to do at this point. Any suggestions?
