oldgrayhair
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PGA - pure grain alcohol
The first time I think I made the amber but it was too brittle, couldn't even remove it from the glass dish. So I added ethanol and started over. My finished product now is more like sticky, hot candy.
...It could also be strain dependent.
So that's what I did:
-put bud and small amount of spirit in small mason jar,
-turn it upside-down several times to wash the bud
-separate solution from plant material with stainless steel strainer
-purge solution using casserole with boiling water covered with plate
-collect from plate with razor blade
OK excuse me plz it was lost in translation. I tried to describe an improvised double boiler....havin trouble figuring out exactly what you mean..
Unfortunately I don't have digital scales now and cannot report the weights. It was a walnut size fresh bud about 4cm (1 1/2") length.also how much bud (wet weight) are you using to achieve that cylinder of amber? ...
\Yes. it's hard to remove if you let it cool, and it's gonna pop-up and disappear from view, I warm up the plate to melt a bit and prevent this.
Q: it was brittle and after redissolving became sticky?
I used only two - first time in may CalifornianOrangeBud x K2 and now WhiteRussian.
Did you try iso on fresh?
Hey OtherWhiteMeat when I do evaporation I see two definitely different states of the substance at one time.I think I need to find the right time to remove it from the evap step.
... I removed it when the consistency was somewhere around that of cold molasses.
I've used dried material to do the ethanol wash many times but income material was always only bonsai leaves that is poor quality.What is your experience using dried material to do the ethanol wash?
... I have no idea how big that coin actually is
Sure, it was short description in the thread "Butane honey oil for dummies"-page 38-...do you have a link to a thread that describes the method your using in this thread?