So now you only have to type in "hash oil lab explosion" to see that its happening pretty regularly. I realize not everyone is a baller and doesnt have $3k to buy something in the closed loop extractor category...but really I hate to say it but the people selling the shitty tube extractors are more of a problem in my opinion. They shouldnt be available, If you have a 1/4 lb glass extractor and you run 1500 mls of fluid thru it and are left with a glass baking pan full of highly volatile liquid...and dont see a problem? If you cant afford a real extractor then you should be using a turkey baster...but the hardware store will always have pipe bombs...
Anyway my point. If a case of butane is $35-85 and you use maybe 6 cans a week. For expensive butane you will go thru 35 cases of butane to reach $3k. So were talking about 70 weeks of butane. Now if you actually use this much butane, and you dont realize that a real extractor would pay for itself in a year in butane alone...then you are kind of dumb. and will probably explode one day.
Now as far as single solvent winterization... It was never something I wanted to try personally. Be safe and READ more, then make sure that guy isnt full of shit.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...harged-police-article-1.1551702#ixzz2vO84VNaF
Police said the couple had filled a 30-gallon tub with cannabis and soaked it in butane in an effort to make earwax, a highly potent version of marijuana. The butane ignited when one lit a cigarette.
Gambale and Gabriella were rushed to Staten Island University Hospital, where they remain in serious condition, said Luba Poukhova, Gabriella’s mother.
[They have a bathtub full of weed and butane, they've worked hard so they take a break and light a ciggy, can you believe this crap? They were good looking kids before they lit that cigarette, they would have been better off dying in the explosion].