Biggest possible BHO tube?

[meduser180056]

How big of an extraction tube can you do. The 3/4" 2 footers don't hold that much. Can you go 1.5" 2 footers. How big is too big?

Also should popcorn trim be dry before running or not?

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

you could go 2 inches even for a big tube man.

get it dry but doesnt matter if its bone dry or not.

 

[meduser180056]

Thx Hashmasta!

So how long should I make it? 2feet? 4 feet? 3 feet?

I need it to be as big as possible w/o sacrificing too much yield or quality.

Also I've read your purging thread and I read that you shouldn't do more than 5 grams per pyrex dish for a proper purge. Is that right?

One more question... I should use one 320 ml can per 14 grams or so or what?

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

could go 1 per 20 even. it kinda depends on the weed. if it has huge resin content it takes a bit more butane to leach it all. lower resin content takes less.

the length of the tube depends on how much ozs you want to put in at once. if its 2 inches wide and a foot long i bet you can get 40 grams in easy. probably 2 ozs.

ya regular round pyrex dish with more than 5 grams in it its hard to purge fully. oil is runnier usually. you can get bigger pyrex dishes too, and also you could break up your run between a few dishes even..

 

[meduser180056]

Well this stuff is pretty crystally. It's basically the lower half of the plants. All the popcorn nugs and stuff. I want to make a 2 Oz tube. I'm thinking 2inch diameter 2feet long or so. 3-4 cans of butane per run with a tube like that probably.

Now I'm just worried about how to dry this stuff. It's not sopping wet, but it's definetly not dry. I don't really have the space to dry this much.

What are the drawbacks to running the material wet as opposed to dry?

 

[Chiefsmokingbud]

Problem i've seen with using semi wet material is when the freezing butane goes though it freezes the existing moisture and you have a better chance of blockage and blowout. Basically you can get an ice pack in it. Seen that happen a couple times. In fact a buddy of mine damn near blew out half a tube all over himself that way lol.

If you have to absolutely use bud with some moisture in it, make damn sure you do not pack it. Put some material in then use a wooden dowel and push down into the tube and as soon as you feel the slightest bit of resistance, stop. Then add some more.

 

[meduser180056]

Yah I've actually used wet stuff and had blow outs before I thought that was what was happening. Thanx for clarifying. The only times I had trouble were actually when the material was wet and it stopped the butane from passing thru easily. So I guess I'm gonna have to try and dry cuz it's hard not to overpack with wet stuff cuz it compresses so easily. Shitty....

So you guys think a 2 foot 2 inch tube is good?

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

ya not bad. better than 1 inch 4 feet long i think. for ease of use, and for flow of oil thru less weed. but 4 inches one foot long is probably not as good too... i am not sure the exact best ratio of width to length, but i wanna know.. D

 

[meduser180056]

K well I'm gonna go with that then. It'll be nice cuz I should be able to pull about 5 grams from a tube that size with the material I got.

I want each run to yield about 5 grams so I can just use one round pyrex dish per run.
I probably got enuf to do at least 20 runs or so like that.

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

nice

 

[Chiefsmokingbud]

You start getting into the fluid dynamics part of it which is over my head. Just based on my basic knowlege of resistance i believe you're better off with a wider tube than say a 4' tube because resistance increases dramatically with length.

 

[Misturemike]

i have 2, 5 foot tubes, at 3" diam. these can hold PLENTY. when going this big you get the black pvc, stuff used for major plumbing. i can make a QP of oil per go, per tube usually.. LOTS of butane is needed. i get about 7-10 g's per bottle of tane using buds as medium.

 

[meduser180056]

i have 2, 5 foot tubes, at 3" diam. these can hold PLENTY. when going this big you get the black pvc, stuff used for major plumbing. i can make a QP of oil per go, per tube usually.. LOTS of butane is needed. i get about 7-10 g's per bottle of tane using buds as medium.

Wow. Didn't think you could go that big.

I kinda wanted to stay away from PVC, but that's a big run in one go.

So how many bottles you use on one of those tubes?

How do you purge that large of an amount all at once?

How many collection dishes do you use?

 

[Misturemike]

pvc is fine...there is nothing that is going to leech into the oil, just wash your shit out before use. well i should say american pvc, so make sure if you do use it is is american made. 12-16 cans per full tube. purge is in the largest square pyrex dish available, not anything too rediculous in size. and one dish for per tube...purge just takes a lot longer.

 

[TheHashAssassin]

pvc is not fine. I know a few medical patients in my area who prior to smoking my butane oil (I use a metal extractor) would refuse to smoke butane oil because of a wierd taste they found it had. I found out that the source of all the butane oil they had recieved through the club was made in pvc tubes. you can jerry rig a scuba diving tank for extracting through.

 

[Misturemike]

assassin, because of someones palate you are saying the pvc is not fine? i am a medical patient and have tried and seen just about every oil imaginable. i have made bho with copper, treated pvc, stainless steel, etc. and i will agree with oil at co-ops a lot of the time is crap because buyers are not knowledgable in hash oils. and the taste, most likely related to poor butane. as well, i have had samples GC tested, all were made with pvc...nothing leeched in the oil. proof for me, but if biased i suggest a trail and decide for yourself.

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

poor butane and maybe sulfur trim weed even. lot of that around

 

[meduser180056]

Well If I make a tube like the one Misturemike is talking about I'll probably have to go with PVC.

I'm still debating on whether I should make a tube as big as Misturemike's or stick with 2ft 2inch copper tubes. The less runs the better for sure. I'm gonna do it this weekend so I'll let ya'll know how it turned out.

 

[Guest]

As far as the PVC debate goes, I found no problem or strange taste and regular white PVC is what I used it was some fitting to a sink drain that I bought at Lowes, also It was 2in wide and 10in long and I could fit 2oz's in it with room to spare, I allways broke my weed up with my grinder before I put it in the tube and I allways ran about 4 cans of tane through it or when I could see no more gold in the liquid mix. Only prob I had with it was the seals didnt seal all the way and the first time I used it the pressure shot BHO on my clothes and in my hair, but that was fixed with duct(K) tape.

HMK how's it goin? I'm on probation as of today smoke some BHO for me guys.

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

its going good but probation brutal! i will vape some right now for ya `(';')'