moisture content and storage. (dry ice hash)

[noworries]

So typically I'll make dry ice hash, its wet from process. I press it, then break it up and let it dry. Problem is...if I do anything other than let it dry WAY out it will mold on me. (I'm talking BONE dry)

My last attempt I used the same method I use for my bud (simon method with caliber 2's)

The RH got stable under 70% and sealed for 24 hours I had mold on the bottom side that was sitting on the glass.

Any tips on keeping hash pliable, but not so much that it molds?

 

[Chamba]

naturally, do not press the dry sift until it is dry.

use aged, dry starting material and/or dry out your dry sift for a longer period in a lower RH environment and/or freeze the dry sift after making it and only take out enough for a day or so at a time and or use a desiccant in the jar.

and since mold is a problem in your locale, use a digital hygrometer to monitor the drying process by placing the hygrometer in the sealed jar/container with the sift.

If you are going to dry ice sift plant material that is hasn't been dried or was wet just a week or so ago then you will need to use heat after pressing, but in my opinion, do it how those who have been making hash for ages do, dry sift aged material, then press immediately after and you won't have losses from mold.

that's just a few suggestions, if any reader with first hand experience with preventing dry sift from molding, please chime in!



Happy Sifting!

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

Do the work in a room with a dehumidifier, use a glass desicator to dry out the resin after extraction, are the buds you are sifting real real dry? I dry for 2 weeks and cure for at least 3 months to be sure the resin is dry. Rh of 70 is very high. I like it under 40.
if you freeze the resin quickly or as quickly as you can then it wiil not mold, it can't.
Do you need to press it? That does not help. I prefer unpressd...
-SamS

 

[noworries]

naturally, do not press the dry sift until it is dry.

use aged, dry starting material and/or dry out your dry sift for a longer period in a lower RH environment and/or freeze the dry sift after making it and only take out enough for a day or so at a time and or use a desiccant in the jar.

and since mold is a problem in your locale, use a digital hygrometer to monitor the drying process by placing the hygrometer in the sealed jar/container with the sift.

If you are going to dry ice sift plant material that is hasn't been dried or was wet just a week or so ago then you will need to use heat after pressing, but in my opinion, do it how those who have been making hash for ages do, dry sift aged material, then press immediately after and you won't have losses from mold.

that's just a few suggestions, if any reader with first hand experience with preventing dry sift from molding, please chime in!



Happy Sifting!

I just wanted to come back with some gratitude. It may be a no brainer to wait until the resin is dry before pressing but it never occured to me. I just did exactly what the guy in the youtube video did.

This batch I did my dry ice in bubble bags into my container, then let it dry out over night. It was bone dry by morning, did my pressing after and its made all the world of difference. Oddly, much lighter in color, and very pliable YET it is dry. That was a big issue, as my wet pressed hash would dry it would get extremely brittle and very hard.

Anyway, I just wanted to come back and say

 

[Lucky 7]

Is dry ice your preferred method? I am going to run 1/2 pound of dry buds . . . . the dry ice method looks sooo much better than all that water & ice . . .

may I use simple bubble bags for dry ice method?

 

[groog]

you can also make dry ice hash with a martini shaker.
After you have collected all your hash, you can press it using a rolling pin. some will use old credit card to roll it into balls

 

[DrySiftWizard]

I will never in a million years understand the point of PURPOSELY introducing contaminant into your products.

Dry ice does nothing but make stuff overly brittle.

Is dry ice your preferred method? I am going to run 1/2 pound of dry buds . . . . the dry ice method looks sooo much better than all that water & ice . . .

may I use simple bubble bags for dry ice method?

Why not just make dry sift?