New extraction technique? Rosin tech?

[Mikell]

I do the same with 5 gallons.

Trying to figure it out for 10+. I am not noodle arm but that's a hernia to move around. Bottom drain isn't as easy as it looks or I'm trying all the stupid ideas first.

Tap on the side failed. Shower drain plumbed to a PVC valve failed on grand proportion. Lucky it was trim.

I'll add you to the weekly email train, Ringo.

 

[EsterEssence]

I only keep the finest flowers as flowers, all the trim is tumbled for ethanol extraction, the rest, buds that don't make the cut, are tumbled for 3 min, for rosin, then tumbled for 20 min or so for more ethanol extraction. My variety is a narrow leaf indica sense the research that has been done says sativa is hemp. I prepress the 3min tumble into 100 gram pucks which I cut in half, and wrap for directional flow, and press at 180*-210* using the drip tech method. For me this is the best method to get the max amount of high grade product. You can get more if you tumble it longer, or press it hotter and longer but I am after the best. It never comes out as light as flower rosin but I never have any complaints after any person takes a dab or two...

 

[Patmando22]

 

[Patmando22]

Fresh pressed goji og sift at 80c 85c

 

[packerfan79]

Fresh pressed goji og sift at 80c 85c

I made some goji rosin and people went nuts for it

 

[Chrondiddle O]

Some of you guys should definitely try dissolving rosin of different strains and winterising..
I think this could be a very good way to determine what proportion of the trichome head of a new plant is wax,and what is resin..the strains I have which will make full melt and leave barely any residue on a nail are also the ones which when winterised in alcohol precipitate barely any wax compared to those which leave a char on the nail when cleaned over screens to the same visible standard under magnification.
This could be an easy field test to do to a sample of material to assess it's suitability for dry sifting.

 

[EsterEssence]

To me the whole point of rosin is to not have any solvent, once you introduce ethanol to winterize it is no longer soventless, there fore defeating the purpose of making rosin.

 

[Chrondiddle O]

@ester..

I agree,I don't mean this would be worth doing for consumption in the form of vapourisation or combustion (although the safe to consume grain alcohol could certainly be evaporated off and the remaining oil used for edibles), but for me the grail is a full melt hash without having to press. Flower rosin or rosin made from non-melt sift/bubble is all I use asides when I can dab full melt, I just thought the winterising test may interest people who were considering sifting for a very melty product and wanted a way to assess the proportion of wax to resin in the trichome before putting all the effort into the laborious and time consuming process of sifting it to pure or near enough pure heads to then be able to assess it.

 

[Patmando22]

I made some goji rosin and people went nuts for it

Nice man im hopeful mine gos over as well with the people

 

[WaterFarmFan]

Lovely Pat! Goji OG dry ice hash is one of my personal favorites in the stash. Every plant grows different with no two phenos seemingly alike, but such an awesome strain.

 

[Patmando22]

Lovely Pat! Goji OG dry ice hash is one of my personal favorites in the stash. Every plant grows different with no two phenos seemingly alike, but such an awesome strain.

Thanks man i like it alot also. It was a really good producer for us this year and very frosty. We use trim bins with 150 micron screens to trim in to and this strain rained heads!!

 

[Patmando22]

More goji og

 

[Mikell]

Shabamgodamn.

 

[Ringodoggie]

Why does it all come out in one direction? If the press is square and flat, wouldn't it make a 'footprint' around the filter, rather than all going one direction.

Even if it's like the Elysian and tilts on it's side, the press is still square and flat and should press evenly? No?

I see this often and I wondered why. One of my prototypes was a 'clamshell' type design and it pushed all one direction. However, everything I have made since then presses 'square and even' and provides more of a 'footprint' effect.

Just curious.

 

[Chrondiddle O]

There's a number of reasons it may push out in one direction as you've queried..
You've identified two of them in your post,maybe the press was tilted elysian style and gravity has forced it..maybe the plates are not meeting absolutely parallel so the rear of the patty is being pressed whilst the front portion is not forcing the rosin through all the material in one direction (a/la your 'clamshell').
A third reason could be a neat fold in the parchment around the bag containing the heads aka directional flow which dictates the rosin can only flow unimpeded in one direction.
My press also provides the footprint effect you describe as I have taken great care to ensure the plates meet parallel to one another and the entire patty is receiving the same pressure or near as dammit. I leave space in my parchment in every direction around the plates/patty and get flow in every direction. I have experimented with directional flow folding and tipping the press but asides seeing all the rosin come out in one place which makes nice videos,and a slightly easier job of collection, I don't really see the benefits.
I think the 3 key components of producing rosin are 1) good flowers/sift 2) BAGS! 3) a decent press, the second two are really just making the job a bit easier but it has to start with a product you'd be happy to smoke as is, because there are much easier processes to deal with rubbish.

 

[Patmando22]

Bingo its the parchment folded to only allow the oil to go one way. I like doing it this way best to get the oil to flow away from the heated plates. If i let the oil footprint around the bag i have oil that stays in between the heat plates and i feal like it gets cooked a little more that way.

 

[Patmando22]

As soon as i am done pressing i push the oil folded in parchment onto a cold surface to lower its temps fast. Thats a small trick i found to make for a slightly better product.

 

[Patmando22]

Im working on a cooling plate added onto my rosin press so as soon as it starts to drip out it will be chilled. Also a small tube mounted to sit next to the plates extending to above the press in a comfortable place to inhale from. This will be to take a slow draw while pressing to savor the flavor of some of the terps being lost from heat. Remember if you smell anything while pressing you are loosing something.

 

[Patmando22]

Just a couple of thoughts on how to make the ultimate rosin press

 

[Chrondiddle O]

I barely smell anything when pressing, but I go max 80 C which is 175 F approximately, and quite often press lower than that for sift.