anonymousgrower
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Lol they even sell it on amazon. score.
Hey everybody, first post here. Glad I found this board, very,very glad.
So I saw this thread grabbed the makins (had to order online, I'm up in Caniba) and have been playing around. I have some questions and observations I'd like to share.
My first press was quick n dirty, medium ground, medium grade bud, medium heat= very medium, hard, harsh smokables. Whodathunit!
My second press I used good bud. Ground it up ultra, ultra fine. I used a hair dryer on it, slowly applying even layers of heat, tightening, reheating, etc. My puck was dark (black almost) green on the outside and a medium green on the inside. This puck was more malleable, crumbled nicely and smoked nicely. The extra effort was definitely time consuming but worthwhile.
My third and most recent press came after spending much more time reading these forums. I went out to the art supply store and picked up a silk screen, 110m. I froze a bag of fine quality shake over night, spread it over the screen and hand sifted it gently. It took time to get to my current base weight (1.2g) but when I was done I had a beautiful, near invisible starting point on a sheet of paper below the screen. Filled the Makins, followed the rotation: tighten, heat, tighten, heat. Once I couldn't get any tighter I just kept heating it, allowing it to cool and repeating. What I was left with was a beautiful khaki green puck that is pale on the inside and crumbles fairly easily. It smokes great, especially in contrast to the first 2 but it's still not perfect. Takes a lot of time, a lot of material.
Can I just heat the entire thing in the oven at a low temp? The extruder has a rubber bit in the plunger I'm concerned may melt. Another concern is the heating on the cheap metal "poisoning" the smokables (a la BHA seaping out of plastic water bottles and tin cans). Right now I'm just using my gf's blow dryer. I heat up the mofo till it's almost too hot to touch then I let it cool down before reapplying the heat. Any suggestions on the heat?
Whoa that was long and no pictures... I was planning on taking some tomorrow to share.
Thanks HempKat. Each round of heating with the blow dryer would be about 30-45 seconds, just until the tube gets hot to touch so I don't think it's getting too hot but it is time consuming this way.
So in the oven at 200ºF for how long? Does it matter?
Pretty much any type will work as long as the THC content of your material is high. I like an electric coffee grinder, but most folks just use a cheap manual pocket grinder. Of course, if your using pure dry sifted glands or other hash, then no grinder at all is needed.
First off, if grinding buds, they must be "premo" really totally covered in glands.
Hold the grinder upside down so the material gets reground many times without falling thru the holes into the lower section. Or.....get a grinder that only has one section with no lower container or holes.
If you want to try the "coffee grinder" method, I see them all the time in garage sales for just a dollar or two.
I'm just wondering, would this be worth using on midgrade? I know somebody earlier said when you just grind up bud and use this method you aren't making real hash. But what I'm wondering if this would make it more worth it to smoke midgrade cause that is all that is available to me right now, if not its all good, I plan on buyin a z to make hash with. Gonna get a space case and collect kief, then use the rest for oil, but I've been wanting to try this for a while as well.