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CraftCanna 1 month ago

I have a good friend who is a chemist and lab director at a rec company. He uses solvent extraction to make me concentrate from my material. It extracts terpenes and canabinoids.

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Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 month ago

Okay....mmmm. If I took the plunge and used my friends fractional distillation unit, I could make an ethanol extraction and also get the terpenes out of it as well. Kind of a 2 for 1. Although the ethanol extraction doesn't preserve terpenes in the oil. You'd get two separate end products.

Thekid.999 thekid44@zaps.lol 1 month ago

You can learn a lot from this channel. Its best once you harvest freeze it then make bubble hash then press to live rosin.

Thekid.999 thekid44@zaps.lol 1 month ago

Stay away from solvent extract. Do solventless

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Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 month ago

Why do you think I got my own press. 😅

Thekid.999 thekid44@zaps.lol 1 month ago

I remember going back and forth on pressing a few months ago. Hahahaha what press did you get if you dont me asking. I got a nugsmasher mini

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Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 month ago

I got a dabpress brand 6 ton bottle jack press. The plates are 3x5" I did more reading after we went back and forth. And it seems like it's a mix of both surface area and pressure, and a well-built 6-ton press will outperform a shitty built 12-ton press. I'm excited to see how this performs.

Thekid.999 thekid44@zaps.lol 1 month ago

It's why I'm growing, because I want to do bubble hash. Extract those terpines and press the shit out of them and get liquid Bitcoin. Hahahahaa that's what I call the rosin all the time. I watch a video of the rosin dripping. I just be like looking at all that liquid Bitcoin. Hahahahaa

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Thekid.999 thekid44@zaps.lol 1 month ago

Nice

Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 month ago

Yeah, I've been growing weed for so long that it seems really dumb that I don't have my own press, so I decided to fix that. Now I don't have to use my friend's press that's an hour drive back and fourth. Then I can start experimenting with more stuff like making cartridges and whatnot.

CraftCanna 1 month ago

I would only use solvents to extract if you have lab grade equipment and use lab grade butane or hex. Residuals from those setups are measured in parts per billion so effectively non existent. But almost no one has access to that caliber of equipment and solvents of that quality.

Wout wout@getalby.com 0 months ago

I've also been eyeing a press. Still on the "should I?" fase, though. I guess I'll wait until I see you posting some results 😉