Honey Oils
Lots of solvents can extract oil from resin leaves and some work better then others, how well these solvents work depends on certain chemical properties and how pure it is, one chemical property that is a major factor in a chemicals performance is POLARITY molecules will be "polar, slightly polar or non polar" generally the polarity of the solvent will determine what it is able to dissolve.
Like dissolves like,
polar solvent will dissolve polar molecule
non-polar solvent will dissolve non polar molecule
The solvents
Butane
-non polar
-makes "honey oil"
-very fast process
-easy to find
-expensive
-extremely flammable
-may contain unwanted additives
Hexane
-non polar
-makes "honey oil"
-inexpensive
-skin irritant
-slow process
-very flammable
Methanol/Methylalc
-moderately polar
-dissolves THC and plant fibre
-makes black/green oil
- easy to find, inexpensive
-flamable
Alcohol/isopropanol
-Mostly polar
-dissolves THC and plant fibre
-makes black/green oil
-easy to find, inexpensive
Water - 100% Polar
The plant material
THC OILS = Non polar
Chlorophyll = Polar
Hexane will produce the cleanest oil as this only dissolves THC, alcohol dissolves both Chlorophyll and THC making your end product a lot darker, green or even black.
Lots of solvents can extract oil from resin leaves and some work better then others, how well these solvents work depends on certain chemical properties and how pure it is, one chemical property that is a major factor in a chemicals performance is POLARITY molecules will be "polar, slightly polar or non polar" generally the polarity of the solvent will determine what it is able to dissolve.
Like dissolves like,
polar solvent will dissolve polar molecule
non-polar solvent will dissolve non polar molecule
The solvents
Butane
-non polar
-makes "honey oil"
-very fast process
-easy to find
-expensive
-extremely flammable
-may contain unwanted additives
Hexane
-non polar
-makes "honey oil"
-inexpensive
-skin irritant
-slow process
-very flammable
Methanol/Methylalc
-moderately polar
-dissolves THC and plant fibre
-makes black/green oil
- easy to find, inexpensive
-flamable
Alcohol/isopropanol
-Mostly polar
-dissolves THC and plant fibre
-makes black/green oil
-easy to find, inexpensive
Water - 100% Polar
The plant material
THC OILS = Non polar
Chlorophyll = Polar
Hexane will produce the cleanest oil as this only dissolves THC, alcohol dissolves both Chlorophyll and THC making your end product a lot darker, green or even black.
