Sativa Bubble Hash

[Allen42]

Right on, I’ll have to check those out. Ya I heard the same though that the waters current spinning is what would break the trichomes off the bud.. that and the cold temp.. so I spun in clockwise rotation for a lil while then reverse to counter-clockwise.

 

[PaleSun]

@SimpleManZ420 Looks great man! I've made some like that using a paint mixer in an electric drill. Easier on the arms Have been reading recently about using dry ice instead of ice water. Think it looks cool if the dry ice isn't too expensive.

Cheers dude

 

[Allen42]

Thanks PaleSun, I appreciate it. Ya I was reading about the dry ice method and it seems cool but not even sure where to source that at. Lol I would think you’d be able to reuse the dry ice for multiple runs too

 

[PaleSun]

Yup, and they did an A/B comparison with the same amount of buds, and the dry ice method had a much higher extraction rate for the same amount of material. You should be able to get it from places that sell: oxygen, food grade CO2, and welding gases.

 

[ChefDGreen]

Dry ice makes the plant material extremely brittle and can result in a huge quantities of contaminants. Water extraction hydrates the vegetal material making it much more resistant to becoming small particulate. in theory bubble hash produces far superior hash.

 

[Allen42]

Nice, see I wasn’t sure about that. From what I’ve read I was under the impression you got smaller yields from dry ice but I could be wrong about that. The only problem I see with dry ice is I’d imagine that’d be harder to agitate without the water.

 

[Old Salt]

Nice, see I wasn’t sure about that. From what I’ve read I was under the impression you got smaller yields from dry ice but I could be wrong about that. The only problem I see with dry ice is I’d imagine that’d be harder to agitate without the water.

Cement mixer or paint shaker!

 

[Allen42]

Smart!.. I like it.. If there’s a will there’s a way. Lol I might have to give it a go now next round.

 

[PaleSun]

Hmmm. All very interesting. As I said I have not yet tried the dry ice method. @ChefDGreen and @SimpleManZ420 Search the MakeWeedEasy website for Bubble hash and Dry Ice hash. They did a comparison of the two. That's why I was excited about trying it.

Cheers guys

 

[CrazyChef]

Thanks PaleSun, I appreciate it. Ya I was reading about the dry ice method and it seems cool but not even sure where to source that at. Lol I would think you’d be able to reuse the dry ice for multiple runs too

and welding gases.

I sourced some from a company called Airgas. It's cheap - like maybe $1.62/lb if I remember correctly? Here's a link to their website store finder. You can even filter it to show only the locations that sell dry ice.

Welding & Industrial Equipment | Gas & PPE Supplies | Airgas Locator

Airgas is a leading supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases equipment along with personal protection equipment. Find a convenient location near you.

www.airgas.com

 

[CrazyChef]

I still haven't tried it yet, though. I have a single 5 gallon 73 micron bag. I'm planning on using it for hash only, then using the remaining material for some type of tincture or RSO type extraction. Now, I can use dry material for dry ice hash, correct? After I trim this next set of plants today, I should have around 3 or 4 oz. of dried trim (mostly sugar leaves and small buds).

 

[CrazyChef]

Here's a map pic of Airgas locations. It's not exhaustive of ALL their locations though. There's one about 3 miles from me (in Massachusetts), and the map doesn't show it for some reason.

 

[Allen42]

Hmmm. All very interesting. As I said I have not yet tried the dry ice method. @ChefDGreen and @SimpleManZ420 Search the MakeWeedEasy website for Bubble hash and Dry Ice hash. They did a comparison of the two. That's why I was excited about trying it.

Cheers guys

Okay, I just checked out the article you referred me to and there saying the dry ice method could net us a 40% or so return which is much more then the ice and water route.. I will probably do this next time I make bubble hash to compare methods.

 

[PaleSun]

Yup, @SimpleManZ420 I'm totally on side with you there. During my first week of harvest I clip off all the "Prime Tops". They get graded separately, just for smoking or vaping. Then the plants sit for another 10-14 days. During that time I have found that the lower buds under go a growth spurt. Likely because light intensity is increased on them, maybe, also, the plant may sense the stress, like it's been eaten off by a cow lol and gives another push trying to reproduce.

It's those secondary buds that I hold back for the hash bucket. Also, they don't need to be trimmed clean like the Prime Tops. @Old Salt comment about a cement mixer got me thinking. Perhaps this could be automated. If you could tilt a 25L pail 45deg, and keep it rolling with the bud and dry ice inside for 5-6 minutes, that might do it.

....hmmm, but how?

 

[PaleSun]

@CrazyChef Thanks for the info on dry ice prices. Good to know. I'm definitely going to try a couple Zs of my Production Grade buds into dry ice hash, just to try it out. @ChefDGreen may have a valid point about pulverising the bud material too much. We'll see

Cheers lads

 

[Allen42]

I hear ya @PaleSun. I only used all these buds off this plant because I was forced to harvest early due to my tent breaking.. it still held up.. kind of, but needless to say I was not willing to gamble the well-being of my quantum board to finish one plant. Haha I got nice yields off the first two autos and just decided on a whim to make bubble hash given the circumstances... I was looking into Salty’s referral of a paint or cement mixer and that would work amazing I think... THIS mixer right here would do the job amazing... and my boy Chef is right about too much mixing, many of the examples I saw online had a lot of green looking final product which I believe to be caused by the product being pulverized too much.

 

[Old Salt]

I suggest a cement mixer more as a joke to get folks thinking out of the box. I like the mixing action, as it has vanes to slosh the ingredients around as it turns. You could mount similar vanes in a bucket to achieve the same purpose. With that done, an external friction drive for the bucket is not too difficult to make. A lazy susan with the bottom of another bucket attached would serve as the pivot, centering the hash bucket at the same time.

 

[Allen42]

I still haven't tried it yet, though. I have a single 5 gallon 73 micron bag. I'm planning on using it for hash only, then using the remaining material for some type of tincture or RSO type extraction. Now, I can use dry material for dry ice hash, correct? After I trim this next set of plants today, I should have around 3 or 4 oz. of dried trim (mostly sugar leaves and small buds).

Ya you can certainly use your dried product, whether that be trim or buds.. 4 oz should net you a pretty return, what strain will you be running through the bag? @CrazyChef

 

[Old Salt]

I hear ya @PaleSun. I only used all these buds off this plant because I was forced to harvest early due to my tent breaking.. it still held up.. kind of, but needless to say I was not willing to gamble the well-being of my quantum board to finish one plant. Haha I got nice yields off the first two autos and just decided on a whim to make bubble hash given the circumstances... I was looking into Salty’s referral of a paint or cement mixer and that would work amazing I think... THIS mixer right here would do the job amazing... and my boy Chef is right about too much mixing, many of the examples I saw online had a lot of green looking final product which I believe to be caused by the product being pulverized too much.

"General purpose electric stirrer for light duty applications in low viscosity materials. The ES105 is a direct drive continuous duty stirrer that develops up to 0.7 in-lbs of torque rated to stir up to 5 gallons of water. This basic 1/80 HP stirrer..."

It's not powerful enough. That 0.7 in-lb or 0.06 ft-lbs wouldn't even move the paddles in the ice/hash mix. It would be great to keep the nutrients mixed for me. I'd just turn it on for five minutes a few times per day.

 

[Allen42]

I suggest a cement mixer more as a joke to get folks thinking out of the box. I like the mixing action, as it has vanes to slosh the ingredients around as it turns. You could mount similar vanes in a bucket to achieve the same purpose. With that done, an external friction drive for the bucket is not too difficult to make. A lazy susan with the bottom of another bucket attached would serve as the pivot, centering the hash bucket at the same time.

Ya I wouldn’t actually use a cement mixer lol but the paint mixer could surely work... but then again if I’m gonna spend $ on a mixer I would most likely just buy the mixing machine that comes with the bubble bags, but I hear those don’t deliver reliable results... it’s all just speculation at this point.