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Greetings Everyone, Over the course of the past 6 months, I've been studing solvents for use in making cannabis oil in the home. Given the limited chemistry skills at home, the solvents reviewed are restricted to those found in the home - Ethanol, Isopropyl, Acetone and Ethyl Acetate. Ethyl...

Howdy, it's been a while. I went dark to focus on a study on solvent safety, but that will be for a new thread. So, I have a couple tests for you to do if you can donate 2ml of oil, and if you can acquire 95% Methanol. It's available cheap here in the states, $14 for a liter. Methanol is an...

Yes I totally understand as yield losses are a major concern for me. I have not done a head to head comparison yet till I sort out all the other areas. The losses I mentioned was to measure all losses including waxes, I've not done an across the isle comparison to RSO/FECO, still got to sort out...

Hi John, I buy my CBD from Buy CBD Online | Flower, Tinctures, Terpenes, and More | Jaxon, the blowout sales, where I can get a pound or two for under $200. That will last me a while. Not sure which one I used, but its typically 12-15% and sometimes with a few points of CBG. It depends where...

Good Morning John, You are correct. The benefit of RxCE matches QWET yields, the difference is in the time it takes to reach the finish line. QWET is doing two things. The cold is to avoid precipitating waxes and the Quick Wash is to have minimal contact time to avoid penetrating pulling...

Hey there, sorry for the lag. It goes solid enough at 10c/50f to stick to a metal utensil. This way, you just have to poke the oil with metal and drag it to the walls of the boiler, then dump the waste water. Colder the better, but 50f is the highest for handling the oil. Thats fine. I...

"My question is this: Why does sludge form? For instance, I left a batch too long in the rice cooker one time and it burnt. Why does this happen? IF the rice cooker can't exceed the 180F mark that ethanol burns at and when it switched to it's warm setting, which is lower than what is needed for...

So sorry for the lag everyone, @panacea I don't see a benefit because you end up at the same finish line either way - you still have water and salt to deal with at the end. Actually adding a bit of water at the end is what Rick Simpson did early on. He just added 10 drops of water, didn't...

There are no mistakes, only data points in the larger picture.

Hi InTheShed, Good question! You run it up to 212f and stop. Actually, you can quit at 205f, that works fine. There is almost no alcohol left in the water at that temp. It boils away in a linear slope from 178 to 212f. And another great question! Yes! The trash gets left behind. Water is...

Hi Kapncannabis, The water stays. It performs two functions. First it absorbs the polar and semi-polar compounds - sugars, acids, phospolipids. The second thing it does is act as a heat buffer so your oil never rises above 212f. This is important if you want to keep the acidic state. Using...

Hi Panacea, Yes, You want to cover the distiller with 1/2 inch of water, plus a teaspoon of non-iodine salt. The salt breaks the water emulsion and it's easy to remove. There is a trick to using moonshine stills and distillers. For distillers, make two passes. The first, set the ending...