I can only imagine the panic, disbelief, and paralysis when it happened.
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equal faith! Just lots of reading and discernment. It used to be the dominant thought, and it got written a lot, that CBD wasn’t as effective for pain. It seems this is not so much the thinking/reporting more recently. Personal anecdote: I tested a 7mg/ml (approx) CBD infused almond oil on a pinched nerve the other day and it was effective. I usually use a THC oil for it. I’m yet to do more of my own tests but lots of people say CBD topicals help their pain. My recent pain oil has about 9mg THC and 2-3mg CBD, per ml of oil, and it is a little more potent than my last batch - which had little, if any ,CBD. I’m beginning a process of trying out some different ratios.more faith in what Sue has found out on the topical pain relief then what i read.
Another good morning ☀
I have finished infusing the oil yesterday and it is waiting & resting in the fridge for a couple more hours.
Here is a couple of photos from yesterday and as you can see, I have incorporated a couple of tips from around here
The whole process worked well and easy enough for my clumsy self (besides adding too much sunflower lec. in the coconut oil). I have lost a couple of ml/mg on the way and am now wondering, how to get the last drops of oil out of the small pouches. SweetSue explains her reclaiming here, in the fresh cut oil method I will give this a try now and see how much I get back. Anyone have any other reclaiming ideas?
Thank you lovely people, it is great fun with you. I will share another update with the real end product finished.
Have a happy day, Best
I can only imagine the panic, disbelief, and paralysis when it happened.
It happened in slow motion.
Same for me, pumpkin seed oilI’m like Shed in that i prefer a plain oil... nothing between me and the cannbinoids but the carrier!
One note - a topical doesn’t require the Liquid sunflower lecithin,
Cool , thanks. Does that mean it is necessary if you’re making a topical product with some water-based ingredients?Thanks for bringing this up! It's only to be used if mixing oil and water based products together, so I'll leave it out of my topicals from now on since I only use oils.
Does that mean it is necessary if you’re making a topical product with some water-based ingredients?
Sue and Cannasavvy said it was useful in topicals
I thought Sue and Cannasavvy said it was useful in topicals as well and that it's added to OTC skin products. I'll see if I can dig up where she said that...
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Thank you @InTheShed, I'm keeping that in the back of my head and in my journal. Pumpkin Seed oil I like with food, couldn't imagine putting that in a cream, but I sure will next time. It might add to the color as wellI'm a straight oil person, because it rubs in and leaves very little residue behind like salves and creams do. That and I don't want any barriers.
I found fractionated coconut oil too greasy for my tastes and now I go with 50/50 grapeseed and pumpkin seed.
Not sure that's going to be helpful now, but something to consider for next time?
Also, I aim for a minimum of 15mg/ml THC in my topical pain oil.
equal faith! Just lots of reading and discernment. It used to be the dominant thought, and it got written a lot, that CBD wasn’t as effective for pain. It seems this is not so much the thinking/reporting more recently. Personal anecdote: I tested a 7mg/ml (approx) CBD infused almond oil on a pinched nerve the other day and it was effective. I usually use a THC oil for it. I’m yet to do more of my own tests but lots of people say CBD topicals help their pain. My recent pain oil has about 9mg THC and 2-3mg CBD, per ml of oil, and it is a little more potent than my last batch - which had little, if any ,CBD. I’m beginning a process of trying out some different ratios.
ANd like has just been said - the Entourage combination of all cannabinois is where the magic is taking place.
Just wanted to share some useful anecdote on CBD and pain.
Happy day indeed! So happy to see you finding all the guides you need to jump in and get making.
I’m like Shed in that i prefer a plain oil... nothing between me and the cannabinoids but the carrier! Your process looks great and your oils will only get better and better as you go.
One note - a topical doesn’t require the Liquid sunflower lecithin, that is only required for internal bio-availability.
Nice to meet you steff!
I did decarb in the oven before at 105C for 90 min and half of that for 110C. I guess it wasn't enough and the oil bath did decarb some more. I never saw active decarb happen, so that was a first and I wasn't sure, if that is how decarbing can look So I take your reply as a yes, it could be more decarbing. Question answered and curious mind happy.Hey steff. Did you decarb in the oven first, before infusion? If not, then yes you should keep decab’ing becasue the infusion temperatures are not enough to decarb’ (which is deliberate, we dont want to decarb for that many hours!).
If you did oven decarb first then the bubbles may indicate some residual non-decarb’d material was left. If it’s only a little more, then it’s good either way.
ANything non-decarb‘d will mean THCa is present and apparently that is great in topicals as well.
You definitley want the bulk of it decarb’d tho‘ so if you didn’t do that beforehand, then bubble on!
Edit: Ive never used an oil bath or anystovetop method. I’m assuming you;re right that the small bubbles indicate continuing decarb’. Sue is the one with all the stovetop experience. I was happy To rely on oven decarb’, especially when Shed’s lab tests came back showing full decarb’ with little loss Now I have a Nova and can’t recommend it more highly. Best piece of oil making kit i own.
Hey B420, thanks for this - a friend recently had a bad time with some industry MCT based cannabis oil and felt it was definitely making them sick in the stomach. Even said it felt like a response to the oil itself, not the cannbinoids.Come to learn that MCT oils are NOT good for digestion. To summarize the words of a chemist in a video explaining the benefits of nanoemulsifying extracts, "MCT oils turn to prefatty acids, which are too small to incorporate THC/CBD properly... they do not shuttle the actives well to the bloodstream".
So no more MCT oil in my future edibles... any of the LCT oils (olive, coconout, etc) and lecithin should do fine!
"MCT oils turn to prefatty acids, which are too small to incorporate THC/CBD properly... they do not shuttle the actives well to the bloodstream".
Can you link me to the video where this quote comes from.