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cant wait to see photos of the final product congrats on the harvest dude
can you send me the steps u used to create this ? (the hash )
Thanks mate, photo of product should be up tonight, about to be in process of collecting it. I speculate the white residue may be IPA residue, luckily if so, its localized in one spot and I can collect the more pure extract that has gathered in the corners. The step by step process is very very easy. Fill dried trimmings,shake, or ground bud into a glass jar that can be sealed. Fill desired amount, fill with 99% IPA to the top of the herb material. Shake vigorously for 90 seconds and strain through coffee filter that is on top of a regular strainer. Collect liquid, and proceed with second rinsing for another 90 seconds, collect liquid. Note that every successive rinsing will draw out more unwanted plant compounds (chlorophylls,lipids,etc.). That's why I didn't use a third rinsing because I noticed a more green tint on the second rinsing. Last step is to evaporate solvent, if a warm water bath is possible, the pyrex dish can be submerged to evaporate solvent quickly, or can be let sit out over night with constant air flow to induce evaporation moreso. Product should be collected in 24 hours or less, but I give it an extra 6 hours after it's all gone to be sure it's dry enough. Finally, I may slightly decarboxylate product on the vaporizer to rid any excess solvent, and to ... well deCOOH it. It's an easy process, just don't inhale IPA fumes obviously.
I've seen results like that but have never gotten the same product like this Les! Can I ask about your technique?
Do you leave a fan blowing over it or any kind of direct breeze? & are you swishing the product around every hour or so as its evaping or letting stand still? Noticed you are using 99% also and I started with 91 as it was all I could get from the local store, but we all know this would just prolong the evap process. Looks like its going to be some tasty oil, Decent pull also yeehaww Do you let your final product sit out for a certain time?
Technique mostly covered in previous post, Make sure to not Rinse TOO long, and make sure to use 99% IPA, I Do not Swirl during the evaporation process, it would not make much difference, but the product of interest may began to settle out of solution quicker if not swirled. Because I did not swirl, I believe I have successfully separated the IPA residue from the actual product of interest. I may try to bring this white stuff in to take a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance reading to see what it really is. I will post my final opinions on this product later, and thanks for the great words mate
Nice grow so far!
Thanks for the kind comment, and welcome aboard to the Lester Lounge.