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cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
DarkWeb said:
Here's the separation.
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I don't mind being wrong just want to know where I was wrong. I'm thinking the alc needs to be stronger to extract more efficiently and also leave less water. No biggie I got more to play with. Just not dry ice hash.
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You linked a prep with a filtration step.

I’m operating under the assumption you did that y/n

I cannot diagnose without that info. If you did not filter and evaluate the residue on the paper, I cannot exclude many possibilities,

In any case, I have high confidence that your problem is the low proof of your solvent.

So you need to up your solvent game to the point where you get one filterable phase.

That means 95% ethanol = 190 proof, or iso 91%.

Acetone and hydrocarbons are excellent, but the hardware-store stuff MUST be carefully distilled. I happen to do that.

IMO your two options are stronger ethanol or isopropanol. When you dissolve your hash on either, break it up or squish it real thin. Thick or large pieces take hours to go in. Don’t heat. Once you have a single-phase solution, filter. Then report back please! :joint:
 
Laughing Grass

Laughing Grass

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cannabineer said:
I would say that from freshman year (1979) until I moved away from the East (1990) I didn’t live with a/c.
From 1990 til 2019 I lived in California. From 2001 to 2009 I lived with a swamp cooler of marginal effectiveness.
From 2009 until 2019 I lived in raratt country in a poorly-insulated house with a/c that I ran as sparingly as possible. The low humidity makes a big difference,

Now I’m in the desert in a much better-insulated house with a/c. I am still miserly with the a/c which draws over 3 kW. (First smart meter)

I remember two places especially. Sophomore year I was in a 1-bd apartment with ALL the windows facing west and no fan to my name. You could slice the heat with a shovel in there around sundown in the summer.

Second place was the apartment we (my ex and I) rented in Pittsburgh in ‘88. That was a hot summer. Not much draft in the place, and nights could be a sweltering ordeal.

All that said, I prefer it too hot to too cold. There is something blasphemous about solid water.
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I could see you trying to scrimp on power in California. They're paying more than double what we pay for electricity when you factor in the currency conversion. Were you not allowed to put one of those portable window air conditioner in your apartment?

A bunch of us from school rented a cottage in Bobcaygeon but neglected to verify that it had air conditioning. It was so hot most of us slept outside on blankets under the stars. First thing I check now when looking at summer accommodations.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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I was pretty high yesterday and today as well....I might have missed a step but i'm thinkin it's the proof that got it. Weird I can get stronger dark stuff but nothing clear.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Laughing Grass said:
I could see you trying to scrimp on power in California. They're paying more than double what we pay for electricity when you factor in the currency conversion. Were you not allowed to put one of those portable window air conditioner in your apartment?

A bunch of us from school rented a cottage in Bobcaygeon but neglected to verify that it had air conditioning. It was so hot most of us slept outside on blankets under the stars. First thing I check now when looking at summer accommodations.
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During my college years, an a/c was beyond my means. I could dream though, and now (supervillain bwahaa) it is mine allll miiiine
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
DarkWeb said:
I answered your question on separation......how would you go from A to B? Would you even make a tincture?
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If you have either solvent I recommend:

Don’t decarb in the oven!

dissolve cold, 10 ml per gram of bubble or sift. I prefer bubble; it has less plant fragments.

Filter. Wash the filter paper with a minimum of solvent til the wash is colorless.

(Dry the residue. Take a close-up pic. Post it here for me.)

Evaporate the solvent. Two methods:room temp and a week-plus of patience, or a heated pan.

To decarb or not decarb? I found intriguing evidence that oral THCA is well-absorbed. It isn’t psychoactive but it might still have some or all the health benefits.
‘course if you are after the head effects, 60 min at 100 degrees C ( precisely measured and controlled!) (no lower! Rxn stalls at 95) and weigh the result.

then dissolve in strong enough alcohol, probably no lower than 175 proof.

Or dissolve in a food oil or fat. I tend to go 5% decarbed in peanut oil or coconut fat.
 
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