Rosin

[natureboygrower]

Out of curiousty I pressed a small amount tonight to see what kind of returns I'm getting. Just a little over 20%. I'm happy with that, although I can still see a little left on the flower. Probably why they recommend a second press. It'll go into my butter.

Outdoor Bodhi Cocoon.

 

[Star Dog]

1st attempt making ice hash, I put the bud/trim and ice water into a 12ltr watertight bucket then put the lid on and shaked/sloshed it around for a bit then filtered it with a 220 micron bag into another bucket a few times before filtering everything gathered through all the bags.


The biggest piece was from the 1st wash.

Once dried I poured it into a roasting bag and hand pressed it with some heat applied

Great for a rainy day and I've good bit more to do.

 

[Star Dog]

Here’s my press 5x6 plates with inkbird heater.View attachment 5028550
Heres what I generally get out of it View attachment 5028551

I like to press hotter for better yield, I go up to about 200f, 5 Minuit minimum pre press to get the rosin flowing and then do a long and slow press. Usually 5-10g at a time.

Btw I press shwag.

Have I got this correct.
You're putting bud in your press and squeezing the resin from it, that being rosin?

 

[Milky Weed]

Have I got this correct.
You're putting bud in your press and squeezing the resin from it, that being rosin?

Correct! Using heat and pressure, squashing the resin out as best we can. There’s also hash rosin, If you decided to press that hash you made through a 37u bag you would have some nice and more refined product.

I love plain hash though

 

[Mad878]

I just built this a little bit ago.
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Been playing with bubble mostly.
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I have no idea what I'm doing......but it tastes great lol

Try using silicone baking sheets instead of parchment paper. It comes off more easily check out mine.

 

[natureboygrower]

I check out the rosin pics on reddit from time to time and I kept seeing 'cold cure ' but never bothered looking into it. A gram of pressed rosin lasts me awhile.
Anyways, last weekend I tried filling a cart with some of my blueberry and chocolate rosin ( big fail on that) I was heating my rosin in a old shatter vac dish with the heat pad underneath to try and loosen it more and then I packed it in the cart and stuck that on the heat hoping it would melt down and I could add more. That wasn't successful so I stuck the cart in the freezer with a little rosin still in it. The next day it was really yellow


Last night I did the same process minus the cart filling, heated my fresh Rosin in my pyrex then put it in the the freezer overnight.

Blueberry and chocolate Rosin left overnight in the freezer


Blue and chocolate without the freezer cure


TLDR
Sticking fresh pressed rosin in the freezer overnight seems to lighten the color.

 

[Milky Weed]

I check out the rosin pics on reddit from time to time and I kept seeing 'cold cure ' but never bothered looking into it. A gram of pressed rosin lasts me awhile.
Anyways, last weekend I tried filling a cart with some of my blueberry and chocolate rosin ( big fail on that) I was heating my rosin in a old shatter vac dish with the heat pad underneath to try and loosen it more and then I packed it in the cart and stuck that on the heat hoping it would melt down and I could add more. That wasn't successful so I stuck the cart in the freezer with a little rosin still in it. The next day it was really yellow
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Last night I did the same process minus the cart filling, heated my fresh Rosin in my pyrex then put it in the the freezer overnight.

Blueberry and chocolate Rosin left overnight in the freezer
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Blue and chocolate without the freezer cure
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TLDR
Sticking fresh pressed rosin in the freezer overnight seems to lighten the color.

A hot cold cure? Dank

 

[natureboygrower]

A hot cold cure? Dank

Lol. I'm winging it, friend. I've got outdoor to press and play around with, so it's all just for fun.
I'm not sure if the heat is needed to alter the color, but it does seem to lighten it. I'm just trying to mimic what I did last weekend. My experience heating distillate has always darkened it so this is a bit of a head scratcher.
I like the heat because it flattens the rosin out and just has a little more eye appeal imo. I do give it a little stir after it's loosened up a bit before it goes into the freezer.

 

[natureboygrower]

Been playing around with temps and pressing pressure. Getting some lighter colors. Really happy with this press, been going through all my outdoor larf and lowers. Great returns so far and the flavors are tasty AF.
Bodhi Cocoon, second in taste outta the 4 strains I've pressed, highest yielding though. I'll be growing this again next outdoor.

 

[DarkWeb]

Been playing around with temps and pressing pressure. Getting some lighter colors. Really happy with this press, been going through all my outdoor larf and lowers. Great returns so far and the flavors are tasty AF.
Bodhi Cocoon, second in taste outta the 4 strains I've pressed, highest yielding though. I'll be growing this again next outdoor.
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What was the temp? Looks great!

 

[cannabineer]

Out of curiousty I pressed a small amount tonight to see what kind of returns I'm getting. Just a little over 20%. I'm happy with that, although I can still see a little left on the flower. Probably why they recommend a second press. It'll go into my butter.

Outdoor Bodhi Cocoon.
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Oh I like to hear twenty. Gnarlawesome.

 

[natureboygrower]

What was the temp? Looks great!

Thanks bro. I took it down to kief/bubble temps and pressed twice. First time doing that. Man, I've missed out not pressing a second time. My plan is low temp/ low pressure, two presses from now on. My first press was @165° for a minute followed by another minute press @ 175° .

Oh I like to hear twenty. Gnarlawesome.

Hey thanks for that. Yeah, I was surprised and happy with that return . That's the Cocoon that yields so well. And that was only one press. Like mentioned above to DW, I'll be pressing twice from now on.
I've only pressed my indoor twice, interestingly enough, the outdoor has yielded more

 

[Mad878]

Thanks bro. I took it down to kief/bubble temps and pressed twice. First time doing that. Man, I've missed out not pressing a second time. My plan is low temp/ low pressure, two presses from now on. My first press was @165° for a minute followed by another minute press @ 175° .

Hey thanks for that. Yeah, I was surprised and happy with that return . That's the Cocoon that yields so well. And that was only one press. Like mentioned above to DW, I'll be pressing twice from now on.
I've only pressed my indoor twice, interestingly enough, the outdoor has yielded more

Are you using parchment paper?

 

[natureboygrower]

Are you using parchment paper?

Yes. No bags

 

[Mad878]

Yes. No bags

I’m using silicone baking sheet with bags. Very easy to collect but it’s darker, if I go lower temps I get less rosin. any suggestions????

 

[Mad878]

See what I mean

 

[DarkWeb]

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Ouch! don't put your thumb in the press

 

[DarkWeb]

Where are you putting the silicone mat?

 

[natureboygrower]

I’m using silicone baking sheet with bags. Very easy to collect but it’s darker, if I go lower temps I get less rosin. any suggestions????

See what I meanView attachment 5056417

It could be as simple as the flower you're pressing. I've noticed with the 4 different strains I've pressed, they all come out a different color and texture.
The silicone mat might be absorbing some heat causing you to press harder? I was squeezing the hell outta my flower but have backed that down as well as the heat. Have you tried parchment ? You can always drop your heat and press multiple times if you think you're not extracting it all. Heat is probably going to be the main factor along with your strain.

Try whipping it then putting it in the freezer or the fridge overnight. That may help as well.

 

[Mad878]

Where are you putting the silicone mat?

The Baganda the mat collects the rosin