how to filter used herb material easy after making salve/coconut oil? Have arthritis so my squeezing power limited

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herbalsage

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I saw some guy who used kind of laboratory setup, ceramic filter + vacuum + flask where the used alcohol was vacuumed, but this was done with alcohol and I would like to learn about how to do it efficiently with oil.
I researched another tincture thread but its hundreds of pages and I never found answer to question I was looking for
Thank you very much for your help
 
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herbalsage

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HydoDan said:
I use a potato ricer to strain my coco/canna oil.. I cut a piece of screen to fit inside.
You can work with hot oil without burning your hands and it squeezes all the oil out.
I have arthritic hands also.
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bro seriously a press like this exist? Im amazed, Im from overseas and never seen anything like that before.
What kind of screen you put in there, and does it clogs a lot?
I had an idea which I tried with already vaped bud washing with coffee press but the screen clogged easily and sides leaked. Not a good way to strain but maybe it was because of the cheapo press? With coffee it worked.
I just want to extract every bit of goodness I dont mind squeezing the shit out of it, if it give me the feeling of job done well , but with strainers I always felt I left something viable there
did you ever tried to add some carriers into your salve i.e dmso ?
Btw the rule of no stems because they just absorb the oil and its hards to press + they have verry little medicinal value right?
Lol I need some ego death looking at what I tried to accomplish in cruelly complicated way
Im still intrigued if it would work with hot oil and mass
 
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HydoDan

HydoDan

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herbalsage said:
bro seriously a press like this exist? Im amazed, Im from overseas and never seen anything like that before.
What kind of screen you put in there, and does it clogs a lot?
I had an idea which I tried with already vaped bud washing with coffee press but the screen clogged easily and sides leaked. Not a good way to strain but maybe it was because of the cheapo press? With coffee it worked.
I just want to extract every bit of goodness I dont mind squeezing the shit out of it, if it give me the feeling of job done well , but with strainers I always felt I left something viable there
did you ever tried to add some carriers into your salve i.e dmso ?
Btw the rule of no stems because they just absorb the oil and its hards to press + they have verry little medicinal value right?
Lol I need some ego death looking at what I tried to accomplish in cruelly complicated way
Im still intrigued if it would work with hot oil and mass
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I used some 150 micron screen but any kind will work.. I also tried the French press but it was a waste of time, weed and oil. The ricer works great, it squeezes the hell out of the material and never clogs. They work better for straining weed than they do for ricing potatoes. Perfect tool for the job!
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calvin.m16

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If you want to do it with "oil" do you mean already finished RSO? The videos you see where they have the liquid solution is usually oil with ethanol, then from there they use a warm stir plate to blend it and then pour it through the buchner. So that said, adding alcohol to make your RSO liquid again, then filter it through the Buchner would be the answer it sounds like. What is your goal, solvent recovery?

This is a complete kit for buchner filtration

Porcelain Buchner Funnel Filtration Kit

Buchner Funnel Filtration Kit includes gum rubber tubing and 4 port vacuum manifold.
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calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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HydoDan said:
I used some 150 micron screen but any kind will work.. I also tried the French press but it was a waste of time, weed and oil. The ricer works great, it squeezes the hell out of the material and never clogs. They work better for straining weed than they do for ricing potatoes. Perfect tool for the job!
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They said in their post they have limited grip strength.
 
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herbalsage

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calvin.m16 said:
If you want to do it with "oil" do you mean already finished RSO? The videos you see where they have the liquid solution is usually oil with ethanol, then from there they use a warm stir plate to blend it and then pour it through the buchner. So that said, adding alcohol to make your RSO liquid again, then filter it through the Buchner would be the answer it sounds like. What is your goal, solvent recovery?

This is a complete kit for buchner filtration

Porcelain Buchner Funnel Filtration Kit

Buchner Funnel Filtration Kit includes gum rubber tubing and 4 port vacuum manifold.
shopbvv.com shopbvv.com
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in the video they are doing alc. extraction and I was thinking of doing the same with hot coconut oil lol
 
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herbalsage

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HydoDan said:
I used some 150 micron screen but any kind will work.. I also tried the French press but it was a waste of time, weed and oil. The ricer works great, it squeezes the hell out of the material and never clogs. They work better for straining weed than they do for ricing potatoes. Perfect tool for the job!
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Im so grateful for this tool being made for the purpose of making the sacred gift of golden oil
When I first saw it in stainless steel pot I was so mesmerized by its beauty.
around 1g of Msm daily helps me with my arthritis, its joint nutrient
Im still wondering what might provide more longer lasting effects and if there is any difference in vibe.
From small batch of high cbd/thc sativa I can only tell I was devastated really fuckin high af, trippy high, yet very well balance. Everybody saw that I was fucked like hit by train yet when they tried me they could not. I never felt anxiety or any paranoia
 
DancesWithWeeds

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No matter how hard you squeez you will lose about 20 % or more of oil.

This is what I do. Let the oil drain as much as posible without squeezing. Then take all the plant material and run it thru the food processor until it is a paste. This is every bit as strong as your oil. Just keep it in the frig and use it to spread on crackers or cookies to make firecreakers, or just put it in your next batch of cookies. ZERO waste.
 
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