Choosing a rosin press

[backwood_boss]

When you put your puck into the press. Apply a little pressure and just let it sit for a few. Warm it up before you start the press. Just want the bag to heat up. As far as pressing without a beg. Yea that's cool if just want a few dabs. Any more than that and your just going to waste your stuff for a lower quality product

 

[medidedicated]

Stuck between dabpress and press club. DP has over 3k reviews and the PC like 1k and the DP is looking good. The PC blows out on people too.

Yea I try to use low temp and less time as possible aiming to squeeze out one good product 3gs from four 7g pucks and use the rest for edibles.

Try to get the majority out and leave the rest, ive never yielded anything worth while re pressing unless I didnt extract an appropriate amount initially.

 

[medidedicated]

I definetly pre heated but I hand loaded which is easy to not fold in accordian style and put high points of tention and blow. I did like oof 3oz before I got my first blow out, then it kept happening 3 more times.

Could be still worth while but again it did blow at 5gs too. I just want 3gs an oz of good stuff which ill confirm right after each collect. Itll be faster too.

 

[medidedicated]

Ya see I keep seeing people say the mold helps with blow outs. I think Il try messing with 7gs again even if I only get up to 5gs its not that big a deal. Just thought I was looking at a certain profit to suddenly realize I didnt factor in another 60-100$ in just bags.

I looked everywhere too its like a specific price across all best brands or more. Green dream I found its cheap but I dont want cheap results. A number of flaws that could and probably will happen.

 

[MtRainDog]

Stuck between dabpress and press club. DP has over 3k reviews and the PC like 1k and the DP is looking good. The PC blows out on people too.

Yea I try to use low temp and less time as possible aiming to squeeze out one good product 3gs from four 7g pucks and use the rest for edibles.

Try to get the majority out and leave the rest, ive never yielded anything worth while re pressing unless I didnt extract an appropriate amount initially.

I've had very good success with nugsmasher bags. My buddy couldn't press anymore for reasons so he gave me a shit ton of them and they've been great.

 

[MtRainDog]

I stopped making pucks because I would get blow outs. I just bottle-tek and stuff my bags and never had a blow out again. Also less is more ime.

 

[medidedicated]

I stopped making pucks because I would get blow outs. I just bottle-tek and stuff my bags and never had a blow out again. Also less is more ime.

Thats what I mean by making a puck, bottle tech with a 3 piece mold. I was hand loading them ans maybe that contributed to that.

Yea was thinking about buying a couple or few different brands just to see if theyre better.

 

[MtRainDog]

Thats what I mean by making a puck, bottle tech with a 3 piece mold. I was hand loading them ans maybe that contributed to that.

Yea was thinking about buying a couple or few different brands just to see if theyre better.

When you say mold, do you mean something like one of these thingamaboobers? That’s what I don’t use anymore

 

[medidedicated]

When you say mold, do you mean something like one of these thingamaboobers? That’s what I don’t use anymore
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Ohh you dont? Yea those but thinner. For 2” x 4” bags. I keep reading that they help with blow outs. Ill just have to mess around and find out in 3-4 wks.

 

[MtRainDog]

Ohh you dont? Yea those but thinner. For 2” x 4” bags. I keep reading that they help with blow outs. Ill just have to mess around and find out in 3-4 wks.

For me, I just found that using that mold led to me stuffing too much into it. I have much better returns, and no blow-outs, using less material and stuffing the bags by hand/feel.

 

[medidedicated]

For me, I just found that using that mold led to me stuffing too much into it. I have much better returns, and no blow-outs, using less material and stuffing the bags by hand/feel.

I weigh out the same amount and wouldnt go above 7gs but like I said I had blow outs at 4 or 5gs. I just take half gram out and lower pressure or both. I have limited experience maybe just overthinking it and was applying excessive pressure.

I know I messed up the whole batch of rosin I last made in bulk but that taught me to appreciate quality over quantity.

 

[MtRainDog]

I weigh out the same amount and wouldnt go above 7gs but like I said I had blow outs at 4 or 5gs. I just take half gram out and lower pressure or both. I have limited experience maybe just overthinking it and was applying excessive pressure.

I know I messed up the whole batch of rosin I last made in bulk but that taught me to appreciate quality over quantity.

Excessive pressure could be it too. Too much heat and/or pressure gives you lower-grade returns anyway, ofc you know that. If you don't have a pressure guage, it's hard to tell how much you're applying. Fwiw, my presses are always between 2-3 tons. That's really the sweet spot.

 

[medidedicated]

Ive had 220F yield 20% fire I just had the last batch yield 14% same temps but 3.5 mins to get extra yield. I read 3 mins max any more will ruin it and it did.

I just need not get greedy but been made it up to myself making my quotas low setting expectations low. That way I get the best maybe more. If I did that I would have had better rosin.

I only popped two beans and quit looking for new strains and made this my main strain for good reason. I just scraped up another mini dab of it, the burnt rosin and its still tastey and potent.

I can easily see why I chose this strain every time I smell the plants or scrape up another dab and taste it/get buzzed. Just scrapes left have to try hard to get a dab. About 2 left probably.

It yielded 15% low temp press 180F pretty sure. So it has potential to exceed expectations. It was half way clear rosin. Weird phenomina.

 

[medidedicated]

Wondering if I can buy the sleeves and just make little eighth pucks. I never get blow outs at one eighth that a tad bit less pressure didnt resolve. That just makes using each bag a waste. Only like 1/4th of it is used.

 

[MtRainDog]

It's definitely not a perfect science. I don't always get amazing returns either. I don't weigh anything so I don't know how much I stuff. I use 2x4 bags too, and after I've "pinched" the bottom corners for bottle tech, I basically press the material with my thumbs, not too hard, but to just fill the bag out. I do that until the bag is 1/2 - 2/3 full is usually good. Fold the top, and start the press process.

Not too hard when hand pressing into the bag by hand, but like it will be a puck of sorts. Like it should be able to hold the shape

 

[MtRainDog]

I really should just do a pressing so I can take pictures

 

[medidedicated]

Haha I subconciously want to buy weed just to press im anxious to press idk about yall. Im gonna hate it when I have over 20oz to press. The new trim jail.

 

[medidedicated]

Honestly I didnt think of it till now to just buy a roll and make my own little 1/8th pucks, if you just fold the top it shouldnt matter folding the bottom instead of a seamed bag right? Its blow out proof and cost effective.

Same quality material. Edit just looking at pressclub rolls I could potentially get like 65 uses that way which is an extra 25 uses. I waste so much cutting half of it off and tossing.

But thats just giving me 3” to work with but an eighth in the pre mold makes about an inch of weed. An inch to fold each side. I just fiddled with empty bag seeing about an inch needed to fold it in.

Couldnt hurt to try its a new field after all.

 

[dwc420letsgo]

If you have 20 oz, why don't u try to make a small batch of bubble hash and see how u like it? I guarantee you wont go back to pressing flowers

 

[medidedicated]

Oh I know but if I mess up the drying with out a freeze dryer or have drastic loss of yield when pressing by blow outs or just not yielding good. Id just die inside.

This feels like im playing it out safer trying to get 62-70gs rosin from 20-24oz could be more weed and rosin. I havent gave it a ton of thought but couple things that came to mind.

I made dry sift rosin and it got me to see the difference already, its close to the same thing.