Clean Dark ISO Oil

Ok guys I'm looking for an easy way to clean large volumes of ISO oil. By large I mean 10-20 oz of oil at a time. I've been doing a lot of reading but no clear cut solution.

Has anyone ever blasted butane through finished ISO oil? Just a thought I had.

What are you trying to do exactly?
There are tons of compounds in the mix. None are exactly the same. Meaning you can cleanse as much as you want just with losses.

Most people just do polar/non polar wash

Winterize is a term you could Google. Try that maybe

Does anyone have a salt-out method with a separatory funnel?

n3fta said:

Ok guys I'm looking for an easy way to clean large volumes of ISO oil. By large I mean 10-20 oz of oil at a time. I've been doing a lot of reading but no clear cut solution.

Has anyone ever blasted butane through finished ISO oil? Just a thought I had.

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I infer you mean that it has high chlorophyll content, which is an interesting molecule. It would be non polar, except for a magnesium atom on one end.

It is essentially non water soluble, but is easily transported by water as micelles, and is fully soluble in alcohol, though not so much in non polar solvents like the alkanes.

We've removed some chlorophyll using polishing techniques such as : https://skunkpharmresearch.com/getting-the-green-and-waxes-out-afterwards/

It is marginally effective on chlorophyll, thus requires a looooog flush, so we typically strive to avoid chlorophyll pickup in the extraction phase, by extracting subzero.

Most of the rest of the color is anthrocyanin plant pigments, which like chlorophyll are about a C-30 sized molecule, and plant waxes are in this range as well, though more of a blocker of light, than a source of color.

The best overall method we've found to salvage dark material, is winterizing with ethanol, followed by fractional distillation. We've accomplished that using both short path and molecular distillation, and currently are using a 20L short path system of Pharmer Joe's own design.

Check out the growing number of systems available from China, at reasonable prices.

We've accomplished the same thing with molecular stills, both the 2" Pope, as well as Pharmer Joe's own rolling film Trommel molecular still, which is a hoss, so requires a lot of material to justify.

Both Pope and Meyers make a lab model that is sized about right for our purposes, for which they charge a premium price, but are tried and proven. Google molecular stills and you will find them both.