Question about Videoman's Hash Making

So I just read Videoman's whole hash making thing in FAQ.

It seems that all he does is blend leaves with the iso and let the iso dry out.

I was under the impression that the purpose of making hash was to extract the low-concentrated thc from the leaves and concentrate it into hash.

By simply blending the leaves and letting the alcohol dry, how are you left with anything more than simply a pile of dried, blended leaves.

Thanks

Apparently THC is water soluble, while chorophyl and the rest of the vegetation and chems are not. The THC is dissolved in the alchohol and passes through your strainer or filter. The rest of the plant is caught in the filter. You let the alcohol evaporate and that leaves you with the THC in the form of a paste. Of course, there is still other foreign matter that doesn't get filtered out but most of the junk is already removed.

hearmenow said:

Apparently THC is water soluble, while chorophyl and the rest of the vegetation and chems are not. The THC is dissolved in the alchohol and passes through your strainer or filter. The rest of the plant is caught in the filter. You let the alcohol evaporate and that leaves you with the THC in the form of a paste. Of course, there is still other foreign matter that doesn't get filtered out but most of the junk is already removed.

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not that im arguing with you or anything your just going on what you read, but if the above was true how does water curing work?

Very interesting point. I'm really not qualified to answer the question as I've never done it myself. I do know the water/alcohol method to make hash has been around for quite a while, though, so I know that works. Not sure on the water cure.

nongreenthumb said:

not that im arguing with you or anything your just going on what you read, but if the above was true how does water curing work?

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hearmenow said:

Apparently THC is water soluble, while chorophyl and the rest of the vegetation and chems are not. The THC is dissolved in the alchohol and passes through your strainer or filter. The rest of the plant is caught in the filter. You let the alcohol evaporate and that leaves you with the THC in the form of a paste. Of course, there is still other foreign matter that doesn't get filtered out but most of the junk is already removed.

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Hearme this isn't right - you've made me think about it though!

Firstly, THC isn't water soluble, neither is it soluble in the solvent. The solvent, liquid at room temperature but with a high boiling point such as Isopropyll Alchohol a petroleum distillate actually disolves the plant material, plant waxes and chlorophyll and when the solvent is heated it volitises into the air driving off the solvent and leaving the THC as chemcially extracted hash. It's in actually a kind of gummy substance.

So what you actually squeeze out of the filter, you let dry, and the remains are hash...?

thc is not water soluble that's why it stays on the bud during water curing.
it is broken down by solvents. thats how it is "rinsed off" thru a filter.

when making hash or honey oil i try to think of the thc as "dirt". i am simply washing the "dirt" off and saving it.

Thc is not water soluble, you can however wash it off with iso, the trick is not to soak it too long, this is a common mistake. If you soak it too long, you actually get a lower quality because you wash off too many of the nastys.
Peace

either way it seems nasty

This nasty little turd weighed 36 grams and was created by rinsing Red Widow 13 (Black Widow G-13 x Panama Red) buds with 91% iso (for 30 seconds) and mixing the extremely red oil that came from that process with the Trichs from a large SAGE grow.

Very heady and up high...the taste was spicy and hashy and it would bring you to your knees if you tried to be a hero.

Folks...if you can find some 230 mesh silkscreen to filter/squeeze the oil from the weed after the iso wash you will be amazed at the clarity of this oil. (yes, very much like the honey oil from '77 in the clear glasss vials w/ the rubber stoppers) You can also lose the blender if you use the silkscreen... and you will get a cleaner product w/ a better high because the QUICKNESS of the process is the key.

If you smoked oil that tasted nasty somebody didn't know WTF they were doing. Well extracted oil is extremely tasty and you will NOT forget the high.

good luck

bt dt

no, look. this was extracted using ice water. when the trichromes get cold they break off the stalks. i then filter the water thru different bags to collect this..........

id squeeze that.
then smell it, eat it and smoke it (well maybe nt in that order)

Nice gummy ball

Very nice bub, fdd! Beautiful golden bliss!

From what strain(s)?

5 bag set? What mic is that?

bt dt

oh, wait, oil......

dang it that's the kief. i can't find the oil pic.

make it!!!!!!! however you can!!!!!!! do not throw away your trim!!!!!!!!! i will come get it all!!!!!!!!!!!

that is white widow bubble hash. run thru the white bag. the smallest. i don't know the number off hand. i use the bags with the bubblator hash machine. if you have more than a couple 100 grams of trim then i would invest in the bubblator. it paid for it self after 500 grams of trim.

MMMMMM KIF i love kif.....

actually in french slang the word kif became love , so saying ''i kif kif'' means i love kif, or i love love or i kif love (lol).. Sorry just had a huge joint i rolled for fun yesterday, and am really trippin...

LOL. I'm soon to recieve a motorized drum..like a milanator that my friend made in CA. Should be fun to see how it works. I know some guys who routinely toss LARGE amounts of trim away from a very crystally strain so i';m gonna try to get them in on this...

Heating/pressing the kief makes a very nice product...I like it better than the kief powder myself.

again..nice pics.

bt dt

i was asking myself wether i should smoke it or not

beenthere donethat said:

LOL. I'm soon to recieve a motorized drum..like a milanator that my friend made in CA. Should be fun to see how it works. I know some guys who routinely toss LARGE amounts of trim away from a very crystally strain so i';m gonna try to get them in on this...

Heating/pressing the kief makes a very nice product...I like it better than the kief powder myself.

again..nice pics.

bt dt

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it kills me they insist on throwing it away. then i let them know whats up and they get even weirder. they start wanting a lot of money. they think it is easy to run 1lb of trim. i've gone thru 100 lbs of ice in 1 session. and hours of my time.