Resin

Anyone tell me how to make resin without any fancy gadgets. I know the hand rubbing technique, but that only takes the resin off the leaves... right?

What about all the resin inside the plant itself, I know it's something to do with a large bucket and some ice- maybe also a stick, but that's as much as I know. Some experienced information would be gratefully accepted.

Well its not that simple. What you need is what they call bubble bags. They have a silk screen in the bottom. You line the bucket with the bags and poor ice water and leaves in it. mix it up with a mixer and let the chrystals fall threw the bottom where just the chrystals are cought. You will have a mud like substance at the end. Let it dry out and then press it. Now you have hash.

Wow. Can't wait to get stuck in. Do I throw in the whole plant? Sorry, you just said the leaves. Can't I throw in the whole plant, isn't there thc in the stem? Is there a water to plant weight ratio? Thanks for your help.

Yeah you can put the stems in but they get tangled in the mixer and become more of a pain than anything.

Do a google search for bubble bags.

Not worth bothering with the stems and branches then? How do the peasants do it in cambodia, india etc? I would really love to make it the peasant way my first time.

They probably use silk screens. This is how I did it the first time. i bought a silk screen at the photo supply store and put leaves and small buds on it and shook it over a glass coffee table. Probably wasnt the purest, but it was time consuming and a pain in the ass. If thats what youre looking for. A friend of mine made a tumbler system that used a rotisserie oven motor. Here's a link to one you can buy, but it doesnt seem too difficult to make Original tumbler

Cheers sublime, you've given me a great idea. Checked the link and I think I know of a material that'll do the job. It's a polymer and is at present the screen around one of my house lamps. Very tightly-spaced, extra small holes on the thing.

Did you rub the leaf and other material into the screen? or is it best to merely shake it around?

glad i could help. for the tumbler just load it in and let it roll. i tried to contact that guy who made his but he seems to have fallen off the planet. for the screen method i just kind of patted it to break off the trichomes/calyxes. but i wouldnt do it too hard because you might crunch up the leaves and such and get a lot of unwanted stuff through the screen. it takes a while but it works.

Thats pretty neat. Set it and forget it. lol.

hahaha thats funny shit! hooray for ron popeil and his most useless inventions

hi,
im in tassie an a guy gives me 10 bucks bout every 3 months to clean my bong, he scrapes the black resin out of my pipe, dries it out and adds it to his joints. that way you get a huge thc hits its like pure resin

Idk if you guys wanted to try this but if you put the leaves and stuff in a container and then let it sit in the freezer for like 45min those trichomes will break right off and pretty much pour through the screen...just a thought