Hash talk

[DabberDog]

Here's what I saw.
Instagram

[Gator]

I cut the plant and put it in the freezer, probably gonna do a mcgyver thing, fuck it,I won't have to buy ice,and ten characters lol 😀

[DabberDog]

Smallgrow I get you, wanting to stay traditional. I didn't know there is a special hash making hot rolling pin. I can't imagine why they would be $250! Oh, wait. It's for dope. There has to be a markup.
My research doesn't turn up anything over $70 and many under $20. Expand your search to vintage glass pins. There are some as large as wine bottles.
Of course, free is often the best way to go. And like I said, it's what people do.

Curiosity led me to a short video of Frenchy C. telling why he chose the wine bottle. What I gathered was he could see what he was doing through the glass. Whether it had something to do with controlling temperature, I couldn't tell. Only that his water was at 90° for pressing.

[Smallgrow]

Another 23.5 g. Pressed and rolled 😅
50/50
Ice Cream Cake CBD
&
Orange Cali Sherbert CBD

This time I split the run into wash 1-4 the premium, and wash 5-8 the lower grade before pressing.
You can see the slightly more green tint of the 5-8 wash material in the before photo. Gator and Ckbrew it’s between Turkey Bags, that’s what you use to press it. Wax or parchment won’t work with the heat and stickyness. The Turkey bag are made to hold a Turkey and go in the oven and the hash can be unstuck from it if you let it cool a bit after pressing

if you want to learn more you can go to Frenchy’s site

https://frenchycannoli.com

All of his written work is here, including his hash process (the lost art of the Hashishin workshop articles), and other interesting history and science articles

https://frenchycannoli.com/articles

Not affiliated just a disciple 😎

[Smallgrow]

I haven’t had any problems with the wine bottle but I get the concern.
There are extremely expensive (like 250UsD) glass ones made for hash making, but I’ll stick with my free option or investigate you idea.
Frenchy had actual math and science behind the boiling water and wine bottle technique, attempting to get the correct amount of decarb happening

[DabberDog]

No way. Hair curling things are women's beauty products. Women get overcharged for everything. As much as I hate how the costs of things are going up, I wouldn't want to be a woman, financially I mean. These purpose made rolling pins are less than $20.

[Ckbrew]

Maybe you could modify a hair curling thing.

[Gator]

That's cool,I would have to buy 2, my girl would go on a cooking spree, I'd never get to use it if I only buy 1

[DabberDog]

Pressing on a wine bottle full of hot water has always given me the willies. Seems like it would break and I'd have to explain to the nurse who was stitching me up what I was trying to do. But that's what people do, eh?
I found this type of thing. Made for the job. Haven't used it but y'all are giving me inspiration. Maybe if I save up my hash?
First one that came from the search. What I can't find is a USB rechargeable heated one.

[Gator]

Do you put the hash between a couple of squares of parchment paper, you've got me interested in this method

[Ckbrew]

The hash doesn't stick to the bottle?

[Smallgrow]

Thanks @Ckbrew
I follow the Frenchy Cannoli method for my IWH
The way he teaches to press is to boil water , fill a wine bottle (carefully), and roll it over the hash with light pressure, basically the weight of the bottle is enough. You do that for 7-10 minutes repeated 3 times.
He created this system to make decarb “fool proof”. Following this process mimics the traditional techniques use over the ages. This part of traditional hash making is key to the magic that happens when you turn flower into heat pressed hash. Creating many compounds that are not found in the original flower.

[DabberDog]

Between two Brazilian women's buttocks?
Am I allowed to say that?

[Ckbrew]

Nice stack of hash. I'm drooling. How did you heat and press it?

[Smallgrow]

Hell no! lol
2 days of just washing and seiving , 7 days to dry, 2 hours to press and roll that batch. It’s a labour of love for sure.
But if you want something of quality there are no short cuts to the work, no matter what you’re doing.

I am pleased that I will be really stocking my hash cabinet. Looking like I’ll have 2.5 to 3 ounces by the time I’m done all of it.
I’m into aging it so its nice to have enough that I can put some away for a couple/few years down the road, and still have lot to enjoy and share now