Hash talk

[Mr.furley]

That’s a good price, especially if it’s from cane sugar.

[apacin0]

I was just thinking about bubble hash today. I want to make some. I also want to experiment with making RSO, but in time. I bought a gram of FECO in 2020 at a dispensary, where I worked briefly as a bud tender. I believe it was Romulan and was potent AF (said 70%). I never had another FECO gram syringe that packed that punch. Maybe I just need that strain again. Or maybe I'm chasing the green dragon...

Also need some Grandaddy Purple.....

[Gingerbeard]

Yeah. They don't sell a halal version.

[Going2fast]

And kosher at that.

[Gingerbeard]

I don't know if the availability of this product from this company is new or why I never saw it. But I found "Food & Lab Grade 200 Proof Ethanol - 99.97% - USP-NF, Kosher" without hardly trying. Shipping and tax come to change-less-than $90 for a gallon. I don't know if that is a good price. Whatever, anyway. I found it.
Next payday, the Buchner funnel and flask.

[o0644]

Can use 190 everclear instead of iso, but if you can get 99% ethanol even better. I did qwiso and didn't get tons of yield, similarly with dry ice although the result is way different. If you heat up/decarb the qwiso oil afterwards, no isopropyl should remain.

[Smallgrow]

Riot screen box will make a small amount of dry sift easily for a low cost and low effort.

[Gingerbeard]

Either/or, I'd say. I went ice water.
The point is cleaning up the otherwise 'low grade' hash for decent dabbing as well as having something real fine to light. Removing as much biomass and wax as I can.

[Bluey]

So the go would be either a bubble bag and ice and iced water or just a 220 micro sieve?

[Gingerbeard]

Whatever luck you have, the more leaf you wash, the nastier the result. All you need to do is work it through a 220 screen.

[Bluey]

I've never done well sifting for some reason so try and avoid it. I have an electric grinder with an SS bowl and that bowl is covered in trichome waste and other plant material. It's light brown. Mostly trichomes I reckon.

I have so much trim now, and good quality trim, and ISO, so I may as well use it.

Might do a run of some premium bud too as I've now got a bit of that too and in a couple of months I'll have that much I may as well make some premium grade stuff with that, but I'm not going to the expense of a cold press.

[Gingerbeard]

Bluey, bro! Do what I did! Sift your frozen and soak the 120. My little green turd is, perhaps, curing. Tastes different every day.

[Gingerbeard]

So, this whole ISO thing.
The bottle says it contains two things: 91% isopropyl alcohol and 9% purified water.
Checking out the MSDS for my brand says nothing about it is carcinogenic.
As a general solvent for extraction, no. I would not choose ISO simply because it is not meant for food. I would much rather use a food grade. However, even food grade can have drawbacks. Where and what is the perfect alcohol to use and who do I have to kill to afford it?
If I process 2 grams every very long time, I'm willing to risk it. Plus, I dab. I've already condemned myself to whatever heavy and extensive use of the stuff is going to do.
I go rosin when I can but I'll still need to know who to kill to switch for good.

[Saeteinn]

If you're trying for a tincture or quick wash, the "Golden Dragon" or GD method work, and is safe to consume.
Use everclear or culinary ethanol, and at least a half oz.
Decarb your weed at 235F for about 30min (give or take around 5min).
Put the decarbed plant in a quart mason jar, and place it and the alcohol in the freezer overnight to 24h.
I use about an ounce of flower to a 750ml bottle of everclear, so adjust your amounts properly and combine the two.
Replace it in the freezer, and about every 5min, give it a solid shake and put it back in the freezer.
Do this 6 times, then strrain.
You now have a nice, strong tincture that you can use for RSO, sugar, etc., and it's easy to calculate the potency if yuo know your plant's data.

[Saeteinn]

On the QWISO subject, I would not consume anything made with isopropyl. I doubt that here's a safe way to remove all of the iso from the end product leaving it unsafe to consume.