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    Double Decarbing RSO. your Experience.

    I have made RSO for five years now, following Rick Simpson's recipe, which is not decarbing the bud (as GWE suggests) before processing. Per RS, the processing heat automatically decarbs the THCa during distillation.
    I have two questions:
    1. Have you made RSO before, using decarbed bud vs. vs. non-decarbed bud, and noticed a difference in RSO potency when decarbed twice? I personally think double decarbing results in stronger RSO.
    2. Any opinion as to how much extra THCa might get converted by double decarbing? The stoichiometry of the reaction would suggest very little, if any.
    Maybe another minor cannabinoid contributing to the mix?

    Appreciate your thoughts.

    #2
    Having done only the non-decarbed bud technique, I have to suppose decarbed bud RSO would be stronger because the ethanol evaporation process doesn't get as hot as a decarbing oven. 190° vs 235°ish.
    Visne explicare?​

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      #3
      I make tinctures with the QWET (ethanol quick wash) method. I decarb first because the boiling point of ethanol is lower than the the ideal temp for decarb. The old way I made glycerin tincture was no decarb QWET then infuse the concentrate into the glycerin at 122*C for the decarb. I stopped doing it that way and did a decarb before extraction, shortening the infusion and heating time with the glycerin. I did not notice a difference in the resulting glycerin tincture by method. The glycerin will overheat to >130*C if not watched which will start degrading the THC to CBN. I have also made QWET with flower that was purposely decarbed to produce CBN. Idk if this is an answer to your question, but that is the information I can offer.
      Don't worry, be happy, grow sticky buds.

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