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Making higher proof alcohol

Yes, that’s how this works but in a vacuum, it boils the alcohol out at just over 100F. Thing is I’m starting with 190 proof Everclear. Tried freezing a sample to freeze out any water but I could not get it down that cold. That’s another reason I had asked you about your BHO a few months back. I am really trying to master this extraction stuff and I have more than an armful of ideas, questions and problems. EVERY thing I’ve read about BHO says....DONT DO IT AT HOME. Of course that’s for other people...(he-he) 🤪

I’ve also heard on tv news about apartments where the occupants of one place had blown up their apartment and of course, faced a shitload of problems. I’d still love to learn how and get some of that golden color concentrate and give it a try without having to go to Colorado to get it...
 
Farmall
I will emphasize everything you've read about BHO extractions. You might blow your face off and a 1 mile radius of ground zero, up. I never do it unless both doors are open and I have a good breeze. I also put a fan about four inches from my Pyrex catch dish. Lots of other things. Even if I went outside I would use some sort of direct fan.
That being said, it's intimidating at first with that whole face blowing up thing, but you figure something out if you follow every instruction. I use one can of super clean butane for a first blast of an ounce. Long and skinny extraction tube rather than short and fat. I scrape, push, and blow the flower out of the extraction tube onto a plate. If there is sticky-sticky inside the glass, or the blasted flower sticks together when squeezed after cooling, I blast again. The extraction does it's thing in a hot water bath and is put on a heating pad for many hours, away for many hours, scraping and mixing at interval. It can be a sticky mess but fun and magical. I like marijuana magic. For some reason I get the same smelling product no matter the flower.
I'm trying to get up the nerve to go to an air gas store to see if they can put together a CO2 tank with a nozzle for an extraction tube. Adjustable pressure and all that. They have them online for plenty of shipping.
 
Blow your face off ??? See, that’s the kind of stuff that keeps me interested and makes me sure I am not trying that. I’ve seen a few “inexpensive” BHO columns and I would only do it outside with a big fan but still ... especially when you see some commercial extractors made of metal tubes looking like they are made to withstand a major explosion...the ones I saw were glass...way over my head to experiment without a physical mentor standing right there too! I have a small CO2 tank I use with a beer keg. So it’s a 20,lb tank and when you fill it, tell them it’s for the kegerator or maybe even a paint ball refill station
 
It depends on how much flower you have, of course. I saw a video of a guy that had a massive glass tube. This thing took four cans of butane at a time. No bloody way! If I did that quantity of bud I would go CO2 or an appropriately sized, professionally made, stainless stell setup. One can of butane, my face. Four cans, m head. My extractions are 10 or 30 grams because that's a good portion of what I have after harvest and gifting friends as 'safe' as I can keep it.
The tank would have to disperse liquid CO2. The CO2 would also need to be pressure regulated down to a can of butane or appropriate pressure for you flower chamber.
 
Gingerbeard I guess I didn't realize that you could take 151 proof and get the water out.... That is a really good idea. 200 proof rum would make a delightful tincture.
 
Farmall Re: butane: I'm convinced that it's one of the chemicals not properly purged from final product that has contributed to the deaths/illnesses caused by vaping cartridges.
 
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Please!!!! Don't nobody blow their face off!!! Breaking baaaaaaaad!!!
 
bho is fairly easy our set up is Back Deck, glass tube ,electric griddle ,8.5 x 11 or 9x15 glass baking pan , small a metal risers for the glass pan .with the glass pan sitting on risers on griddle ,run your weed ,we run ours until it runs clear ,then empty the glass tube and set weed aside, after all your weed is run do it again , when you get the bho oil boiled down to almost thick oil ,put it in a vacuum container on a sheet of parchment paper and as the butane is sucked out it will turn to wax ,this wax is so much easier than oil to handle ,measure ,and cook with , I usually eat a piece at night for sleeping , PM me if you want a better explanation with pictures
 
112$ per gallon thats what I paid for 5 gallons of 99.9 percent pure ,haha Gingerbread I run a 1/4lb to a pound ,depending on how much duff I save over the year ,I try very hard to only have to do it once a year,I do make oil more often and I think its a little safer,I just have to figure out the reclamation process before the next run lol
 
I never knew about a site like this.....thank you @toker1

Tremendous option, a gallon of 190 Everclear is $70.00 out the door. I wonder how much of a difference is made by the 100%solvent?
 
I want a still, I have/make blackberry wine and want blackberry brandy,,,, it does as I understand it take a few passes to get the water out as some will evaporate and get to the finish line without boiling.
With a still (and a bit of other equipment), sack of corn, sugar, and some yeast one can make their own moonshine,,, er,,, solvent (disclaimer, check your local laws on brewing)
 
Bah Rwise!
Laws are for suckers and squares. Stick it to 'the man' and brew swimming pools of high grade, low quality, paint stripping booze in a small closet with the light out. Safety can take a back seat. Run through the house with scissors. Do it drunk and stoned. Let the shine drip directly from the distiller to your mouth. Brew in front of children and pets.
Yeah, man. Suckers and squares.
 
alltatup How's your day? I like your shirt!
I'm going to disagree strongly with you about butane causing the illnesses. The process of making THC e-liquid goes through more refinement and treatment than shatter. In fact e-liquids pretty much start as a shatter. Every step after making the shatter raises it's temperature, releasing more butane, alcohol, and moisture. The final process is (fractional) distillation where the temperature is taken well above the boiling point of butane, alcohol, and moisture. Unfortunately, all that work is shot to shit when penile hash masters drop in flavorings and all the other crap. If butane were the culprit shatter, wax, crumble, etc. would be more dangerous than vape liquid.
There has been such a sudden glut of companies making liquids there are no regulations about ingredients. For all we know the companies use mice on sticks dipped in acetone to clean their equipment.
I never got into e-liquids only because they burn and make me hack more than dabbing bad shatter.
 
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