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DoctorJohnson
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DoctorJohnson
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> Thanks for reporting your results........just saved me $37 at Amazon
Oh, I haven't given up by any means. I have a feeling that some good, sticky homegrown might work pretty well. I mean, I've seen it done on YouTube, so...
> > ps...Do you think it has anything to do with the amount, or lack of, pressure applied to do the squeezing?
I think lack of pressure, inexperience, and crummy weed are a lethal combination.
When my White Widow finishes up in a couple of months, I hope to have some better material to try. That and taking it apart (pretty easy from what I've seen) and rigging it with a vice should really help. I'll report if/when I get around to that...
Oh, I haven't given up by any means. I have a feeling that some good, sticky homegrown might work pretty well. I mean, I've seen it done on YouTube, so...
> > ps...Do you think it has anything to do with the amount, or lack of, pressure applied to do the squeezing?
I think lack of pressure, inexperience, and crummy weed are a lethal combination.
When my White Widow finishes up in a couple of months, I hope to have some better material to try. That and taking it apart (pretty easy from what I've seen) and rigging it with a vice should really help. I'll report if/when I get around to that...
DoctorJohnson
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I read this at the f*ckcombustion forum: "I'm using a ceramic 2 inch hair straightener, 320 degrees. About .25g size buds between parchment paper, press as hard as I can for 2 seconds."
I have been using 220 F because that's what the guys at Pure Pressure recommended, but they are pressing with a commercial rig, so I thought maybe more heat might make up for not much pressure, but still no joy. The more I fuss with this though, the more convinced I'm becoming that you've gotta have *sticky bud* to start with. After all, you're just heating a squeezing. If there isn't a lotta sticky there to start with, it's not fair to expect it to just materialize.
I've got some buds in the freezer from last summer's outdoor grow that were not very frosty at all, but maybe they're a step up from this bunk I've been experimenting with? Let me know if you find these kitchen chemistry style lab notes of any interest...
15 minutes later: The frozen garden bud smelled kind of nice when I ground it up, kinda like oregano, but I had forgotten how low quality it was compared to the same seeds grown under 60,000 lux. It, too, didn't have any rosin to speak of going in and just kind of flattened when squeezed.
I refuse to drive up the pot store (legal state--neener) to buy test buds when I'll have a quarter of a pound in 8 weeks (also legal--never thought I'd see the day...) to say nothing of having extracts already ready to go... maybe I need to just turn off the curling iron and turn on the vape unit.
I have been using 220 F because that's what the guys at Pure Pressure recommended, but they are pressing with a commercial rig, so I thought maybe more heat might make up for not much pressure, but still no joy. The more I fuss with this though, the more convinced I'm becoming that you've gotta have *sticky bud* to start with. After all, you're just heating a squeezing. If there isn't a lotta sticky there to start with, it's not fair to expect it to just materialize.
I've got some buds in the freezer from last summer's outdoor grow that were not very frosty at all, but maybe they're a step up from this bunk I've been experimenting with? Let me know if you find these kitchen chemistry style lab notes of any interest...
15 minutes later: The frozen garden bud smelled kind of nice when I ground it up, kinda like oregano, but I had forgotten how low quality it was compared to the same seeds grown under 60,000 lux. It, too, didn't have any rosin to speak of going in and just kind of flattened when squeezed.
I refuse to drive up the pot store (legal state--neener) to buy test buds when I'll have a quarter of a pound in 8 weeks (also legal--never thought I'd see the day...) to say nothing of having extracts already ready to go... maybe I need to just turn off the curling iron and turn on the vape unit.
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DoctorJohnson
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Success! Platinum Animal Cookies, 21% cannabinoids, at 300 F for about six seconds gives a very nice rosin that smells like Pine-Sol when you vape it and reduces my typing speed from 70 WPM to 7. 
Also, I removed the heating plates from the hair straightener and mounted them in my bench vice, sow no I get get a high pressure squeeze with no hassle at all!
But the take home message is "Ya gotta have quality nugs."
<edit> I reduced the temp to 270 and then 240 and it still worked fine, though I think need to increase the squeeze time some.
To my surprise, I much prefer parchment squares to the fancy PTFE slick sheet Teflon, which seems to soften in the heat, and doesn't give up its rosin as easily.
Also, I removed the heating plates from the hair straightener and mounted them in my bench vice, sow no I get get a high pressure squeeze with no hassle at all!
But the take home message is "Ya gotta have quality nugs."
<edit> I reduced the temp to 270 and then 240 and it still worked fine, though I think need to increase the squeeze time some.
To my surprise, I much prefer parchment squares to the fancy PTFE slick sheet Teflon, which seems to soften in the heat, and doesn't give up its rosin as easily.
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DingusKhan
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Cool, thanks again. I'm going to try this too.
DoctorJohnson
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After some coaching, I put a bud in a nylon tea bag and squeezed it at 210 F for two minutes and got a very nice golden rosin with no green flakes this time. 
(The tea bag was a used Bigelow Steep Cafe brand from the fancy tea that they put out at work.) The bag does hold a little bit of the rosin, but it's nice to get clear product.
(The tea bag was a used Bigelow Steep Cafe brand from the fancy tea that they put out at work.) The bag does hold a little bit of the rosin, but it's nice to get clear product.