Cannabis Alchemy

[BigHornBuds]

http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/D. Gold - Cannabis Alchemy - The Art of Modern Hash Making.pdf

I don’t have the chemicals ATM to follow it though to the end, but before it get to much $$$ into this project I figured I’d do the first few steps to get some data.

Step one , gather up the supplies .
Step two , put it together a couple times , work out a procedure for setup n tear down.
Step three , do a trial run , with organic materials n alcohol, test & check temps , times, pressures
Step four , real run
Step five , run the numbers n see if I just wasted a lot of time & $$$ and am the new owner of a lot of SS pots n bowls etc enough to make some chiefs jelly.

 

[BigHornBuds]

Using the medium one first before I use the big boy (double the size)

 

[BigHornBuds]

Used a 35lbs weight to make a better seal n to displace water so less ice is needed

Using a 14” bike tube,
Next time I’ll use a 10” for this unit, I just don’t have one on hand .

 

[BigHornBuds]

1st test, I’m using stems
Book said very dry.
Oven preheated to 250 the turned off
In for 15. I did this twice to get it where I wanted it

 

[BigHornBuds]

I waited for the temps to rise before adding ice ....

 

[Fadedawg]

Alcohol will extract scads of chlorophyll. If you are going to soxhlet, suggest using pentane or hexane.

Here is more from D Gold http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/blog-page_64.html

 

[BigHornBuds]

If you plan to use petroleum ether , the starting solvent doesn’t matter .

 

[gb123]

how'd it turn out?

 

[BigHornBuds]

Went through the refluxing, n soxheleting
And started to remove the solvent....
When I figured I should be close to 80%
I took it apart to find I only caught about
20% .... then some stuff came up, put the solvent in dark storage, I’m going to play with it more tomorrow.

But I think the way to go is, do a cold fast wash,get the top end , then do the steps in the book to remove the rest .

I’m on days off this week, so I’ll be working at it, I got a 1/2p of trim , and a p of bud to run .
(Bud has been donated for science , it’s not any good, we are using it because another person and I have washed it before and have data to go off of to see how this system performs)

 

[BigHornBuds]

The rope mentioned in the book, should be boiled a few times before setting up
It’s gross.

Going to fire it up soon & run the bud

 

[dabbindylan]

Pentane is a great solvent when purged properly

 

[BigHornBuds]

Methanol is what I’m using today

 

[thccbdhealth]

are you looking into obtaining the new version of his unit from 1972?

 

[BigHornBuds]

It’s pretty small. I just washed a p i think the max you’d fit into the flower tower or isolator is about an OZ

 

[thccbdhealth]

Guess Again....

https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/

1/4 LBS - https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/shop?olsPage=products/d-gold-alchemy-quartermaster-iso-3

4 LBS - https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/shop?olsPage=products/d-gold-alchemy-kilomaster-iso-4

 

[BigHornBuds]

I never seen that one ,
It would probably be a lot easier to use then my homemade job.

 

[Fadedawg]

We've tested the IS0-3 and it works slick for recovery.

http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo_22.html

There is also the Extract Craft Turbo, which also works well:

http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

 

[BigHornBuds]

When are you texting the ISO -4 ?

 

[Fadedawg]

When are you texting the ISO -4 ?

As soon as we have a new permitted lab to work in, so we won't be Class B felons under Oregon's new extraction laws. Hopefully soon, as it sits beckoning like an alluring siren.

 

[BigHornBuds]

There was a lot of fines that passed though the coffee filter, did it twice too.
But I bet there will be about 20% return
Vs QWISO that yielded 5%