I bought this THCa liquid and I’m wondering if anyone knows if I can decarb

[Larsonist]

I bought it bc I want to cut back on smoking and originally thought this would make me high but it doesn’t and I need it for sleep. Please and thanks!

 

[cannabineer]

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I bought it bc I want to cut back on smoking and originally thought this would make me high but it doesn’t and I need it for sleep. Please and thanks!

I looked it up. They describe it as a tincture, which means alcohol is a (or the) solvent.

What I would try is gently boiling it until the temp reaches 100 degrees C or so for ten minutes. Treat it like the reduction step in making a sauce.

You can then make it up to original volume using 95% alcohol.

 

[Larsonist]

I looked it up. They describe it as a tincture, which means alcohol is a (or the) solvent.

What I would try is gently boiling it until the temp reaches 100 degrees C or so for ten minutes. Treat it like the reduction step in making a sauce.

You can then make it up to original volume using 95% alcohol.

So boil it down (maybe in a double boiler?) and then add alcohol back into it? What if I don’t have any alcohol?

 

[cannabineer]

So boil it down (maybe in a double boiler?) and then add alcohol back into it? What if I don’t have any alcohol?

Then you might be able to heat-treat it without losing volume.

I would use direct heat. Double boilers stall out below 100 degrees.

 

[Larsonist]

Then you might be able to heat-treat it without losing volume.

I would use direct heat. Double boilers stall out below 100 degrees.

I’m not sure how I’d do it, any suggestions? Like just put it in a pot? Sorry and thanks!

 

[cannabineer]

I’m not sure how I’d do it, any suggestions? Like just put it in a pot? Sorry and thanks!

If it were mine to do, I would use a small lab-type beaker. I would stir with a thermometer. Anything small and made of glass, ceramic or unreactive metal (it must not contain silver! I’ve turned nice extracts into hard garbage in a couple of weeks due to silver contamination) should do.

I would use a conductive plate, like a skillet or pan, between your heat source and the container.

Go slow and keep a sharp eye on temperature! Not enough and you haven’t decomposed the THCA. Too much and you start losing THC.

 

[Larsonist]

If it were mine to do, I would use a small lab-type beaker. I would stir with a thermometer. Anything small and made of glass, ceramic or unreactive metal (it must not contain silver! I’ve turned nice extracts into hard garbage in a couple of weeks due to silver contamination) should do.

I would use a conductive plate, like a skillet or pan, between your heat source and the container.

Go slow and keep a sharp eye on temperature! Not enough and you haven’t decomposed the THCA. Too much and you start losing THC.

Oh, thanks! I’ll try that tonight!

 

[cannabineer]

Oh, thanks! I’ll try that tonight!

Please let me know how it went!

 

[DarkWeb]

What are you going to use as your heat source? Be super careful if it's open flame. And also you don't want to put your face right over it.......vaporized alcohol will make your eyes cross!

 

[cannabineer]

What are you going to use as your heat source? Be super careful if it's open flame. And also you don't want to put your face right over it.......vaporized alcohol will make your eyes cross!

wha’ ‘e said

 

[DarkWeb]

wha’ ‘e said

Yeah a open flame and alc can give a whole new meaning to "hot flash".......fucking kaboom!

 

[cannabineer]

Yeah a open flame and alc can give a whole new meaning to "hot flash".......fucking kaboom!

There were times when in my basement lab back in the ‘70s ... I shortened my eyelashes using such an unplanned thermal pulse.

 

[DarkWeb]

There were times when in my basement lab back in the ‘70s ... I shortened my eyelashes using such an unplanned thermal pulse.

Hehe Do you smell BBQ?

 

[cannabineer]

Hehe Do you smell BBQ?

Scorched hair, taught me why they’re called bangs

 

[DarkWeb]