Dry Ice hash better than bubble bag traditional?

[vanspronsenjohn]

I am confused.. Everyone is saying it takes forever to dry bubble hash... but anytime I make bubble hash, I use the fabric they gave me to fold it and press the moisture out. I put a piece of Bounty (the BEST papertowel in the world, hands down..) underneath it sometimes, and it is ready to smoke in less than 10 minutes most of the time....

Am I doing something I shouldn't? I'm not losing any hash... trust me, I make sure. Am I losing potency or anything? Or is my method fine and people just don't know it?

 

[2Kushed]

I am confused.. Everyone is saying it takes forever to dry bubble hash... but anytime I make bubble hash, I use the fabric they gave me to fold it and press the moisture out. I put a piece of Bounty (the BEST papertowel in the world, hands down..) underneath it sometimes, and it is ready to smoke in less than 10 minutes most of the time....

Am I doing something I shouldn't? I'm not losing any hash... trust me, I make sure. Am I losing potency or anything? Or is my method fine and people just don't know it?

Got a picture or a detailed description of your hash? How do you smoke your hash?

 

[poplars]

I am confused.. Everyone is saying it takes forever to dry bubble hash... but anytime I make bubble hash, I use the fabric they gave me to fold it and press the moisture out. I put a piece of Bounty (the BEST papertowel in the world, hands down..) underneath it sometimes, and it is ready to smoke in less than 10 minutes most of the time....

Am I doing something I shouldn't? I'm not losing any hash... trust me, I make sure. Am I losing potency or anything? Or is my method fine and people just don't know it?

you're not supposed to press the moisture out, you're supposed to put the pattie on top of the paper towel and let it 'wick' out of the pattie.

if you press it, you may get a lot of water out, but you also bust open trichome heads and permenantly bind the waxes with the water, thus creating a water bound hash and not superior quality.


to truly get high grade bubble hash, you must let the water wick out until you can shave it with a card or grate it with a microplane (chilled) , then you dry it as a powder. then you have a superior product.


I'm beginning to think that there is a lot more merit to dry ice than I once thought because of the presence of water soluble terpenes in most hash that I feel gets lost in the ice water method.

 

[vanspronsenjohn]

Ahhhh! Nice... thanks man! Would I be safe to still leave the paper towel underneath to help soak up the moisture? I was noticing the watery taste a tiny bit in the hash even though I do flatten it and dry it to a powder. I didn't realize my pressing was doing that but now I do! I am actually making bubble right now while I am smoking dry ice, and I agree only because with my experience, dry ice has always had a more full flavor for me. Bubble just seems to be a better high sometimes.. depending on who made it and what strain it was from and so on...

Thanks though! Appreciate the input!

 

[vanspronsenjohn]

Sorry... I know the quality is horrible, but it's the best I could do. It is a little green, but it's my first run through and I noticed a small tear in my work bag. Gotta get the needle and fishing line... be good to go for my next run soon hopefully... lol... I'll try to get a better picture. Can't make any guarantee's though!

 

[Oldsmoky]

So here is the plain and simple pro vs con of each that I have found

Water method

Pro:
-very nice hash flavor, more like the stuff I have seen before
-very good quality
-more resins etc like tar
-different grades of hash all in one go

Cons:
-unless you are super skilled ninja this method makes a freakin mess. and leaf water does not comeout of the carpet
-drying time
-lots of work/ two people can take half a day

Dry ice
Pro:
-very very very easy shake and bake
-no freakin wet mess to spill on the carpet
-quick
-higher yield (depends on the screen I used 90 then 120 and got more than with all my bags.

Cons
-depending on bag not as concentrated
- can get plant matter (if you shake way too long)
-dry ice can be hard to get (in US most grocery stores have it lol)
-hash more like kief

Overall opinion/winner

dry ice its easier faster cleaner and really not that much a difference in grade...plus its dry so you can really smoke it as soon as you are done. ALSO its easier to bake with....I made some dry ice brownies off some trim and thought i was on acid. I was ruined for a good 8 hours

smoke, peace, happiness

Great post, New to the hash making experience, so I guess I'm going to give the dry ice method first I bought 3 bubble bags 190 Mic 90mic 45mic what bag should I try first? Thanks

 

[BleedsGreen]

90 or 190, but really you want a 120, or 160 the 45 you have most heads are to big to pass through. I would do the 190 then put what comes out of that through the 90 and see, or just use the 90 but your returns may be limited if the heads are too big.