Bulk trim to oil
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SaybianTv
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what what if it's cali outdoor trim, and that 400 pounds is the kitchen sink and stem edition? maybe you shouldn't count your larfy buds before they hatch. It doesn't sound like you've done this large of a load before and because I herd humbolt, i think outdoor trim with allot of fat's and lipids. I can make plenny qweth that shatter's up nice n all but for the life of me I don't understand the taste, it's better than hexane just cuzz it has a itty bit of taste and i don't catch on fire as fast. but if you asked me for shatter in an hour i'd grab 10 grams of kief and some ethanol and make it happen. I only use it for making bag wash subliguals, i like the term bag wash cuzz it's sounds bad but it's really running the kief trapped on the screens.
Ugh my gut feeling is now so eerie, i just keep thinking of that buddy that said he had pounds for me in the freezer and when i got home and opened the bag I was lucky he took out the plant pot for reuse. I made oil alright, bbq sauce looking oil.
Ugh my gut feeling is now so eerie, i just keep thinking of that buddy that said he had pounds for me in the freezer and when i got home and opened the bag I was lucky he took out the plant pot for reuse. I made oil alright, bbq sauce looking oil.
Fadedawg
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The cheapest way that we've found to extract quality oil, is with a recycling butane system like the Terpenator. It can do a load in an hour, that typically takes a SCFE CO2 system eight hours and cost about 10% as much for the equipment.
The CO2 systems have greater specificity potential, but to get a higher yield with them, brings along undesirables for the ride.
Lower pressures produce a more floral extract, and as the pressure is raised for more speed and greater yield, chlorophyll extraction increases. Maybe a multi step extraction would solve that issue, but with that comes even more time.
SCFE CO2 is a nice process and is moving toward its 15 minutes of fame, but as of today, is still in its development stages with regard to cannabis.
Those having invested the capital, and the time to develop CO2 processes, are mostly playing their proprietary information cards close to their chest these days, so the details may not be rapidly known to all.
Eden Labs and Apeks both serve the same market, with similar equipment, because they were once both at Eden.
At least Eden Labs is offering a dual unit for around $80K or so, that can extract with either CO2, or use refrigerants like Propane and Butane. I haven't toured Apeks in Ohio, so don't know what they may have new and exciting.
Right now, my best guess is that delivery from either manufacturer is most likely an issue, so if you have immediate needs, anything but a used machine may be moot.
Thanks for the knowledge, fadedawg. Does anyone have experience with the terpenator here? It said you could essentially run 600 and something grams per hour, at a very minimal cost. Building five or so might be a viable option. Just have to offer some friends some smoke ups and food for the day and hammer out some batches.
Sirdabsalot462
Well-Known Member
I'm a bit skeptical myself..
Brother?..have you laid your eyes on the trim yet?
I ask this because,... I had a friend of mine text me with the excitement of a child on Christmas Eve.
He says.. Hey Sir_dabs, I got a really good deal on some trim, I have 10 lbs!!, can you process that for me?...I'll split the yield, you get 60%, and I'll settle for 40%.
Well..heating this news...I got very excited, and agreed to the terms.
He said he paid 30$ per oz of trim.
So, I was set..excited and zipped over to his house, ready to blast some back at my place.
The product was in.freezer bags and wrapped in grocery bags, so I just grabbed the bags, spoke a little to my friends and headed home, thinking...
Whoo hooo!!! I got a butt load of trim, and I'm gonna have some fun..
Well, I arrive home and open the bags...UGHHHH!!
Clearly outdoor, and mostly fan leaves, rock wool, dirty, dust, bugs..complete shit.
I called my friend and told him bro?..Did you even look at this shit?..I'm pissed..and I'm bringing it back.
Just a story to give you an idea of what you may encounter.
Good luck... Lets see that trim...lol j/k
Brother?..have you laid your eyes on the trim yet?
I ask this because,... I had a friend of mine text me with the excitement of a child on Christmas Eve.
He says.. Hey Sir_dabs, I got a really good deal on some trim, I have 10 lbs!!, can you process that for me?...I'll split the yield, you get 60%, and I'll settle for 40%.
Well..heating this news...I got very excited, and agreed to the terms.
He said he paid 30$ per oz of trim.
So, I was set..excited and zipped over to his house, ready to blast some back at my place.
The product was in.freezer bags and wrapped in grocery bags, so I just grabbed the bags, spoke a little to my friends and headed home, thinking...
Whoo hooo!!! I got a butt load of trim, and I'm gonna have some fun..
Well, I arrive home and open the bags...UGHHHH!!
Clearly outdoor, and mostly fan leaves, rock wool, dirty, dust, bugs..complete shit.
I called my friend and told him bro?..Did you even look at this shit?..I'm pissed..and I'm bringing it back.
Just a story to give you an idea of what you may encounter.
Good luck... Lets see that trim...lol j/k
vacpurge
New Member
did you even read the skunkpharm link or fadedawgs posts????? hes pretty much the guy who designed the terpenator. I dont think youre gonnd find any more experience than him.
I haven't read his individual posts yet, just the run down on design. I ask if anyone has experience in the matter because I'd like to know if there are any tweeks that have improved efficiency or outcome. Or if there are any shortcuts people have found through trial and error. I'm getting a pic of the trim today; it's from someone I do work with every week or two, so it's a trusted source; I was assured its decent trim that's sitting at my friends. It still has the water leaves in it, but hardly any stem. So it's a waiting game to see. Ill post it up when I see it, good or bad.
Yeah, I'll reach out to them, thank you. Regardless, this is a business endeavor for profit. If it turns green I could still market it for 4-5g a lb and still crush the competition out this way, but I want the higher quality thus selling for a higher price. 3200 off a lb of oil that only cost 800 is still pretty good in my eyes.
BluJayz
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n-hexane is $55 a gallon here
192 proof is $30 a liter here
99% iso is $10 a liter here.
That's 20k +/- just for solubles, not counting the machinery and labor. This is beginning to sound expensive, just to get rolling.
Be diligent mate; you don't want to end up like a record label musician with 7% profit after everyone's paid.
192 proof is $30 a liter here
99% iso is $10 a liter here.
That's 20k +/- just for solubles, not counting the machinery and labor. This is beginning to sound expensive, just to get rolling.
Be diligent mate; you don't want to end up like a record label musician with 7% profit after everyone's paid.
Bublonichronic
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Ahha nice
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