Here in CO at 7200ft. we can only pull -22hg on the vac. which when you do the math, yes it's a full vacuum but the efficiency is not as good as it is at sea level. This was at about 110 deg for quite awhile. My basement is 65 deg at 16% humidity, so these patties stay hard and transparent. Still experimenting, but seems to do the trick and tastes good. I also like to winterize everclear instead of vac purge sometimes.
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who what? went back multiple pages, could not find a mold topic on this thread.. grrr. i looked too hard :[Lol...what'd you use for the mold or whatever? I never thought about that..cool
They do muffin up within the first few seconds of initiating the vac, but I'm not sure if current altitude plays a roll because vac chambers at sea level are more efficient. There is not much moisture here, humidity is around 20% so, I have never had a moisture issue. this never sizzles (indicator of moisture). I just blast into pyrex w/ glass tubes and mainly use trim because I pretty much have an unlimited supply thanks to a few friends. After blasting into a round pyrex dish (scrape from middle towards you, gets every last bit), I'll scrape to some martha wrap and put in vac chamber at 110 deg(ish) for quite some time....a couple of hours I guess. It changes from the muffin state and as it warms, it will flatten out and I can get it to 'boil' for awhile until I feel like it's done. I understand you can continue to vac past the shatter stage, and get it all waxy and honeycomb like, and that's something I'll do on my next run. Right now, everyone loves the shatter, tastes great and looks....well awesome. LOL, I'm not a huge fan of wax/bho anymore as it gets me too ripped! But I love to make it.hmm, interesting mang. seems like at 7200 ft. you must get instant muffins.. do you spray in an enclosed system, or open tube?
i ask because ive noticed enclosed systems have an excellent way of keeping outside moisture from getting into oil.
while open tubes require a good spray and boil off to ensure least amount of moisture collected..
thuss brings me to my insta muffin quesiton :]
seems like if you are working with good material, and little moisture, then bam! insta muffin
i dunno though. please chime in on waxology up in high CO. gots a ton of hype in the MMJ world
good job, p.s. :]
It actually doesn't look too terrible if you get up close.....