Deep Freezer Hash

BobCajun

BobCajun

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I found an interesting patent for separating lupulin from hops, which is similar to trichomes from weed. Turns out the key is to freeze it to between 10 and 15 F, preferably 0 and -20 F. At that temperature the resin glands lose all stickiness and can be easily freed by shaking/screening. So apparently simple ice water isn't really cold enough. They also said it works with either fresh or dried material, so that would save on drying. Here's the pdf of the patent.

Come to think of it, you could probably make a shaker or tumbler powered in such a way that it could work inside a freezer, like maybe some kind of wind up spring. Maybe an electric motor would work in there.
 
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Xcoregamerskillz

Xcoregamerskillz

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BobCajun said:
That would get cold enough but I don't know how you could use it. It must have mixers in it, very slow ones. I guess it might work for bubble hash if you used salt water. You'd just have to rinse the trichs well afterwards to get the salt out.
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You could rig one up to run in a freezer though. Some makers are variable speed, you could even rig a motor to a manual maker.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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an ice cream maker is cold on the outside of the cream container. The salt never actually mixes with the cream/sugar/etc. There are paddles inside the container to mix the cream. It might work, but you would get a lot of plant matter in it.
 
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savagemonk

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BobCajun said:
I found an interesting patent for separating lupulin from hops, which is similar to trichomes from weed. Turns out the key is to freeze it to between 10 and 15 F, preferably 0 and -20 F. At that temperature the resin glands lose all stickiness and can be easily freed by shaking/screening. So apparently simple ice water isn't really cold enough. They also said it works with either fresh or dried material, so that would save on drying. Here's the pdf of the patent.

Come to think of it, you could probably make a shaker or tumbler powered in such a way that it could work inside a freezer, like maybe some kind of wind up spring. Maybe an electric motor would work in there.
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Put a 3D printed tumbler with electric motor in a plastic bin that all fits in a deep freezer. Add a few marbles and dry ice and run tumbler for about 6 minutes. Tumble in a mesh net thats less than 160 micrometer.
 
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