Am I making carts right?

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I have 14 grams of distillate (91 percent thc)
I am looking to make atleast 14 carts (1Ml carts)
Are my steps right?

Put jar with oil on stove top on low heat till oil is runny

Add 2 grams of terpenes

Stir with a fork for 10 min as fast as I can

Heat up the oil a little bit more aftwe all the stirring

Load oil into stringes and transfer into carts.

That’s it also should I be using this thing called Vicosity booster for my oil?

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Use the search feature above. There’s a wealth of knowledge. (btw not trying to be a dick, but there’s so much info on carting. It’s worth your time)

  • 15% terp level seems high.
  • Also using a stove top can be bad. Don’t let the oil get over 85-90C.
  • Search for how folks hear with a microwave
  • once you start learning, buy the right tools
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You will want to dilute (viscosity booster) if your using cheap carts.

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Go on ebay, buy a cheap magnetic stirrer hot plate. You’ll thank yourself the first time you use it. Forget the stove and a fork. The magnetic stir bar will handle the mixing, and the hot plate will probably be more adjustable, heat output wise, than your stove…and thet are less than $50.

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Why would I want higher viscosity with cheap carts?

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Most carts I’ve tested aren’t able to burn pure distillate without some kind of thinner. Just too thick

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thinning is decreasing the viscosity, not boosting it.

honey is viscous
water is not

In other fields, a viscosity enhancer is used to increase the viscosity, but this is cannabis, so I would not be at all surprised to find folks marketing “thinners” as “viscosity enhancers”.

and sure enough…

a low viscosity diluent for boosting your viscosity?!? :man_facepalming: SHM

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You can slap some pretty thin stuff in carts and it’ll be pretty solid…how thin would it have to be to need a thickening agent…

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It’s all about the intake aperatures size. CBD carts typically have 1.2mm aperatures because the distillate is runnier to begin with and you have to cut it below 60% so the CBD doesn’t crash out and THC carts have 2mm holes for uptake of the thicker oil. At a 12.5% terp cut your disty will be pretty runny and you could probably get away with the smaller aperatures.

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Correct, it was early in the am before my brain was fully functioning. He seems very new and when I read viscosity I immediately thought of true Terps viscosity and figured that’s what he meant.

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