always good to be proactive rather than reactive when dealing with clogs. Patience and paranoia are what get me through SPD days
You need to boil off any of the lower boiling point volitiles before you take your thc fraction, hold the mantle just below the boiling point of the cannabinoids and wait till everything boils off, then when the thermometer dips in temp, this signals the end of the fraction, you can ramp your mantle up a few set points to resume distillation. The trick is the beginning of the cannabinoid fraction is a azetroph where you have a mix of the burned terps and cannabinoids co distilling. You may need to wait several minuets after the beginning of the cannabinoid fraction starts before the thermometer will stabilize. when the thermometer gives you a good constant temp and no longer rises you can start collection.
so to recap:
- sneak up on the fraction
- wait till its done
- ramp up mantle to head fraction
- distill head fraction same mantle setting until thermometer will hold constant temp
- collect main fraction
The more you run your still the easier this will get.
get yourself a desk lamp with a heat bulb, control it with a dimmer switch and say good buy to clogs.
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