Good for lots of things
I think people overcomplicate mixing distillate. Put jarred distillate in vaccum oven at 150f with no vac. Wait until the distillate is pourable consistency. Add your terpenes and shake with the lid on for 30 seconds to a minute. Terpenes are a co-solvent and will homogenize very quickly. Let sit for 24 hours prior to adding heat again for filling.
If you want speed up the heating process stick the Disty in the microwave and wait until pourable consistency. You want to do 45-second to 1-minute heating intervals.
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Do your carts have a popcorn aftertaste directly heating the terps like that?
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I agree. Maybe I can do this as well as get some glass stir rods to make sure its mixed extra well?
Thatâs not a very permeable solution
Whatâs the preferred microwave heating for a liter and 1000w microwave
Minute at a time works for me
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I check/stir every 20-30s after it starts melting until itâs done. Full power maybe 1-2 min for a kg. CBD takes longer than THC
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Not at all.
What size batches are you mixing by shaking?
Yep sounds about right. Adding the correct amount of terps to a liter or two of quality distillate and just shaking it in the jar for 30 seconds to a minute should get you a well homogenized mixture. You my friend are brilliant
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This is a pricier option, but Iâm a huge fan of the speedmixer systems by Hauschild. They let you mix your disty with terps without heat, preserving your terpenes. I do my blending under a positive gas blanket of argon gas.
Super fast, no cleanup, single use containers or stainless steel vessels if you prefer.
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That all depends on the internal size of your oven, mixing vessel, and what you can handle weight-wise.
At that scale, you could probably just use beakers/media bottles with mag stirring and a fabric beaker mantle (seen below). Youâll get way better heating and control heating all of the walls of the beaker/bottle rather than just through the bottom. I would say this is your best performance for the money - Iâm shocked people are suggesting a jacketed reactor for 1000-2000mL of oil.
- glas col fabric mantle
- digital or manual glas col controller
- stir plate
- good stir bars
- thermocouple wires
- thermocouple reader
- silicone/stainless steel spatulas and/or glass stir rod
- maybe some watch glasses or parafilm to cover beakers/bottles while stirring
If you bought everything new on this list it might be $2,500 tops - if youâre smart youâll do everything in your power to find the glas col controller on ebay, and while youâre at it maybe a nice IKA stir plate so you can at least rely on the stir motor and magnet for a few years.
edit: I specified fabric beaker mantles because you canât mag stir through the rigid aluminum beaker mantles.
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i am also curious about this.
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Every time this sort of conversation comes around I am out of stock on 1740 no matter how many I buy
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Ha, wow that is an OLD one. And yes, that would workâŚhowever that is a DAC 150 so youâd be mixing up to 150g of material at a time (including the weight of the sample cup which is 15 or so grams).
Preferred equipment -
â˘Cat X 1740
â˘Cat X 1000
â˘Ultrasonic cleaner (really hard but allows to mix at lower temps) (and can clean gear)
â˘Nice mag stir (small batch)
â˘Microwave
â˘Table Top convection oven
â˘Heat Resistant gloves
â˘Pyrex beakers / mason jars
â˘Terp syringe (borosilicate)
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It is absolutely vital that you order through cart farm. save yourself the headache. buy from people who use them and know how they work.
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