Hey everyone so I’ve been using @TheLostBiologist bucket tek. I’ll post pics when I get to my computer but for now I was curious. My yield have been fairly low - I was curious what kind of loss in yield I should expect when is Using t-41/AC/20um filter.
Also since my yield has been pretty low… 5-7% I decided to bubble hash out some of the flower and run that instead. For some reason this flower is giving me 3-4 ozs of hash per lb at 200um but only like 25-35g of wax when I run it. So my question is - if I’m using bubble hash is a 10-1 solvent to biomass ratio gonna be enough solvent? Do I need to scrub hash (AC, fine and coarse filtration).
The quality of the starting material is a huge factor in yeild. Have you tested the trim/hash for cannabiniods? You could use the original flower testing if you had it, but keep in mind that trim will be a good bit lower on concentration than the bud.
Another factor is doing multiple passes. If you’re just doing a single cryo soak on trim then 7% yield by weight is actually pretty good.
If you’re looking to process trim into hash first with the plan to ethanol extract then I wouldn’t bother with bubble. You can either just bulk kief frozen trim with dry ice over a trim bin screen or throw frozen trim into a 200 micron bubble bag with a good bit of dry ice and jerk the bag up and down over a table. You can then card up the kief. As @Curious_Roberto said, at 200 microns you get a lot of plant material. But that’s fine if you are just going to cryo extract anyway.
Yea man I’m honestly happy with a first pass 7% because the trim isn’t spent so I’m gonna see what’s left in it. I was in no way hating on your method or comparing it to bubble hashing stuff out.
I’m just playing around with methods because this is my first month doing this and I want to get it dialed in before I scale it up. So I’m just curious if y’all would use more than a 10 to 1 ratio with hash. I ran a 10 to 1 with my Cryo extract. Here’s a pic of my first and second run.
You might want to switch from parchment to PTFE sheets. I get mine from Oil Slick. Get the thicker ones and they will last a little bit. Less sticking than parchment and they don’t degrade like silicone.
Man it’s been awhile but I believe the temp was between -60 and -70C just because that’s what I did with biomass and this was a R&D project. The time I left it in ethanol was 3-5 minutes. I run the Roto at 18-24 under full vac