There ya go, someone gets it.
Is it possible to go below subzero temp with eg sodium chloride? the chloride should be in solution so if i filter the trichomes, most of the “solvent” will generally not be in the wet trichomes. So if i let the trichomes dry and then press it the sodium chloride should stay within the filter and just the trichomes terps are coming through, does that work?
Mmmm salty
As long as you wash it off with pure water afterwards, I don’t see why not.
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what should i wash with pure water? the trichomes after the “bubble hash bath” or the presssed trichomes? My thinking was like that the temps while pressing are way below the melting point of NaCl. So if i dry it properly the NaCl will not be soluble anymore say its crystalline again. and so i would just melt the trichs and the NaCl sticks behind?
I see what you’re saying now. Well I mean it’s possible that would work, but i still wonder if the melting oil could carry some small amount of salt particles with it. It seems more foolproof to me to just wash the trichomes before drying them. But you could definitely try it, there’s a certain plausibility to what you’re saying.
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cool, thank you for the quick reply. but actually it does not matter though as written above the perfect temp is 4°C but just for my thinking its a nice to know haha
I have a quick question here. Are there any post-treatment to water to collect the water soluble terpene and CBDA, as I saw someplace said CBDA is naturally water-soluble?
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I dont know if it is but I’d use non polar solvent to wash the water
wash water and then distill? will a direct distill work? separating by different boiling points
Do u have a rotovap? I wouldn’t try using solvents unless u can recover them later. You can recover in a short path in small amounts
Cool, thanks! I am gonna give it a try sometime soon. What about the finished flower being used, any idea the potency after the wash? I am just thinking if there is still a good amount left, maybe the material can be used for an ethanol wash etc.
Pentane wash the water, heptane wash the biomass. Recover safely and consult with the community before trying anything. Make sure you have a full understanding of what you’re going to do before you do it
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Using Neoprene may improve your temperature control, but licenced facilities that require microbial testing should beware, as our federally licensed facility Identified microbial contamination on the Neoprene, which then contaminated the bags and hash. as Neoprene cannot effectively sterilized, it is prefferable to use a jacketed vessel chilled with glycol
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@McWest When we get the “Comment of the day” thread going, this post gets grandfathered in. Great commentary and experiences to share.
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I have washing machine with chiler , you recomend chill water till -30c
I thought it’s enough to wash bubble hash -1c
Let me know how is goes your expermental, please
Water will freeze at 0 C so I doubt he can work at any temp lower than that
Especialy if there is agitation then keeping water a liquid at less then 0 ( great movie)
Is close to impossible
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