Color remediation chromatography

[cyclopath]

which certainly seems counter to the mission when presented with 40k lb of Hemp…

my current approach is to implement the same “scrub” style CRC that I’ve used in the past, and grab one of the chroma style for R&D. I’d still like to wrap my head around how folks are actually using these things.

@murphymurri

You dont have to identify the fractions in advance. It is fairly common in chromatography for fractions to be colorless which means you identify them after the fact, generally via analytical testing. In the case of using butane/propane, you’ll be able to evaluate the visually within a few hours based on color as well as precipitation of solids (thca, waxes etc). My goal is to pull fractions that are substantially different from each other, with minimal overlap of undesirables. I can always combine similar fractions later, or re-run muddy fractions to purify. I love chromatography because you can always get the results you want if you’re willing to put in the work.

the above sounds great…but it seems to me that using the primary extraction as the elution solvent is always going to result in muddy fractions. so what the (*&$@#)(_)(#$@ am I missing?!?