CONTEST: Post Processing Clear Tech Hydrocarbon Contest Prizes to the winner!

Roguelab · March 29, 2019, 3:57pm

CuriousChemist22 · March 29, 2019, 4:02pm

So can someone tell me which contest to enter? Ethanol extraction, butane cls crc.

Killa12345 · March 29, 2019, 4:03pm

if you have a slab of ethanol shatter and dissolve in butane for re processing… i think it falls into the rules perfectly.

Killa12345 · March 29, 2019, 4:07pm

i wanna see how people can take a finished purged shitty product…find a way to dissolve it and run it threw a closed loop some how with or without the powders.

I dont wanna revolve it around CLS or Butane…BUT the whole CRC thread is about CLS and butane…

There are some differences…waxplug…some people open blasting…but we are all using a steel hydrocarbon extractor and using some sort of butane mix. dont recall one person using 100% propane.

Future · March 29, 2019, 4:13pm

I think @murphymurri uses 100% propane. Also, I don’t think anyone intended on side tracking this, the rules are just vague, even still…

Killa12345 · March 29, 2019, 4:14pm

Sorry man…im not meant for rule writing. Not my strong point. Just wanted to progress what everyone was moving to in the CRC thread with a prize.

Figured since so many people in the thread were supporting my busines…i could give back to help them a bit and have a little fun…didnt mean to make this so difficult. LOL

CuriousChemist22 · March 29, 2019, 4:17pm

This is gonna be cool. I think it’ll really help if people are discussing the temps used for recovery of their nasty slab, should they recall or even have the data available, due to the quote I posted earlier. Also, due to that quote oxidation plays a role in those fixed colors, so knowing how a slab was stored can be important too, again if that information is even available.

We may learn some valuable things here about ‘fixed’ colors at certain temps and from different ‘levels’ of oxidation. Which, for those of us meaning to do this as a service, allows us to forecast the end result better for our client in the event improperly treated extracts can’t be made clear with crc alone.

I’m really just suggesting that as an optional addition of information to help us work out some other variables that might be important later. Not as a mandatory part of an entry

Roguelab · March 29, 2019, 4:18pm

Listen pic before pic after
Reveal your sop
Amount of oil
Amount of solvent
Powders or other stuff used amounts
And thats iT
So Lets clear this as clear as we can

Future · March 30, 2019, 3:01am

Any limits on solvent types?

Kingofthekush420 · March 30, 2019, 3:31am

No wonder her color is so good.

Kingofthekush420 · March 30, 2019, 3:32am

This one has to be done in a CLS, i dont think what solvent you use matters as long as its a hydrocarbon

CuriousChemist22 · April 1, 2019, 3:30am

I still think the rules are probably still a bit too vague to get the ball rolling.

Maybe if we look at it from the four cornerstones of organic chemistry perspective that can help limit the contest effectively.

There is extraction, filtration, recrystallization, and distillation, to my knowledge when we’re considering ways to purify a substance.

If we focus purely on the filtration step we are narrowing down the ways to get clear to the method being employed in crc, lles, and probably some options I’m not even aware of. So the contest would be who has the best filtration techniques.

Of course, that still doesn’t cover exactly which hydrocarbons are acceptable? Are we including all saturated, unsaturated, and aromatic hydrocarbons?

Also, if we limit it to CLS, which is another decent option to help define things, we lose the chance to learn about other styles of filtration, but we gain additional insight for refining our cls techniques.

Just some thoughts to help nail this down and get the ball rolling.

sonicgardens · April 1, 2019, 4:52am

Thought is pretty clear to me
Take already process bho.( the uglier the better)
Use butane to fix it with crc tek.
Finished product is upto us ( shatter, dimonds, or sauce of some sort)

Oh ya pic of before and after along with how ya did it

CuriousChemist22 · April 1, 2019, 5:11am

That’s really what everyone’s been trying to figure out. Are we excluding this to cls with butane/propane only? Refine a known technique. Or are we accepting all methods? Learn about comparative techniques. If we are broadening the scope beyond just butane/propane in a cls, how broad are we going? If we’re accepting crystals(another level of purification on top of filtration) are we also accepting distillate?

At this point I think a lot of people are trying to figure out who(from which branches of purification) is going to be able to enter the contest, and in what ways will any of us need to confirm to ensure our entry is considered valid by the community and those dishing out the rewards.

I know I’m personally in the cls group, and I’m definitely not saying this contest should be broadened beyond that scope, but I’m also not saying it shouldn’t. All I’m saying is it needs to be clearly defined while I play devil’s advocate for both sides.