If that was the case more people would eat Indian (push start, not pull start) food over sushi. But, if you work on the right amount of media to just give a slight scrub to achieve the desired appearance, you can keep that original profile without too much notice
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do i need to get crazy with all the layers of different media or is there just 1 go-to that could get me a slight clean up? ive been reading through threads for hours trying to learn everything i can but everyone seems to have different mixes they prefer. also, ive read a few people talking about just throwing remediation media in the bottom of the material tube. im already dewaxing with a staged stack with a 1micron paper filter being the final stage. do i need to worry about packing it up with dte anyway or is my final paper filter enough?
I think you can just cold crash and decant to remove the fines. I used to not even have a sintered disk. You have to use your brain sometimes @Distillforeal
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you should dewax before crc if possible. DE or alumina will help not to clog your filter paper with waxes. W1 is a good single media to use
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if im only using w-1, im assuming i still need to put DTE at the bottom for final filtration of powder correct? is there a ratio to use based on material weight or just enough to create a filtration layer? ill be using a 1 micron paper at the bottom of it all as well to ensure i dont pull any media into the final product.
When running w1 I donāt use anything but it in the crc. When using celite, itās not so much about the overall volumeā¦ youāre more so looking for a 1ā thick cake after you compress it. 3/4-1ā of celite is my go to for just about anything Iām using celite for.
Iād say the biggest thing on packing powders thatās become more evident the more I run, is that you always need to vacuum pack, or compress your powders with a tool of choice to get the best results.
The media does a better job when your product has to work to get through it.
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I have run into an issue with W1 when using killa sintered disks, it seems that small amounts of W1 pull through. What kind of filter do you use? When I buy a sintered disk from BVV I do not see this issue. Curious what your procedure is, do you use a press to pack your powders?
You need to pack the w1 on to paper. I only use the sintered discs as a fail safe much further down after the paper. Going direct on the sintered disc is sure to disappoint. I have a 6ā sintered 1um waiting for someone with the right touch to clean it.
Now I use paper only and am moving on to the tampon tek after my 1um sintered to help catch absolutely anything that tries to sneak by. Filtering down to .22um
I use vacuum assist with the top of the crc open, or if Iām packing media into the bottom of the material column, I just level the media and start to toss bio on top, and proceed to pack it with all my pent up aggression
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Gotcha. I actually have 2 killa plates, a 5micron and a 1 micron. From what you said, I feel like I could keep powder from getting by by going 5micron plate with paper filter and powder ontop ā 1micron filter with just a paper filter ontop ā collection. I havent read through the tampon tek yet, but im guessing its a smaller filter just to catch any small bits. Iāll get to reading it.
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I like to toss my media onto 3 stacked up 3um papers. That in theory (correct me if Iām wrong someone) should get me down to 1um. Then stack the 5um and the 1um sintered below it.
Tampon tek is a rolled up felt filter, a depth filter rolled up like a t-shirt shot out of one of those cannons). Itās the end all be all to protect your cls from powder that gets by. Anyone I know doing this has pretty much safeguarded their system from sub 1um disaster
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Sadly, the stacking of filters with the same pore size does not change at what level they filter. Your three 3um filter papers are only filtering at 3um. What the stacking will do, however, is help prevent blowout.
I was told not so nicely on the site a while back and left my comment up, unedited, so that hopefully others would see (learn) and not be berated like I was. Nothing wrong with stacking filter papers. It can definitely help, just not in the way you are thinking.
Also, the 5um filter is not going to catch anything new, as the solution has already been filtered (really well) at 3um. Really, that filter isnāt doing anything at all. You may get more benefit to stacking the filters in decreasing pore size (5um > 3um > 1um).
Hope this helps (and that I was nicer than those who educated me! Haha).
Edit: Found the thread where I said that. People werenāt really as mean as I remembered (well, maybe @BG305 haha), and it was likely much more the overwhelming embarrassment I was experiencing. Here it is:
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I have been rocking this: 10-25 um paper on filter plate, ācottonball depth filterā, 5um sintered, 1um sintered
I want to add a felt depth filter after my 1um as a fail safe.
Loading under vac. Lightly packing column.
I use papers 3um-1.3 (as stated on packaging)
5 papers for 3 filter plates.
Ring filter and ring clamped into place.
1um sintered.
Particulates scare me.
Never see anything past 2nd filter stack, and if I do its operator error, and is always verified before a run.
Particulates should scare you, lung tissue is incredibly sensitive to environmental factors like these, always handle powders with some type of face covering.
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I filter down to 0.2 micron without a tampin
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Iād pay for thatā¦
most people wonāt say it is crc anymore, a lot of people are after just yellow hash. This is because it sells no questions asked.
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Both!
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The one on the right I used media on, cured material, and only 1% media. The left is live resin with 0% media
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and that boys in girls is the spoon return in actionā¦
or perhaps the cutlery exchange?
although that doesāt quite cover the feeding tube nor the other device @MillerliteRN was suggesting
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