What’s up guys?
So we’ve been running CRC since the start of its “discovery” and application for cannabis, like most here. We have had great success with all of the different powders and media in diff ratios, styles, 4inch column cr, 3inch column cr, 4inch filter plate stack cr, etc etc also had fair share of learning curve with all of those, pros and cons to each obv, and everyone gonna have their preferences.
After recently running the crx and cry materials I’m honestly sold on them. Ease of use and result is saving time, materials (filter papers, sintered disks, cleaning of sintered disks, electricity, etc), and I’m using less solvent per run (no wetting bed, etc) no baking powders, the whole 9, including final result of the extract is equal if not better than all prior crcs prior. I can’t fathom crx clogging, ever. It’s equally cost effective if not better than the rest as well.
Prior to playing with the c r x + c r y media from media Bros, I’d say my personal favorite would be a b80, silica, and t41/t5 blend. I wouldn’t dare run kief in that setup, for the most part. Followed by just a b80 crc as secondmost favorite.
I should mention that I live in a humid environment so my powders tend to stay clogging etc if I don't bake (more time n $$)
With all of that being said, let’s get to the point of the thread.
This weeks upcoming workload, combined with the ease of use and flow rate of the CRX and cry media got me thinking about simplifying/condensing workload further. I was thinking of sifting the material to be processed (for shatter or crumble) with dry ice or bags. Collecting the pollen, and then running that blended in column with crx media.
Typically, in my experience, running just kief material, either with crc, or without it would cause flow issues for us, unless we just added it to material columns (w trim) over the course of the day to “boost” yields of the trim material, while getting thru all material, both trim and kief.
What I’m asking/looking for opinions or experience on, is running crc (specifically media Bros crx/cry blended with kief inside the column as a run) vs running the material how it is in the column.
My logic is that this would save a whole lot of time and runs, and also could fix the “issue” of too fast flow for this media that some seem to dislike on here (cannot. Imagine. Why. Literally.) ??? Throttle your inlet. Stop nitro pushing from the tank. Stop using nitrogen at all ( I legit don’t really see a need for it anymore ). Use more media. Soak your material. Literally endless options to avoid that “complaint”, but I guess everyone has their preferences and learned the first way we all did and are now set in their ways. I’m always rdy to evolve. I think crx is what we needed all along, completely, honestly. Until the next best thing comes along, IF/WHEN.
Example: So say you normally run 4x48 (holding 4lb) columns back to back to back all day quick swapping. Instead, Kief 16lbs of material at a time w dry ice/screen/etc. Mix/blend the pollen with the crx media inside a 4x48 or probably much less (4x24/ whatever, depending on quality of starting mats, and level of color remediation u want ) and leave a layer, or a filter plate with a layer at the bottom (say bottom 2 to 4 inches, all crx media) and then run it
Boom
4 runs done in 1 (or more if applicable)
Has anyone tried this???
Pros?
Cons?
Yield loss cuz of terps, other compounds not retrieved off the dry ice sift/ solvent contact time with more plant material?
I really don’t see it not working, i feel like its gonna work better than a normal kief run I’m just wondering if it would yield the same, as long as u Kiefed it fully??
Essentially just condensing column runs 4 to 1 (or greater potentially?) By sifting material for polllen w dry ice, and blending with cr media instead of running 4lb columns of material, 1 at a time, thru their own crc…
Thoughts??