Ive been mixing terpenes into my distillate using a hotplate and stir bar however im finding I wish I had a bit more homogeneous mixture. purpose built homogenizers look like fancy dremel tools, has anyone managed to make it work. I know there are Chinese units for under 200 but Im not sure they are not garbage.
Homogenizers like the heidolph units draw the liquid up through a hollow shaft that have multiple sets of blades. I bet you can buy a homogenized tip off alibaba that hooks up to a dremel lol
I second that. The last cheap one I used was absolutely Dremel compatible.
Buy a scrilogex shaft. Shaft is most of the price on the homogenizer anyway
Thanks for all the replies this is exactly the answer I was hoping for, any size recommendations for smaller batches up to like 100 ml
@cyclopath @Rowan @Roguelab @Demontrich here’s an idea I’m going to try: vac on vitamix to homogenize with less air added. I’ve tried homogenizing with vitamix (concentrates with various tinctures etc), but I get lots of air. This looks like it might reduce the added air & possibly reduce oxidation
also, trick to vac your distillate from mason jar? Giddy-up momma
Here’s the mason jar lid attachment
Alternatively you could work in a nitrogen glove box to displace o2
I use the wide mouth and regular mouth lid attachments all the time to seal my jars. Matted to one of my welch wobl vac pumps. Gets it down to -26hg.
Vitamix seems like there would be lots of transfer losses from distillate sticking to the walls, also polycarbonate dosent take heat or solvent like glass does.
no actual mods preformed… that’s just the way Oster makes them.
Kinematica Homogenizers
eBay has homogenizers for 10-1000ml for $129.
Have you used them? I’d buy one if it worked, I’ve had a lot of bad experiences with cheap Chinese equipment
Speaking as a guy who has made a whole whack of sketchy equipment…
This shits ridiculous
I have been using one of these I got used off eBay. Works fantastic for about 5-100g batches. I do a lot of flavors, so it works great for me.
I believe biospec is a dremel