Sounds like you’re decarbing in the filler
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We probably sell about equal volume in dabs and carts at this point. Run -78ish BHO through quickly, collect most tane back and dump the run into a pyrex, cover with plastic wrap and let stand for a day or two near the vents to off-gas most butane, then chop it up and put in the oven at 70 degrees and add a little vacuum for a half day or less. Trying to #savetheterps as best as we can figure how to while still getting rid of the tane. We get rave reviews and sell for a pretty high price point so it seems to be working. Then we take some of what we’ve made and make the cart juice with it.
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Yessir, this is our current best guess. And we are likely operating at close to the threshold of THCA percentage most of the time, and sometimes go a point or two over and that makes the fizzy mess.
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That’s my guess as well and that speed mixer will knock that down in 7 minutes flat haha
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If you can see it bubbling inside the syringe of the CF, turning down the temps will help ime
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Easy fix — you’ll want to track the input and output weights of your BHO before and after decarbing. You should see about a 13–16% weight loss from what you started with.
You can also try whipping it while hot to check for any reaction. 
Warning: if there’s still too much trapped CO₂ or it hasn’t been cooked down enough, it could overflow from the jar and make a big mess.
A simple test is to let the material fully cool, then stab the top layer with a dab tool. If you get a white or foamy reaction, it still needs more cooking or more aggressive agitation.
I usually cook at 180–200°F for around two days, immediately pouring off any valuable terpenes as they separate before the main material liquifies and reintroduce them at a later time . You can cook those terps separately for a shorter time, be sure to track the weights and 13-16% carbon loss. If you’re using regular BHO from trim (without many valuable terps), you can just keep it as is.
Once the material is fully cooked down, pour your desired blend amount into a mixing beaker and let the homogenizer do its thing. It should bubble aggressively at first, but after ~30 seconds it’ll settle as the trapped CO₂ escapes.
If you don’t have a Cart Farmer homogenizing unit, you can rig a milk frother attachment to a drill and blend until all bubbling stops — usually 1–2 minutes depending on volume.
Afterward, cap your liter jar and give it a good shake to make sure it’s uniform.
Finally, prime your needle (10–20 shots) and pour back into the reservoir to clear any trapped air. If you’re using a hand filler, you can shoot it straight back into your res.
Send me a DM if you have any issues , i have filled over 600k dispoables in the last two years for my legacy brand. I dont know it all but have ran into all kinds of issues ! Please feel free to reach out
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if you are seeing 13-16% weight loss you probably are loosing a bunch of terpenes as well. pure thca looses 12% so a good resin should be under that mine are usually 9-10% loss and fully converted. you want to decarb in a stainless pressure vessel and let it come to room temp before opening it
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Came here to say this.
Since most mixtures tend to be around 80% TAC, I find decarbed live resin/rosin tend to lose about 11% weight.
Maybe you lost 5% to container?
Wook “science.”
And I’m done… 
I don’t know if you’ve ever really worked professionally in Cannabis.
Unlikely especially in legacy market nowadays. That’s about 1 liter per day(assuming holidays/vacations..etc).
OP came 6 months ago with COAs asking for help.
Your CHATGPT generated wook science did not help anyone.
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We haz a machine for freeze drying wooks…
We put them outside right before harvest, and they’re rehydrated and ready to go right when we need them…
REAL wook science!
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I am talking about whats avalable in bulk currently never mentioend anything about pure THCA, im just melting downs lbs of cured resin . only thing i can find in boxes lol , not live extract, not too many terps to begin with , nor ones id care too much about losing . But im glad you care so much and came here to say this . Process i run using ovens that max out at 200*, i know i can achieve faster results if i could run hotter but I find my process works for me.
as wook as i may sound , it works im glad you took the time to write that out and make yourself feel better,
Low blows wont work here buddy . Happy you have things figured out for yourself tho,
and to answer your quesiton have never “professionally” worked in cannabis but @20k ± devices every week for the first year and ahalf and yeah things have slowed down quite a bit im only able to get off 20-30k a month .
Any real useful tips would be helpful if you have them for me , nothing worse than a self proclaimed expert whos shitting on his own community. Go do something positive ,
Uh huh…
PURE THCa will produce more CO2 (lose MORE weight) than those “boxes” of 75-80% THCa you’ve been decarbing.
So any additional weight loss beyond about 100g/kg is either your terpenes or to your containers or tooling (or maybe it’s just what you tell your boss so you can pocket some?).
Which imo IS useful information…either to you or the next folks that read along at home.
You don’t want it? Cool. Doesn’t make your numbers anymore accurate. Absolutely needs to be stated.
Otherwise it’s YOU who is the self proclaimed expert spreading misinformation.
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How do you find time to “work for iKrusher" when you’re processing a liter per day? 
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…and that one was retired at ~10^6 carts and upgraded to one that does closer to 1500carts/hr.
We don’t get nearly that out of our vapejet (disposables rather than 510 carts) but 1k/day is certainly very doable….
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It is very doable but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say he doesn’t have that beast of a machine. Running a liter through a cart farmer, including prep time, mixing terps and capping should take about 6-8 hours. Now add in all the time you spend fucking around with decarbing bho. Doesn’t leave a lot of time to be a vape hardware rep
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By running a tight operation with employees lol, i never confirmed running a liter per day. it isnt hard to fill 10-20k carts a shift lmao
I dont spend any time fucking around, BHO always in the ovn getting ready for blends, they sit for 2 days in there . blends get heated as we move along, terped , and then filled + capped. having multiple k4s and team of hard workers will out produce any other set up imo for a fraction of the cost, i run 20 flavors in my master case of 100
lol , put a jar (500g) of BHO on the scale , throw it in the oven for 2 days and weigh it after .. simple math , i dont need to lie to myself to pocket anything, and the presumption of such is a clear indication of you self reflecting . prime exmaple of why the industry is where its at today
bunch of dudes over complicating things that dont need to be overcomplicated lol
you’re mixing botanical terps into cured resin that you decarb at 180-200f? sounds pretty awful
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i never said its a top of the line product , just what people ask for . only way to compete with the market of dispoables , i know people who produce 50k+ week disposable reps and sell 2gs at $5.-5.75.
i use abstrax cloudburst
Keep telling yourself that sweetheart.
I understand both the math and the chemistry involved.
The lousy fit of your empirical data to said chemistry and math had several explanations. The fact that you rail at ALL of them makes you the one with the problem.
Whatever.
Here’s what the all gnowing one has to say. Just so the next folks who go looking don’t buy into your fantasy
The weight loss from decarboxylating 80% THCA is approximately
12.3%, resulting in a final THC content of around 87.7% of the original THCA weight. While the conversion to THC is about 87.7% of the original THCA weight, some additional material is lost due to factors like temperature and time, leading to an overall weight reduction of about 10% to 12.3%.
Here is a step-by-step calculation for a specific example:
- Convert THCA percentage to mg/g:
- Multiply the THCA percentage by 10 (1 gram = 1000mg):
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80%×10=800
80%×10=800
mg of THCA per gram.
2. Calculate the final THC weight after decarboxylation:
- Multiply the THCA amount by the conversion factor of 0.877:
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800mg×0.877≈701.6
800mg×0.877≈701.6
mg of THC per gram.* Calculate the weight loss:
- Subtract the final THC weight from the initial THCA weight:
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800mg−701.6mg=98.4
800mg−701.6mg=98.4
mg.* Determine the percentage of weight loss:
- Divide the weight loss by the original THCA weight:
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(98.4mg/800mg)×100≈12.3%
(98.4mg/800mg)×100≈12.3%
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