Hot ethanol crude tek

Huge difference between rm temp & “hot”…

See: Thread for dummies & Bucket Tek (Cold Ethanol Extraction on a Budget)

Understand that without chilling you’ve got more stuff you don’t want in that crude. You’ll need to winterize and probably figure out some way to remove the chlorophyll and sugars that come along for the ride.

If you’re planning on selling crude, and don’t clean it up, you may not get repeat customers

Running above the flash point of your solvent brings additional risks.

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