This was done all inline in your extractor?
Ended up building a makeshift filter stack to try this tech out while I wait for the real thing. I think I need to use a little more powder for the volume I am running through it.
The darker stuff is the same material that I ran yesterday and the lighter stuff has was ran through the filter. Yield loss seems negligible and terps are definitely lighter but still pretty good.
I’m running 20lb columns with 60lbs of solvent then reducing to ~25 lbs in a reaction chamber before filtering through 4 inch filter stacks. I’m not using any nitrogen assist just a hot vapor loop. I only needed 25 psi differential to push it through the filter at a decent pace.
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Do you have anything else to remove the alcohol at a lower temp?
Warm water bath. A drill with a paddle bit and a fan?
Haha
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Rad. What mixture did you use?
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Top filter stack was left empty to disperse the solution. Then I used t-41 mixed with alumina in the second, silica 60 in the 3rd and t-41 in the 4th.
About to try again with 3 stacks of t-41 and 2 stacks of silica 60 and the reducer full of silica 60
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One thing I would like to bring up is what solvent/ mixture everyone has been using, it’s something that actually hasn’t been brought up too much it at all and could play a role in what compounds are being picked up, sorry about my absence also been doing a personal move right after my lab was just finishing the build out
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So I was just thinking about how they mentioned repassing the solution through the filter stack to achieve maximum clarity.
I wish I knew more about closed loop systems, but it doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to add a chamber below the stacks with a t junction below it that can be opened and closed between the collection pot and a recirculation hose that travels to a t above the stacks somewhere that can also be opened and closed at will. I imagine with the pressure assist you guys use it would work, just not sure how you would force it to travel exactly because NyQuil got me forgetting my name rn… Stupid flu.
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I’m using iso butane and butane mixture. I’m going to switch back to mostly butane here in a few. I liked iso for recovery rates. If I could get my system more efficient, I’d use straight butane
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I could probably do something like this:
Pretty old school, but I think I could make it work, then monitor the temp of my solution, but without making it a thin film, would lower temps effectively remove the ethanol to low enough concentrations without also undergoing environment degradation? I’ve noticed in the past when evapping etoh with a hot pad into open air, never above 105°F my oil would darken excessively during the 2-3 day evap process.
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when running old beat up material and getting the color favorable. what do you think would remove the undesirable terps like sox had when he ran old stuff.
if that could be done we can add whatever terp profile we want to, in the recovery pot before recovery the tane. without any post processing.
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Hmm do you think placing a valve at both ends of the filter assembly to keep it under vacuum when unloading biomass could prevent this? Thank you @Soxhlet and @Indofab!!!
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So I tried to pack my 4 inch to 2 inch reducer with silica 60 because I was out of stacks and the whole thing clogged up. In the end I had back pressure at 60 psi and the collection chamber in full vacuum with not even a drop coming out.
Luckily I had a pressure release at the top and was able to disassemble it mid run. One of my 2 inch mesh gaskets was completely clogged.
I learned my lesson and will only stick to packing the filter stacks now but I’m still not getting color as good as some of you. I have a 4x24 column that I’m seriously considering filling with silica 
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Why does the thca and the thc add to 89% but then it say only 78% on the total thc?
Same with the first test. Seems nice high potency stuff!
I see on the bottom how it say thca*.8 but why do they do that??
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Carbonic acid is part of the weight for thca
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The thc value is based on the weight it would be if it was decarbed. Usually 88% of the thca weight.
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The Savage mendo wasn’t live resin it is 3-4 month old dry. That’s where the d9 came from
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Terp results look spectacular, I’d say the loss is only garbage/color judging by the results overall…
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great numbers. good jobs
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So the reason I make yellow is because of this here u guys just saw…the Terps are a little stronger on the yellow side…also back then ppl would make things up about my clear and say it’s fake just like Tom thought he got scammed in the original post…so to make ends meet I had to make yellow…now that you guys are breaking this down to science it proves that the oil is being refined…as far as my complaints I dont really think I have any…I rather sacrifice those shit Terps for the smooth hit it delivers…it really is super smooth…and it doesn’t make u cough right away…its a creepin cough that comes after u exhale…the high also feels really clean…as far as consistency I dont see any difference
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