Honestly I didn’t know I could use less vacuum and achieve a complete purge. That’s was one my concerns when buying this diaphragm pump, because it’s limited to -29hg, I was unsure if it was enough vacuum to fully purge the etho
I decarb under vacuum because; until recently I didn’t have a hot plate stirrer, was told ovens are inconsistent and not ideal, and I read decarbing under vacuum helps reduce oxidation and help preserve some of the color, which it seems to be working. I don’t have a pressure vessel to decarb in so I achieve a similar principle of removing oxygen to retaining color at the cost of terps.
I only reintroduce terps when mixing the oil before filling carts. I heat and stir, just bought a homogenizer
I didn’t think losing terps was a big deal for carts considering most are made with distillate. I did turn a bunch of crumble/sugar pho and turn it into nice hard shatter before decarbing it, I guess it’s because i boiled off the majority off the terps.
I also thought terps boil off based on temperature not pressure? I use to never exceed 160’f until I started decarbing in the chamber
Vacuum reduces the boiling point of everything in the vacuum.
If we’re talking about the terpenes that come from the garbage material that disty is generally made from then yes you’re right, we don’t care at all about saving those terps
If you’re making bho and like the natural terpenes from your product you should try to save the terps.
If you’re happy with what you’re producing then don’t let me steer you in another direction.
I’ve been buying oil from a friend. I then winterize, purge, decarb and introduce hemp terps. I used canna terps last time, but I have about 30ml of hemp terps left to use.
I’ve debated dissolving some etho to see if I can get it to crystallize. I would love to make my own terp sauce, but I haven’t figured it out yet. I know I could redissolve in butane, but I don’t have a vessel for that