I would start with some basic understanding of creating a liquid formulation that contains distillate and remains water soluble. Topics to look into would be HLB scale, surfactant types, techniques to create nanoemulsions (there are a lot of posts on the forum that discuss low energy and high energy methods, sonication and high sheer homogenization are two popular methods), just a basic grasp on emulsion chemistry, specifically O/W (oil in water) emulsions.
From here if you want to make powders, you should look into topics such as microencapsulation in the food or drug industry and vacuum spray drying (I am sure there are other techniques or equipment but VSD is a very common technique to take a liquid formulation and turn it into a dry powder).
got it thank you! and yeah i think i will just try cause it would be cheap to try lol but seems like its a bit more complicated topic than i originally realized lol. can u tell im rather new to this
i guess i dont know what a sonicator is lol we use one at work but its like a vat of ethanol that you put disty-covered dishes in. it shakes for awhile and the dishes come clean. im guessing thats not the sonicator youâre talking about
interesting. man i wish there was more information regarding all this stuff out there somewhere dont get me wrong i absolutley love it here, but im just suprised there isnt more info and forums and subreddits and stuff regarding the more granular stuff/science behind edibles and edible production
So the research is out there in the form of white papers, just gotta dig. Being that the process of making water soluble is fairly easy, but the process of making it palatable is the hard part, that is where the consultants make their money.
Water soluble:
-Identify emulsifier
-Homogenize with disty
-Add a determined amount of water
-Ultrasonically Homogenize
-Sterile filter heavy metals from mixture deposited by ultrasonic horn
-optionally spray dry to powder
-enjoy shitty tasting ânanoâŚbroâ??
I can do it, but Iâm not good at making a non-âturnyourmouthinsideoutâ bitter product. Further study (time+money) is needed!
Call summit, back in the day when we used to visit summit they used to have powderized d9 that dissolved into water, he would pass out spiked coffees to people all the time. That guy literally was making d9 powders before anyone else was and would explain it to anyone who asked at no charge. Check the ig to see if they posted any notes on it.
Like @MedicineManHempCo says earlier, there is definitely a lot of information out there if you know what you are looking for, know how to dig, and are able to apply similar principles/experiments to your current application. Often times youâll have to piece information together from several sources and apply it to your current problem. For example, maybe you read a paper that discusses the set time of a pectin solution given different pH values or similar pH values with different concentrations of different strength acids, how can you take this information from a stand-alone study and apply it and incorporate it into your own work?
At the same time you have to realize a lot of people and companies put a lot of time and money into solving these problems, and while freedom of information is great, and Iâm a big fan of supporting the demonetization of published scientific papers, I also support profiting from the work/time you put in. So those of us who do have a lot of intricate or in-depth knowledge will be a little less incentivized to share it at no cost or if it was funded by a company, often times that information is owned by the company and you probably wonât find people sharing it outside the company.
Even in this thread, my responses included, youâll notice a lot of advice is a bit broad and really doesnât get into any granular detail outside of trying to just keep you on the path.
Knowledge is free these days if you know where to look and want to put in some time to study, but answers and solutions? Those often come with a price tag.
this is a very apt and well thought out response. I appreciate it tremendously! As someone newish to the space (at least the legal side of things) it seems I need to take some time to educate and learn, and not just turned directly to asking for someone to solve a problem for me. this is a much needed âwake up callâ so to speak. very good points about peoples time and experience being deserving of profits. thanks for always being real, giving good advice and knowledge, all while not being a dick! so thank you thank you!!!
dont get me wrong i absolutley love it here, but im just suprised there isnt more info and forums and subreddits and stuff regarding the more granular stuff/science behind edibles and edible production