I’m interested in giving this a shot at least.
@cyclopath I definitely appreciate that thread on Decarb under pressure. I have read over the whole thing a few times and I think I understand most of it
Combining that thread with @Dannywarbucks commented suggestion leads me to my current plan i’ll lay out along with some questions.
- Find a strong vessel that will give me room to work but not enough to become inefficient.
- What kinds of pressure are we talking about here? Is there a size, material or make that would be well suited to my scale (half ounce runs max) ?
I have tried to sort through this thread - https://future4200.com/t/a-theory-on-bho-rosin-decarboxylation-with-natural-terpene-preservation/187315
The SOP there is obviously intended for large scale production but the crux @Anonymouse seems to describe well with this
“By placing the material indended for decarboxylation in a pressure rated vessel and creating a vacuum environment, the material may be fully decarboxylated while preserving the natural terpene profile due to the available headspace and oxygen-deprived environment. The additional pressure created by the CO2 gas will allow any volitalized terpenoid compunds to reflux under pressure while cooling, thus allowing the preservation of the unique terpene profile.”
- Take my appropriate vessel, add material, go to full vac, place vessel at full vac into warm water bath at 110c 230F for roughly 2 hours allowing the c02 created by decarbing to create pressure in the vessel. Cool the vessel back down to room temp, release the pressure. Hold material at full vac for an hour or two to remove co2 from product. Heat vessel to 35c / 95f to get liquid and load into carts.
Simple two step process
Again thank you everyone for responding, I will keep you all updated about how this goes that it might be helpful for others.