You do you. I use the 10 strictly to claim post processing remainders but I can tell you for sure if you dont have the body insulated you’re going to have to run hotter and leave more cannabinoids in your residuals.
Hows that verification coming?
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Futures got like 50 verifications sitting on his desk last time I talked to him a few days ago
If you have cannabinoids in your residuals you need more residence time at evaporation temps, increasing your feed temp will help with this so your crude has more time at distillation temps
I understand being overwhelmed. A suggestion: might be more efficient to have level two verification labs done locally and relay a thumbs up to future instead of waiting on snail mail and weekly pickups. Time being of the essence and all…
Yes and no. More residence time and higher temps allow more undesirables to codistill. I have different equipment for each stage. Deterp, first cut, final cut, and a redistill for final cut. This insures best quality in the least amount of time.
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He was notified that level 2 verification was complete, the sample products are for level 1. Had you had level 1 already youd have already been granted level 2 I’m sure.
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I have no problem hitting high purity with just a terp strip, mains cut, and a tails cut after decarb
You wouldn’t elevate both evaporator temp and feed temp
Running your evaporator hotter is meant to help decrease the time it takes for your crude to get to temp
If its already at temp ( or close to it) you dont need your evaporator as hot which also helps with codistillation
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Im not trying to get you to change your methods. Im only sharing what I do. Do you have your residuals tested? Operator error and glass evaporators leave cannabinoids behind at a rate of about 10%. At scale its worth the extra step of a deep cut(175) and then redistill (158) to improve color on the deep cut. The redistill runs on my kdt6’s at a vacuum in the e-4’s which is the key for my methods. Temp sets the bar, vacuum level determines feed rates.
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I’m not trying to get you to change your method either, I’m just explaining my reasoning so people can understand the concept.
Yes I’ve tested my residuals
At 175 you’re at my distillation temps which is too cold for a tails cut IMO you should be distilling around that temp which would explain why you have 10% residual left after your first distillation pass,youre running too cold without enough residence time
The most I’ve ever had is 3% and the only reason I didnt get that out on the mains pass is it would have messed up my color if I did.
Im not trying to get you to change your methods…
You should be…
Post labs
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I never mentioned what I do for first cut. I appreciate your troubleshooting attempt but as I said before, operator error and glass bodies will leave behind 10% average. Thats at 185. The bottom line is feed rate/temp/residence time/vacuum is a balance of compromises for quality and efficiency. Ive found what works well given the limitations i deal with.
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The first four were run on 6” glass popes and couldnt get below 10% cannabinoid residuals. One more pass on the kd10 got it to 1.3% @175c. A testament to ss cts efficiency or glass wiper inefficiency however you want to take it. You dont want to show me a lab where you got less than 1.3 in residuals?
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Happy to have found this, thanks! Can’t access your site, is there another way to get in touch directly? @anon45638961
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