IMO “cleaning the solvent” only applies to minor water vapor picked up during your collection phase.
Unfortunately, If the solvent is heavily contaminated by water. The beads may not be able to absorb all the water as it passes by.
Usually venting gas. (Safely) and starting fresh helps.
In addition make sure you are;
Pulling vacuum on your collection and material column before a run to remove atmospheric moisture.
&
Make sure you don’t have a leak on your solvent tank/columns. If your cooling to -60 or colder then the vacuum created by the cooling solvent has the potential to pull ambient moisture into your solvent tank.
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Same thing happening over here! its been about 3 weeks.
*Changing beads every other day. Never had an
issue before, when we changed them bi-weekly.
(but wanted to eliminate it.)
*Cleaned and changed - ever inch.
*New Gas, New hoses,
*New Vacuum pump, New Vacuum Gurage.
*Vacuumed everything overnight.
*Multiple Dry runs.
*Bake Powders.
*Same issue- over Multiple crc’s/ collections/ pours.
***I’m not running flower… I’ve been stuck trying to fix the
existing slabs -
*Visually clear in collection.
*Pour- like @salinas502proccessin said gel like foam
consistency, small bubbles, no muffin. beautiful color!
*Oven- 110 f melt - 2 hours, pull vacuum, -30 + no reaction *Flip- not as easy as usual- slabs are dry to the touch, but
pliable with a fog / cloud.
*putting back column drying out as much as possible.
*inject solvent- sit overnight- send thru new crc-
*Clean / pull -30 on collection.
****Same results.
Any direction and insight would be much appreciated!!
Thank you in advance.
Whats leading you to believe it’s water
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Do you guys have any pics of the “ice water” ? It sounds like it’s thca to me. This will happen if the honey pot is too cold during recovery as it gets closer to pour off. It causes the thca to crash out resembling small ice balls
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We have successfully gotten desired results (*glass *shatter) with the following consistently for about 2 years now (same material - same crc powders & sop - same daily routine)
Solvent- new bottle: distilled 3 times = same results
*resolved
Material- 3 different farms / different quality = same results *resolved
CRC- 2 separate: freshly baked & packed = same results
*resolved
the only thing that has changed is the temp outside, our room is 68 -70 degrees- I’ve noticed that our humidity is 40-45%. I think the air conditioning is acting as a swamp cooler and creating humidity as it is working harder.
its bizarre every other room in the building is 28-34% except that room. (own A/C separate from others)
**commercial dehumidifiers set up.
So to answer your question, Its the only thing that has changed, and seems to meet the parameters described as “water”
I don’t know if it is… but, I would love to know what it is if it isn’t. is there anything else I can do to eliminate other options.
thanks!
I wish it was, I know what your talking about, usually when I see that I stop recovering and let collection heat up and build pressure, once it’s warm thru out and the fog (thca) has diluted back to clear, I crack the recovery valve, to get consistent heat without cooling and pulling to hard till 0 : then pour…
- would you advise doing it differently??
the consistency is weird…
Usually the 1st / 2nd pour off from the crc is the most stable for us, (foamy muffin from the spout) then as more terps come thru I see the crc start to deteriorate, and I start a clean wash cycle - then Change it.
The last 3 weeks of *redissolving + changing parameters + fingers crossed = same as above but it’s like a slimy gel layer of some sort with in it… it try’s to harden… but the “slim” is still in there.
** I just purchased your “ DE quicksand” and “W1” which I’m a long time fan of, the other day hoping that it would help. I got it yesterday- so it’s in the ovens now.
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thank you for your insight and advice. i think i am getting moisture build up in the collection vessel.overnight even though i turn off the warm water bath. i will double check for leaks as it does seem plausible im pulling in ambient moisture when my solvent tank drops to -50. thanks again.