Did we read the same thing?
He’s not MAKING distillate. Merely calling his solvent recovery “distillation”. Reasonable mistake for a noob.
Should be heptane not hexane. Check that CoA. The significance is that it is “denatured” so you’re not paying 50% in beverage taxes.
Your solvent recovery solution isn’t viable. Without units your temperatures are meaningless (yeah you’re probably using F, but making us guess is dumb).
100lb of weed requires ~100gal of solvent when done this way, which is a LOT of canning jars, and more than a “single run” in any reasonably priced recovery solution.
Why do you imagine you need to avoid decarb for carts? I challenge you to find a single commercially available cart with less than 50% decarb. Most are made with distillate which is 100% decarbed. That is changing, but the carts made without distillate are ALSO decarbed to reduce viscosity.
If you want high quality EHO (ethanol honey/hash oil) you want to recover you solvent at low temps. 35-40C. Which requires vacuum. A Rotovap would be the correct tool.
You want short solvent contact time, and fast filtration. IF you perform your extraction below -70C you CAN soak for days without picking up unwanted, but full extraction can be managed in 90seconds with the right gear, and long soaks are a waste of time.
If you let your tincture warm before filtering below 20um, it will green.
Spend a week reading and come at it again.
Starting points:Who is king of EToH Recovery?
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