That is a problem with YOUR ethanol extracts, and is solvable with skill/practice/a thorough understanding of the process.
See: It washes the cannabis and then it washes the cannabis some more
Not telling you not to pursue this. Pointing out that folks who are NOT capable of mastering this have been successful where you claim failure…that re-examining those failures should also be on your list
This might kill you, don’t use an open flame.
So understand that a Kugelrohr or sublimator would be better tools at your scale.
@beaker has documented both for this purpose.
Not so when terps are of no concern.
You’re going to be producing some pretty nasty distillate if you can’t get a proper initial extract down anyway, and if you have access to dry ice and 190 proof ethanol then only your procedure is preventing you from having cart-quality extracts right off the bat.
Thanks for this information, I will do my research.
Not at all an expert in distillation, but do you really think you could get away with an off the shelf pump from harbor for micro scale distillation? The pump has beem what has kept me from attempting what OP is
Absolutely I’ve heard of people distillating with 20000 micron before , hear say but i believe it. With enough temperature it’ll happen, how much it will degrade your product is another story. Although THC is pretty durable. Won’t be top shelf stuff something that you can really sell but it’ll make some personal disty
I’ve run a 250ml flask with one of these Robinair 15500 Vacuum Pump, 5.0 CFM | ToolDiscounter
Did the job.
Documented here: 500ml or 2L - #4 by cyclopath sort of…
Also pictures of the 50ml flask setup (for ants) that went to @Roguelab
Edit: not certain that’s the SAME hvac pump. You want the dual stage version…and @beaker threw a E2M30 at the problem.
Yea, me too.
Is a litre really that cheap?
You need to decarb your thca rosin for the change in consistency. With any extraction you need to control the condition using temperature the colder the better. As for color a small Büchner funnel with color absorbent could also help. When I started out I used small hand vacuum pump funnel.
