ReXing THCa in pentane

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You would need some heat.

Then after dissolved you drop temp. Mix together at the saturation ratio of choice, warm up to dissolve, drop temp and let the magic happen

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Ok I really don’t want to waste anyone’s time if it’s been asked but I’ve been looking and didn’t see… is a capped jar in my vac oven a bad idea? Add THCA to pentane in jar, heat in oven capped, then let cool down (slowly) is what I was thinking (obviously without uncapping until cooled cuz FP)… this won’t be too much pressure for the jar?

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You’re spot on. You can shake/swirl the jar to help break down the thca in the mother liquor

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Per usual… you’re the man Dred

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Thank you, sir. Just helping with what I’ve done myself

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4 posts were split to a new topic: Molding thca w heat or pressure into shapes

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I just so happened to call you today for a similar piece of information. Lol

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I was gonna ask, what if I added enough heat to melt it…

I’m just gonna try it for myself.i

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Definitely sounds like a fun experiment and I’d be interested to see what comes of it.

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I’ve metled washed diamonds before came.out crystals clear liquid

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Me to u have to be on low low heat

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Yeah flash it with heat to melt just the outer layer or keep it super low to try and get it to all melt together

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So I’m sure no one wants to give out ratios of THCa to pentane, but my main question is, how much headspace should I leave in the jar? I’m just trying to be extra extra cautious I’ll be trying it this weekend, but just wanna know if this is something to be worried about especially when the jar pressurizes as I get close to pentane BP? Should I use two lids on a jar? Thanks!

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You can fill the jar almost as much as you want.

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Ok cool pressure won’t be a huge issue then

Thanks brotha!

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It doesn’t emit pressure like butane. A jar can handle it. Assuming you’re not filling it almost to the brim

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Dude awesome. Exactly what I needed to know

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Raise temp slowly and push down on the top of the jar and you can get an idea of how much pressure is inside. Remember if it’s warm 95° f + and you open it it could instaboil so don’t open it hot and if you don’t have a fume hood I would keep your experiments outside any time it’s open at the least.

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boiling point of butane: ~0C
boiling point of pentane: ~ 36C

you’re running your butane jars ABOVE the boiling point.

don’t do the with your pentane, and you won’t get excessive pressure.

run your pentane jar at 50-60C, and you’ll absolutely have the same issues you would expect from butane in a jar.

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Granted I am not proposing they go nearly that hot and definitely not open. But, yes that would be bad

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