pouring fresh run into jars, doing a fast crash for 1-2 weeks depending on how it looks, pouring off sauce layer and starting with probably around 90%+ thca. then i broke up the thca and put it in a jar, measured out an equal amount of pentane, combined, heated to 97-100f in a vac oven monitored with a temp gun and stirred every couple of minutes until it was fully dissolved, filtered, reheated to 97f, taken out to room temp, waited a couple minutes for temp to settle then capped tight and let sit at room temp for a few weeks. i did smack the jar around regularly trying to loosen everything from the sides of the walls. but yeah other than that thats exactly what i did.
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Sounds like you are really close to figuring it out, honestly! Keep doing what you’re doing! I think at this point you just need to do it a couple more times and you’ll be there.
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sweet! hopefully i can just settle on a good temp. thats what im most indecisive about right now, that and what the ideal saturation level is. that first attempt was at 1:1, i have a jar going at 3:2(75g thca 50g pentane) was thinking of doing one at basically 2 parts thca to 1 part pentane.
also wondering, say i poured that same amount in a small pyrex, how would that effect the crystal growth? or into a miner?
i wish crystallizing didnt take weeks lol and im not smart enough to figure out how people are doing them in <72hrs.
slow solvent evaporation = larger crystals. the inverse is also true.
IMO people who are doing them in <72 hrs are starting with high quality refined extract where the THCA potency is probably >92% (fresh frozen BHO passed through B80 for example)
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alright i think im on the right track these were started a week ago. i used a couple small like .1-.2 seed crystals which were a massive boost.
still need to figure out how to get a full crash quicker though.
i am noticing that the higher the purity of the THCA the better and cleaner its crashing out.
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excellent observation. the higher the thca potency in the starting extract, the faster you can evaporate the solvent and grow the crystals without it oiling out as well.
nice work!
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Same to you!
Thanks! Hopefully that wasn’t too many spoons
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Started this batch on Friday. Getting close to that ~24hr tech.
Pre Wash
After a cold rinse and breakdown.
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You can do a vapor reflux instead of a cold wash. You won’t sacrifice as much thca and you’ll clean the mother liquor off with better results.
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Never heard of that but always open to trying new things
hot distilled water works well to
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really??? that’s very interesting. thanks for the spoon
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Would this need to be in a reactor/miner, or would a closed vessel in the oven do the job?
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Depending on the amount you can achieve it in a Mason jar
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Great looking diamonds man! We mostly do micro diamonds at our lab but are looking to experiment making bigger diamonds using pentane. I was wondering if you can share a basic sop that i can try. Thank you
Someone should make lil sweat baskets for mason jars. (Unless that exists already)
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