Or you could always switch that out for my personal favorite: T5 and (hardwood) AC. My preference, much like @SidViscous, is a depth of 1/2" to 3/4" T5 with about 1/8" to 3/16" AC on top.
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@Akoyeh knows whatās up 
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newbie question here yes i knowā¦ and it may have been addressed before althought i havent seen it and ive read quite a bitā¦ I dont have a cow setup ā¦ im using 1 flask. When i go to change between 1st fraction and mainā¦ I sometimes get an overflow as I guess im not fast enough? Whats the secret to this and is it all just depending on learning to be faster? LOL
What do you mean by that? If you can afford to I would give one of these a try.
That way you donāt have to break vac when changing flasks.
Iām assuming u mean your making a mess when changing flasks and distillate flows out of your condenser onto your table while u grab your next flask?
thats exactly what im usingā¦ when i close off to change flasksā¦ its flowing so fast it flows over that valve and into the cold trap
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That happened to me too until i got the process down. I like to have the new flask setup up right next to the valve and so when i close it and break vac to remove the flask i just have to take the full flask off and set set down on the table, grab the new flask slip it on. Close the vac port and quickly start opening the valve to start collecting again.
I even started back filling with Nitrogen when i felt i had the process down.
That being said you can always turn off the pump, close the valve nitro backfill and bleed the system and then change flasks. I did that too when my flow was too fast aswell until i got comfortable.
Edit: what temps are you at and how much do you collect per hour?
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This is exactly what we do. Use N2 to keep the O2 off the hot oil while swapping flasks. Not worth the vacuum leaks to even use a valved adapter, just blanket with N2
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Yeah, the valve adapter is a leaky bastard for real. That being said Iāve used the shit outta them over the years, hahahaha. So many ways to skin the cat.
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HHC is hydrogenated thc. Like margarine is to canola oil.
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decarb before placing in stil to avoid foaming up and making mess.
Running an IES Co2, are there any other steps besides winterization/filtration that could help eliminate terpenes before moving it to short path?
doing a subcritical CO2 terpene pull before going after the cannabinoids?
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Does the remaining methanol of the 1:1 get discarded in the aqueous layer?