We are prepping for a short path distillation setup, I was hoping someone may help me understand the purpose of decarbing and winterizing as prep to short-path?
I believe:
decarb - to prevent decarbing in the reaction vessel = boiling over/bumps – (hazard) - are there other reasons i am not aware of?
winterize/filtration - impurity in reaction vessel makes for inefficient distillation; loss and also a mess in the reaction vessel.
are these the main reasons? am i wrong? are there others i am missing?
the impurities will likely get to you pump and hinder performance. the reason a lot of us use a multiple cold trap and mulitple pump setup. The more you can get out prior to distillation the faster it will be.
Winterization removes lipids and unwanteds from your material. If those are in your disty I believe they make for a terrible/harsh taste and I also believe it makes the disty more cloudy. Could be wrong but that’s the gist of what I understand.