Have been having issues lately with sugars coming out really wet after crashing and purging. We run a 70/30 butane propane blend and are extracting cold (-30 and below). Oven temps are set at 117f for a 1-2 day crash cycle. Running mainly dried trim or nugs through CRC. Recently almost all of our sugar crashes have come out with a wet consistency that the customers we have do not want. Looking through this forum I have seen advice on having a wet consistency but not the opposite. We are looking for dry crumbly sugars.
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leave in a warm oven, or (gasp) pull a vac.
but honestly, wtf wants less terpenes in their dab?
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Its left covered with a tight seal for a day or 2 to use the pressure of the gas to cause the crystallization, then uncovered and purged for a day after that. (gaspâŚ) But also it makes no sense to me that people want sugar less terpy, but we cant sell what people donât want.
centrifuge it and separate the terps to use in something else then
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One thing I have done is put the pyrex I poured out into ,in the oven at a steep angle and drain off the terp layer a few times. You have to watch it so the terp layer doesnât spill over, but by adjusting the angle, and draining it a few times, we have been left with a much drier sugar which is what our client wanted. I usually put the pyrex inside a large stainless steel bento box just in case of spillage.
Propane will usually make your concentrates heavier in terps, maybe consider going with a higher butane %
Picture doesnât show the actual angle I put it in at but hopefully you get the idea.
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You donât grok YOC?
Spin to separate. Add back only what you needs. Sell the rest as bonus.
CDT are highly sought afterâŚ
Edit: should have read all the way throughâŚ
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That makes sense for sure. We crash everything out in 4000ml beakers with a tight press and seal top. Are you covering the pyrex dish at all or just using the positive pressure created by being inside the vacuum oven?
Iâm sure you can figure out how to remove more of that hte without spillingâŚEven if you donât have a centrifuge. Youâve used a strainer before right?
Makes a whole lot more sense than the alternative, which is sending those terpenes to waste
Have you stirred it at all?
I find that a good stir, then back in the oven overnight will go a long way towards finishing a crash aimed at sugar.
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Im open to trying anything at this point. Based of your reply you would let it crash out a night, stir it up, cover up again and let it crash out another night?
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If it needs to be in âflakeâ form youâll need to fuge some of terps off, redissolve your dryer sugar, and repour. Then you get to keep everything and you only sacrifice the butane you pour with.
For a good dry crumble you really donât need to have pressure for crystallization, youâll get similar results just leaving it in the oven overnight at a decent temp. I also recommend parchment paper over Pyrex to make for an easier recovery of your product if you already know itâs going to be dry enough.
For that wet stuff though, if you went cold enough and evapped the remaining solvent slowly you could get some decent little stones in all those terps. Just might take a few days for that result.
Your pressure has nothing to do with crystallisation other than controlling solvent evaporation fyi.
Scoop the wet sugar into a screen and just let it sit for an hour or two if you donât have a fuge. Extra terps can go with some facets for sauce or go into carts. 
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Get rid of the jars, pour out like shatter and let budder up.
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Use a sweater to dry the sugar out if you donât want to invest in a fuge
A centrifuge will strip most of the sauce off like this
If you go this route youâll simply have to redissolve back at the ratios you want to make the perfect âdry sugarâ
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Damn wish I could get some terpy shit like that client is bananas
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Weird Double post poor connection
This is the biggest and best spoon in the thread. If you canât justify a centrifuge yet, sweating in a basket or strainer like Waxplug recommends will work wonders.
A centrifuge will move mountains, however.
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Congratulations, itâs a terpene.
Your customers (or patients) will now enjoy an even better extract.
Edit: If you reaaalllly donât want the extra terp-sweat, you can separate it by gravity (I.e. with a centrifuge or âsweaterâ like @Waxplug1 posted) or if you really donât care about the terpenes, spread it thin and vac it hot at full vac. Sometimes it helps. A nice bit of agitation can move that along as well in my experience.
$0.02
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