that’s not what I am saying and yes we are on the same page, it is corn. Thank you Extractionguy fpr getting us back on topic.
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@kcalabs would have us believe that one common way of achieving this trick is to simply hire an analytical lab that will tell you what you want to hear (that the THC is below their LOD): Tired of your lab appeasing / playing you?
not an actual solution to the problem, but certainly worth noting for folks buying the problem solved (or not solved, as the case may be)…
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but c’mon, everyone likes thinking they’re compliant until their livelihood is in the hands of regulators with better LODs
The “appeasing / playing” is directed at different audiences based on their needs.
What happens when the remediation company thinks they’re removing it when they aren’t?
There are also ways to make sure you get back your own material after you’ve sent it to the remediator, but you’d have to get in touch with us before sending it off.
I’m curious why can’t carbon be used in the process of the extraction so the carbon can eat up the thca and thc as the solvent passes through. Wouldn’t this be an easier and more feasible method
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I was under the impression that the problem was more of “says they’re removing it when they aren’t”, but sure maybe they honestly don’t know.
would revealing that methodology reduce its efficacy?
could exploring the methodology with the likes of this crowd help validate it?
AC is a general purpose absorbent…one not generally known for its specificity…
reducing a 5% THCA, 75% CBDA extract to below 0.3% requires absorbing more than 90% of the THCA. can you explain why that wouldn’t also remove more than 90% of my CBDA?
wouldn’t that require activated charcoal to have a higher affinity for THC(a) than all other cannabinoids? do you have data suggesting this is true?
I’m more than willing to put it on my list of things to try, but holding my breath? Nope!
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AC I think is not good because you’d lose all the minors as well as the THC, might as well just take distillate to isolate
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absolutely.
especially if you give me all that worthless mother liquor when you’re done 
So If I post a SOP here, what will be my reward from the community?
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Lol 
exactly
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The intrinsic value of helping others…
If you’re expecting a reward for doing a thing then you probably shouldn’t even bother.
Btw there’s a 40 year old paper on decarbing CBDa and thca while in the presence certain salts which directs their decarb towards certain products.
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raises hand
A lot of people like to overthink rather then simplify
that narrows it down a little.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=decarboxylation+cannabidiol&as_ylo=1976&as_yhi=1984
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I guess I’ll stop waving that around without giving the details and just give the papers I’ve found. It ain’t like I’m in the CBD game anyway 
I have no reason to keep the papers a secret.
selective decarboxylation-conversion.pdf (563.4 KB) decarboxylating CBD at lower temps.pdf (365.1 KB)
You’re all very welcome 
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Termite
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This tech (bids) would be awesome to implement but with current pricing of all fancy raisins it could be projected as the “overkill price” to implement on the big scale …
For the people on this forum who was laze or busy to do the R&D on this - simple SOP for color removal ,thc CBD separation and surly for encourage to start the new topic in here.
Mix your crude or distillate with heptane 1:1 ( for crude soline wash is needed)
Get 3A zeolite (in jar for the simplicity) and wash it with fresh heptane ( drain solvent out)
Combine your mixture and zeolite (fill till zeolite fully suspended)
Wait few hours .
Filter ( coffee filter is fine for this step)
Liquid portion will go back for the re run (if CBD/thc separation is desired)
Zeolite in you filtration funnel now loaded with the goodies.
Prepare second filtration funnel for color CRC STYLE 1”-3” of b80 will work, put loaded zeolite on top
Run fresh Heptane ( acid spiked if not decarb crude was used) to wash zeolite. Collected heptane would be almost white and it will wash out only 50%-60% of all available goodies but zeolite will hold up the thc molecules a little better so with this method it is easy to bring down % of thc in oil drastically
My personal record from almost 8% down to 1.2%
Don’t forget zeolite still loaded with cannabinoids needs to be washed with different solvent (toluene)
Is the second solvent of choice to remove cannabinoids but not the garbage.
This SOP was for the 1st grade students … lol
For the pros:
3A is 0.3 nm al the bulky molecules can’t feet
Zeolite exist in the form of powder (column loading)
Zeolite based ion exchange resin will give have a force to hold molecules (thc/CBD separation)
Pre-wetting resin with the right (top secret ) solution will activate protonation of nitrogen in functional groups allowing the adsorption of acid ( everybody remembering the hint about controlled decarboxilatio
of THCA to thc and living cbda in acidic form)
So if someone will start the new topic on zeolite and polymer resins I’ll will tell what would happen if someone stupid/curious will use zeolite/resins in packable distillation head.
Happy holidays
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For those that do not get. @krative his genouros spoon
Maybe now you do
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This sounds exciting in the exothermic and unfortunate kind of way
I have absolutely no need for THC remediation right now but I still appreciate the hell out of this spoon
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@Weederlich this is up your Alley I asume 
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