Cleaning d8 & pine tar thick distillate crap off glass:
cheapest oil sold at walmart (any kind)
granulated sugar as abrasive
toss oil in while everything’s still warm but works great cold too
if you toss the oil in while the glass is still hot/warm you can dissolve (?) the distillate/concentrate into the oil and at 50% or greater concentrate to oil, you then simply dump the jiz oil and wash
get that cheap oil all over every spec of tar
you can toss in some sugar (as abrasive) when you apply the elbow grease
use an abrasive pad; once tar is off dishwashing detergent - rinse - done
I like to dump in trash the jiz oil - not wash into drain as you may be roto-rootering the same solidified crap from your clogged drains later
no gnarly chemicals to inhale during daily cleanup
Dissolve a small sample in EtOH, dab on a TLC plate with a capillary tube and allow to fully dry (careful using a heat gun-you may decarb your sample!) apply bromocresol green ( I use a soaked q-tip in a rolling fashion) Yellow? keep going. Blue? Yer good to go!
I used to run a TLC plate in a chamber with Ethyl acetate and Heptane …but why bother!
I have a “Black Hole” toner cleaning station at my print shop. Works perfect for bagging up powders and not getting it everywhere. I picked it up used years ago for $300.
It’s crap, I replaced em with swagelok knockoffs actually. They held ok for a year, then the nut packing started leaking and I couldn’t get the inner part to break loose, or tighten for that matter.
They knockoffs seem ok, except the port on em is only as big as an jic opening.
I love this thread! I’m excited to try the tamponTek soon…along with a few others. Thank you all for what you’re doing!
I got a few #4 filter bag housings a while back hoping they would be able to get me down to sub micron. After all, “they” sell those welded ptfe coated bags right?
Turns out there was no way to actually get a seal between the basket and housing Or the bag and basket. It did well enough to rough filter but I was getting a ton of powders/sediment.
I’m sure other filter bag setups have this sort of thing built in…
If you’re looking for a cheap option to rack mount your system check out network data racks. They’re made to hold the weight and you can find them for $80-200.
pH up is just diluted John or naphtha
I typed KOH and NaOH, that’s what autocorrect thought I said
Anyways, it’s basic and not acidic, and the caustic nature of those substances is what dissolves shit like grease in drains, or freebase alkaloids, etc
This is a trick while you’re still growing
Bentonite clay is slam full of minerals and shit
Minerals and microbes are what makes good weed, as you have to have everything in sufficient amounts, and lacking one mineral can make a lot of difference
Gypsum for the calcium and the sulfur
Sulfur is key in terpene production
Glacial rock dust and bentonite for the minerals
Curious if adding spent media to a soil mix would have added benefits like the silica and bentonite, or if the oils would fuck with soil life like they can when making kombucha
THCA synthase is expressed in the glandular trichomes of Cannabis sativa . THCA synthase may contribute to the self-defense of Cannabis plants by producing THCA and hydrogen peroxide, which are both cytotoxic. Because these products are toxic to the plant, THCA synthase is secreted into the trichome storage cavity.[7] THCA also acts as a necrosis-inducing factor by opening mitochondrial permeability transition pores, inhibiting mitochondrial viability and resulting in senescence in leaf tissues.[8]
Hmmm, would it increase THCA production, since there would be THCA synthase in the media, or would it be bad?
I’ll let ya know when I transplant
Ive been playing with sbe. It definitely helps. I noticed my plants grew bigger and healthier for sure as well as the surrounding greenery. If you just google it theres a bunch of rnd done already on sbe that explains the science behind it