Good luck, @J12 is fairly tight lipped
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I mean, they are and they arenāt.
I think they have a pretty standard approach in which theyāve shared already.
I think theyāve simply perfected their approach. Itās likely very much by feel and knowledge of input material.
Iām sure thereās a few secrets/qualitative analysis they do along the way theyāre not sharing. But I think the amount shared so far is basically saying ādo the work your damn self if you wanna be an expertā 
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I honestly just started experimenting until i figured out what works best in the easiest possible way. I feel people tend to over complicate the extraction process. I do a few things that go against most peopleās standard extraction procedures.
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Iām down to give assistance, but have spent a lot of time figuring things out on my own. The tek iāve figured out is valuable so i donāt just hand it out for free. All of the info to do this is on here you just need to figure out what works best for you
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Iām not hating brother, youāre the king of diamonds around these parts. But you are very tight lipped, which all of us can and do respect.
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im guessing no then.
so what concentration of HCL will work best for this ?
Ok, so I when I ph the water back down with the hcl red oil drops out and sinks to the bottom of the now ph 5 water, what is happening?
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Youāre forcing the cannabinoids and other things out of solution. Just keep following the course.
Ok, so I followed to completion, I did adjust the recipe for a smaller quantity, based on the ratios given. I used half the amount of starting extract because Iām starting with THCa thatās been pressed in a 25 micron rosin bag from crumbled or sugared BHO, which yielded a hair under 50% of the total amount pressed. Anyway, it came back nice, only there seems to be more oil in the water that the hexane wouldnāt reclaim, and out of concern I heard itās wise to redissolve in ethanol and rotovap off a few times to ensure you purge the hexane, however first run with the ethanol I think it got to hot and now it looks like a pinkish purple still very very clear, I took it off the heat as soon as I saw the color change, wondering what caused the color change?, Iām sure itās at least partially decarbed
I donāt do much with high heat processing, but based on what Iāve read it sounds like youāve encountered a ph imbalance, or youāve oxidized or thermally degraded some of your thc.
Will this process extract the cannabinoids regardless of decarb ?
Iām not sure I understand your question. This process is not for extracting from material, but for purifying an initial extraction.
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Simple question, THCA decarboxylates for many different reasons (heat, time, exposure to light) becoming THC, does this process extract both or only THCA?
I make this and when i evaporate the pentane wash that have the non thca, smells realy goodā¦ they have any degradation? Maybe can be purify for future uses ā¦Make crystals and then add the terp refinedā¦
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thca crystallizes. thc does not.
the patent method specifically crystallizes thca.
if the cannabinoids are not acidic, then manipulating the pH to modulate solubility isnāt going to work.
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I make this and when i evaporate the pentane wash that have the non thca, smells realy goodā¦ they have any degradation? Maybe can be purify for future uses ā¦Make crystals and then add the terp refinedā¦
certainly worth trying. although that strategy will get you some of the terpenes. others will be water soluble and lost.
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I will try to Extract with diethyl ether the terpens from water at 1 Celcius adding some salt to the water. Maybe some terp can recuperateā¦ or slow freez the water can push the terps outā¦ positiv pressure maybe helpā¦
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