So someone that I sold some distillate to wanted to dilute it apparently and added VG to it and it curdled up. Only difference on this batch of distillate is we did citric acid degumming, but we corrected the pH before the first distillation and then distilled it a second time.
I don’t add dilutants to my distillate normally, but this was a buyer and they added about 30% VG.
Any tips to get this to homogenize again?
Needs to be homegenized a ton
…and it will continue to fall back out after time…I hate vg for that very reason, and it’s solid yellow not clear yellow
A terpene cut would been the best route
How would you homogenize it? Heat and stirring? Filtration? Was too much VG added?
I’m no pro… Just kinda know
Hang on @CATScientific
Any help
Go ahead post how much he added, starting distalite weight and how long he homog
And how long it’s been since he homog it
He started with a batch of 350g of THC distillate and added 150mg of liquid VG. It was heated in a vac oven, not sure on details of temp or stirring.
How long since he processed it
About a day
How long did he homog
No idea, I don’t recommend adding VG, so don’t instruct people on diluting.
Vg is the worst. From my experiments Typically it’s needed at around 2:1 ratio vg:dist to stay in homogeneous mixture without separation.
Vg, PG and peg are water soluble and can be separated out from the distillate quite easily. I would do that and tell your client to use a different cutter
How viscous is the media (Distillate & VG) @80C? can you heat up the distillate/VG to 80C and take a video pouring the media from one beaker to another? This will help determine if homogenization is possible.
There’s a method we discovered via heat cycling and homogenization that may work for keeping the VG from crashing out of the distillate for up to 90 days. One caveat, this method works for BHO/VG sublingual tincture solutions, it may not be possible for distillate/VG.
Steve, CAT Scientific
You can homogenize again, but the same thing will happen overtime at that ratio.
Consider adding more VG and/or using a different cutter.
MCT works better than PG works better than VG, from my experience.
Do you know what the desired final product is?
