That is awesome! looking fire! I have been extremely interested in using bentonite. I am operating in the regulated commerical Colorado Cannabis Industry and wondering if/any problems arise from the aluminum in bentonite with testing? and honestly even more, I just dont want to produce a product that might be “contaminated” or not as pure for the consumer. What are your thoughts?
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Pour off into pyrex and let off gas slightly
pyrex on heating pad (folded over clone mats work perfectly)
whip entire bottom surface of pyrex every 5-6 minutes
depending on variable factors, solution should microcrash in 15-60 min
with your whipping tool you will feel a gritty, sandy surface on bottom of pyrex
at this time, the solution should release an abundance of monoterpenes (shit will smell crazy)
time to jar and cool (freeze for 3-8 min) to stop chem reaction of terpene loss and drying out
I do this SOP with fresh frozen only, fats/waxes/lips removed
ready for testing (in legal states) or ready to smoke, in one day
always passes RSA (residual solvent analysis) with lower than acceptable CO limits
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@murphymurri is a Colorado consultant and has been using and consulting with this for a little bit. From what I’ve seen, it hasn’t posed any problems. As long as you filter down far enough, it will stop all the fines. A small bed of celite at the end of the clay will help with this.
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Ive been in touch with Murphy. Just trying to get all opinions I can get. Thanks tho man! Really appreciate the info! I will be in touch
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Cheers!
I stage my filtration down. 20-25/8-11/1 micron.
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not quite sure what that means, but im sure I will in a couple days lol
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Man alot of people dont know this… ALL operators should distill their solvent through the CLS with a no material run. My sensei showed me this trick and I was disgusted how much crap/heavymetals were in the bottom of the collection pot. These big companies do not clean tanks enough to completely reduce heavy metals in your liquid solvent. There is rust and shavings, and the tanks most operators get have been around the neighborhood and god only knows what industry/company was using your tank before you received your n-butane or propane.
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even though i distill my gas before use. You should check out what solvent direct does to their tanks and their cleaning and refurbishing process prior to refill. They complelety refurbish each tank before refill. its a very interesting concept. Their tanks are $100 more for a refill but you get what you pay for. An extra $1-2 a lb is worth not getting those rusty tanks anymore.
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@Killa12345 for the win with this company. Why start with a dirty tank which in turn leads to Heavy metals in your solvent. A lot of the guys that where failing Heavy metals was for this reason. @boulderbuilt I pass CAT lll testing in CA using the clear tech with no problem.
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Staged filtration is really important with this tech because the dust particles are even smaller than the already tiny media particles. I did had a batch blow through a filter once, though. A very small amount of media got through, probably less than a gram total, but it was immediately visible in the oil when I poured it from my separator. I guess that’s a good thing, because if it happens again I’ll easily identify it. I also submitted samples for mass spec testing to confirm silica and t5 weren’t getting through just to be certain. No issues so far!
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literally what your looking for
I’ve had a couple blow throughs. And both from not putting my retention ring holding my paper in place properly. Which causes it to blow through the next papers as I increased my pressure. I swapped papers since then and I’ve been good. But, I always keep an eye out for it every time since
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This is very similar to the consistency I am looking for.
hey what temp you have your heating pad at?
I’ve gotten that texture at 93°f
No matter what I put in my system as starting material (so long’s it’s fresh fire) the end product is the same, utilizing a carefully developed methodology/SOP from weeks of trial and error.
Kush Mintz. Biscotti. WiFi OG. White Runtz. Clockwork. Zero terp loss. Smell and taste 100% true to starting material strain.
Only $1M for this sweet tek my dudes. 
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Is that like a dry crumble?..
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Im desperate how about 3m?
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Yeah I could use some 3M tape so that’s a fair barter. 
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Complete purge in 12hrs. Definitely not badder moisture with collapsed structure from “oven tek” 
You’re looking for heightened agglomeration to maintain the spongey porous vesicle structure without collapsing it into vermiculated chalk consistency like everyone else’s mom does. What promotes that end-result, I wonder?