Top pic looks like a some of the heads fraction made it into your tails fraction, whereas the latter two pictures looks like you had really great separation.
I don’t run an SPD though, so don’t take my word for it.
I think you’re onto something with the winterizing. Either the whipped cherries is getting a better dewax or the terps in the whipped cherries is dissolving the fats more than the other strains.
Very interesting tek.
What happens when you heat your cloudy oil and let it cool? Does it stay clear or cloudy?
There is noticeable moisture in the flask(s) that are cloudy, as well. Thinking he’s in heads and not main body all the way, or swaps into main body too soon.
My bad, I did not read that you only do one pass. Never heard of that before.
What is your decarb like? Do you decarb in the SPD before distilling? Wondering if there is still moisture around after your decarb is done. Can we agree that the striations are caused by either water, fats, or terps?
I feel with the very little oxidation there’s likely not TOO much moisture. But I hope they atleast azetrope it & switch otherwise that compounds profile will be pungent over the LR heads. But unless knowing what the do step by literal step we can only speculate
Azulene… a very oxidized compound that’s rancid. If it’s LR then if not taking proper procedure to azetrope that content off, it’s likely in the end product & will at some point oxidize the distillate indefinitely. Depending how strong that terp profile is it could be hidden. But I’d assume it has a very strong smell that SHOULD not be in there if he’s doing a complete no flask change out for runs.
Still unclear what this has to do with moisture but I will move on since I do not want to derail the thread
So likely fats and terps, not water then? OP do you not winterize so as to save those glorious FFLR terps? Maybe this strain needs a better dewax in the column?
When you azetrope water off what would you call it? Or would you just like me to say when you separate the azetrope? Quit trying to grasp straws already.
It’s funny for you to do this one even though you told me you don’t care about terms like that.
You also agreed with me on the
So wouldn’t you also conclude to azulene since it would seem as a no swap out run
An azeotrope or a constant boiling point mixture is a mixture of two or more liquids whose proportions CANNOT be altered or changed by simple distillation. This happens because when an azeotrope is boiled, the vapour has the same proportions of constituents as the unboiled mixture.
