Advice needed! Tips on increasing BHO yield.

[Budologist420]

So I feel like I should be yielding a lot more BHO than I am although I could be wrong.



I need some advice on how to maximize my yield.


Ive read conflicting opinions on almost everything I can find about BHO.



Is it better to use ground up plant material or keep it together?



Should I pack the extraction tube lightly or more tight?



How many canisters of butane should i put through a 40 gram glass extraction tube?



Is vector really the best butane to buy for the price?


Any answers are much appreciated.


Ive been getting 3-5 grams after running 4 canisters of butane through two separate 40g extraction tubes. 2 canisters per extraction tube.

 

[stonerman]

sorry man you lost me on BHO. Could you please define?

 

[washedmothafuka]

Hope this helps...

So I feel like I should be yielding a lot more BHO than I am although I could be wrong.



I need some advice on how to maximize my yield.

OK

Ive read conflicting opinions on almost everything I can find about BHO.

Understandable

Is it better to use ground up plant material or keep it together?

I prefer a happy medium, hand breaking buds to about .1-.2 nuggets

Should I pack the extraction tube lightly or more tight?

Again, there is a happy medium you will learn with experience. You want it pretty tight...but not too tight.

How many canisters of butane should i put through a 40 gram glass extraction tube?

1 can per ounce. So about 1 and a half cans.

Is vector really the best butane to buy for the price?

Highly debated, go with Vector, Power, or Colibri....whatever you can get for cheapest.

Any answers are much appreciated.


Ive been getting 3-5 grams after running 4 canisters of butane through two separate 40g extraction tubes. 2 canisters per extraction tube.
I get 1-1.5 grams from 14 grams of bud. (Anywhere from 10-25% return) Make sure the seal where you butane inserts is tight as that can cause a decrease in pressure resulting in less product. So with everything dialed in you should be getting 8-10 grams minimum per 80 grams of material. Hope this helps.

 

[stonerman]

highlighting half of what he posted didnt help lol. BHO, does that stand for something? the only thing im getting out of it is the extraction part, trying to make canna butter? Im not familar with bho

 

[Budologist420]

Hope this helps...

That does help A lot thank you for taking time to do that. I'm definetly jus gonna have to keep doing it an finding what works for me.

Some good answers but I'm always looking for multiple opinions if any one has them please offer them.


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highlighting half of what he posted didnt help lol. BHO, does that stand for something? the only thing im getting out of it is the extraction part, trying to make canna butter? Im not familar with bho

You obviously have no idea what we're talking about so thanks but no thanks.
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[merkzilla]

BHO = Butane Hash Oil

 

[heywhatsthatsmell]

lemme get a dab

 

[researchkitty]

BHO means Butane Honey Oil............

Run your shit ground up, but not ground up so fine like your rolling a joint. To increase your yield, use better weed. Average 10-15% yield is not uncommon, less too.

 

[Budologist420]

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BHO means Butane Honey Oil............

Run your shit ground up, but not ground up so fine like your rolling a joint. To increase your yield, use better weed. Average 10-15% yield is not uncommon, less too.

Thats exactly how i grind it up and the stuff I used was good quality buds.[/FONT]

 

[researchkitty]

Just a quick tip: Search box "Sr. Verde's Concentrate Corner" hit enter, read up a few pages and I think all of your questions will be answered =)

 

[stonerman]

oh sorry guys, im very familar with butane oil, ive been making that for years, I was getting confused this being in cannabis cafe, I thought bto was some kind of food lol. but you say you use actual bud? Ive only ever used shake and Ive made some bomb ass oil, do you find using bud gives you any more oil as opposed to using shake?

 

[researchkitty]

oh sorry guys, im very familar with butane oil, ive been making that for years, I was getting confused this being in cannabis cafe, I thought bto was some kind of food lol. but you say you use actual bud? Ive only ever used shake and Ive made some bomb ass oil, do you find using bud gives you any more oil as opposed to using shake?

Of course, buds have more thc than shake does. So, yield goes up. Back to the "Need better yield use better weed"

 

[Unnk]

not exactly all quality diff you can have some bomb bud but the trichrome heads are smalll compaired to other strains with larger trichrome heads

that alone will change the yield/texture of the stuff


as well strains with denser coverage in the trichrome fiield will always be nice for hash


i find the best hash comes from the strauns i have that get that resiny styrofoamy texture feel when you break them up

 

[dankillerbs]

5-6 grams of wax from 1 oz of nugs is the norm here as much as 7 grams has been acheived. (15%-25%) Only ever using 1 CAN. Deffinately relook your methods.

 

[Unnk]

ive got 6 grams using one can but i used a 3 foot half inch copper pipe and 56 grams of material

 

[researchkitty]

Even though you can run one ounce with one of the ~300mL butane cans, I'd rather toss two cans down and spend the extra $3 for the can. If I get two extra hits out of it, break even!

 

[dankillerbs]

Even though you can run one ounce with one of the ~300mL butane cans, I'd rather toss two cans down and spend the extra $3 for the can. If I get two extra hits out of it, break even!

Well then you are willing to sacrifice quality for not much more quantity then...which im not willing to do. While butane is an excellent solvent for this purpose, it will still strip some non actives from the plant matter...Its not 100% actives your extracting. Your also making the process twice as dangerous and bad for the environment by evaporating more butane. With 20%-25% returns already with only one can, id rather be using that second can to make 6-7 more grams of wax than a few more little dabs and more time blasting and waiting

 

[Unnk]

exactly i use 560ml i beleive they are vectors and 56 grams per a gram per 10 ml of solvent is a perfect ratio

 

[researchkitty]

Well then you are willing to sacrifice quality for not much more quantity then...which im not willing to do. While butane is an excellent solvent for this purpose, it will still strip some non actives from the plant matter...Its not 100% actives your extracting. Your also making the process twice as dangerous and bad for the environment by evaporating more butane. With 20%-25% returns already with only one can, id rather be using that second can to make 6-7 more grams of wax than a few more little dabs and more time blasting and waiting

We've done the two pan test, where one can of butane empties into one pyrex dish. The other can of butane empties into a second pyrex dish. See if you can tell the difference? I couldnt....... Looked the same smoked the same........ Perhaps a third can would result in something but I dont know......

 

[Unnk]

sure it will smell and smoke the same


i just worrry about spending another 5 bucks on a smidge extra in the first run

when you can just up the amount of material you run 1 can through and get more out of it

im telling you 10ml solvet / 1gram of product an easy 6 -8 g of one can (bud willing)

thats if you have the big vector cans