Bubble Bag Owners?

unknown1231

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After seeing a few youtube videos I'm contemplating buying a bubblebag set.

I'm curious to which bags I'll need for the process. In a lot of online videos people are only using 3/4 bags and not necessarily all the bags that come with the set.

Can anyone advise on which bags they use when making hash? If you could label them by color or screen size that would be greatly appreciated.
 

match box

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I use 220,160,120,75. You may want to buy a paint mixer. I use one in my drill. I think it works very well.
 

unknown1231

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aren't you losing a lot of nice trichomes without the 45 and 25 bags? I've seen most use the 45 as their lowest bag and forgo the 25.
 

Jogro

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In my experience, if you don't use at least one bag smaller than 73 you're tossing away quite a bit of good stuff.

A 25 will catch a little bit more good stuff that falls through a 45, but not all that much, and it also takes forever and a day for the water to drain through a 25. Since yield is low and effort is high, lots of people don't bother with a 25. IMO, if you've already got a 25, want to capture every last possible bit of hash, and you're not in a rush, you might as well use it.

In general, the first bag catches most of the leafy junk and other contaminants. Most use 220, but 190 could work fine for this too.

After that, how many bags you use and which ones is up to you. Note that ultimately it doesn't much matter which ones you use, you'll end up catching the same stuff, just in different bags.

In general, more bags = more grades, but also more time and work since you have to rinse each bag, spoon out the hash, dry/process the hash, and clean/dry the bags. Also since some small amount of hash will stick to bags, etc, the more bags, the less efficient the process, though in practice this isn't a factor unless you're processing fairly small amounts of material. The less stuff you're running, the less it pays to try and separate the hash into many different grades. You can also inspect what comes out of each bag with a loupe to get some sense of what you're getting and whether or not its worth it for your particular mix on the next run.

As a fairly simple but efficient method, I suggest 220-160-73-45.

You can substitute 190 for 220, and 145 or 120 for 160, depending on what you've got, and the trichrome head size associated with your particular strain(s).

Depending on how much stuff you're processing, how much you're after the "full melt" type of hash, how badly you want to capture every last grain of kief vs. time/effort, and which bags you have handy, you can also alter the smallest bags, either substituting a 25 for the 45 or adding a 25 to 73 and 45. IMO 25 takes so long to drain its worth it to put a 45 in there first.

If you just want "a" lump of hash, and don't care about full melt or grades, you could probably even do just 190-45 and be done with it, though you won't end up with a particularly high grade of hash, and it will take a while for the water to filter through the 45 with lots of stuff in there.
 

unohu69

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I use 220,160,120,75. You may want to buy a paint mixer. I use one in my drill. I think it works very well.
same here, i got 5 bag set on ebay for like 56$. cant really beat that. the added bonus, use them to make dry ice hash. much easier than bubble.
 

Fadedawg

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There is a set of bags, because all trichomes are not the same size and it allows you to fine tune.

I use a 220 for a working bag and most often use a 160, 120, and a 74 to classify. Sometimes I add a 50, but most often turn everything that is rejected by the 120 and passes through the 74, into oil.

I find it important to immediately turn the bag inside out and wash after use, because otherwise the holes reduce in size over time with fine debris.
 

ProfessorPotSnob

New Member
The 90 is another great bag to hold in ones set .. As stated above it all boils down to the size of trichomes being extracted in the first place when choosing what bags to run .. In the beginning its best to run all bags and learn the ropes , then you can swing and do your own thing depending on the variables at hand within the starting material
 

Azweepei

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i bought the 5 gal 8 bag set and love em! i have used them many times. not quite the 100 mark but getting there. super durable and like with anything you get, if you take care of them and clean them immediately after use, they should last a lifetime. when mine get a bit too dirty, i put em in the front load washer and use the delicate cycle and they come out looking brand new
 
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