Bubble Hash using Buds and Yield

Ok, ive been searching the hell out of this site, and I only see yield figures that are for trim. I just ordered a 5 bag bubble bag system, and I was just wondering about how much I should get from using very good heavy tric encrusted bud. I know that 3 to 10 percent is what most have said, but what about using straight bud? I know there are many factors.... But what is a guestimate, with some really crystally bud.

Anyone ever use bubble bags here before?

how much bud you using

a bit, maybe a pinger of top quality mexi

i'm thinking about 2 o's if its good bud and make sure to run it thru twice maybe even three times if you still get quite a bit from the second run thru

Dang thats alot!!! Do you know the percentage rate when using top quality? I know leaf is 3 to 10, but does that mean bud too?

well my buddy gets about 2 grams from an ounce of clippings so i figure if your using good buds about 3 to 6 grams an ounce depending on the bud

Cool, thanks bro....

oh yeah and make sure theres no stem or else it will rip the bag

BUMP

I would like to know the same thing. I have made lots of hash but never weighed the amount of trim I used beforehand.

So does anyone know how much hash you would get using straight bud? This might work for some people that don't want to carry around lots of bulk since it's easier to conceal.

It is ENTIRELY dependent on the quality of the material used and wether or not you want quality or quantity. If you use a blender or paint mixer or something like that you will rip up the plant matter resulting in contaminants in your hash. Your yield will go up, but the increase in yield will be form contaminants, not trichromes, so your quality will go down.

With good shake I can pull at least an ounce a pound of nice, melty hash, which is about a 6-7% return. With good hash strains that is higher - like a 10% return or more. If you over-process the material you can double that, but the quality will be crap. It really, really depends on the material though - both the quality of the bud it came from and the strain are important. For example, the strain Lemon Jack produces twice the return of all other strains I have tried - somewhere in the 15-20% return, but this is unusual.

IMO using bubble bags for bud is a waste because you get a low return. You would have to be getting 10-20 times the price you get for bud to make it worth while. Also you get higher yield when you have material with a lot of surface area. In other words, good shake actually works a lot better than buds.

if you grind your bud up and let it dry is the way you would go about taking buds and turning them in to hash. So you figure you should get a better percentage than you would from trim. As all you would do is remove the stems from the groud up buds. the only reason people use trim is because its something that would have been thrown away and now they turn something that was worthless to something that is awesome

I know this is a long dead post, but I was going to process 50g of bud from a strain called Cheese Cake (Chronic x Cheese x White Widow).
This was the only thread I found about processing bud. May as well add a little info from the intervening years

So it looks like I should;

Break up the bud a bit first.
Freeze the material before processing (24hrs seems to be advised).
1st run, do for 5 minutes (using a plastic pipe to gently agitate)
2nd run, 10 minutes (using a plastic pipe to gently agitate)
3rd run, 15 minutes (using a plastic pipe to gently agitate)

Depending on 3rd run results/quality;
Stop.
Or (with quality dropping on 3rd run), do one last heavy agitation run (with a drill/paint stirrer). Lower quality but higher yield of this last run.
Or else, do more short runs (if results/quality of 3rd run are good).

Any other suggestions would be appreciated

No suggestions but a question for you why freez does that reck the THC

I just thought it was to make the heads fall off even easier. I've noticed many people do this nowadays (Frenchy Cannoli being one who recommends it) Theoretically, less agitation is needed to get good results (and less breakdown of green matter as you agitate for less time).
Note: Freezing has been recommended to me for dry sifting too. It worked very well when I tried it (speeds up the process).

I had not heard freezing effected 'THC' in a negative way. Is there a study you can point to?
Thanks for the feedback.

Puff_Dragon said:

I just thought it was to make the heads fall off even easier. I've noticed many people do this nowadays (Frenchy Cannoli being one who recommends it) Theoretically, less agitation is needed to get good results (and less breakdown of green matter as you agitate for less time).
Note: Freezing has been recommended to me for dry sifting too. It worked very well when I tried it (speeds up the process).

I had not heard freezing effected 'THC' in a negative way. Is there a study you can point to?
Thanks for the feedback.

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Freezing is recommended for making the trichomes fall off easier. I’ve never done a 3rd run I have only done 2

No I can't it's because I have no skills with the internet read it in hightimes and from my experience in putting my stuff in the freezer to my bud Into CBD but I Jess that's what you want so I'm just going to keep quiet and see if I can learn more

Next time I’m getting a paint mixer. Fuck hand mixing. I had a few plants I did this with. So it was a lot of mixing.

Wattzzup said:

Freezing is recommended for making the trichomes fall off easier. I’ve never done a 3rd run I have only done 2

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frenchy cannoli the bubble hash master does 7 washes not doing multiple washes are a waste

ProteinPapi420 said:

frenchy cannoli the bubble hash master does 7 washes not doing multiple washes are a waste

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The second one didn’t seem to yield as much as the first. So I assumed the third would be worse. It was my first time making that much and wasn’t prepared for how long I should have spent doing it.