Cannabis Alchemy

http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/D. Gold - Cannabis Alchemy - The Art of Modern Hash Making.pdf

I don’t have the chemicals ATM to follow it though to the end, but before it get to much $$$ into this project I figured I’d do the first few steps to get some data.

Step one , gather up the supplies .
Step two , put it together a couple times , work out a procedure for setup n tear down.
Step three , do a trial run , with organic materials n alcohol, test & check temps , times, pressures
Step four , real run
Step five , run the numbers n see if I just wasted a lot of time & $$$ and am the new owner of a lot of SS pots n bowls etc enough to make some chiefs jelly.

Using the medium one first before I use the big boy (double the size)

Used a 35lbs weight to make a better seal n to displace water so less ice is needed

Using a 14” bike tube,
Next time I’ll use a 10” for this unit, I just don’t have one on hand .

1st test, I’m using stems
Book said very dry.
Oven preheated to 250 the turned off
In for 15. I did this twice to get it where I wanted it

I waited for the temps to rise before adding ice ....

Alcohol will extract scads of chlorophyll. If you are going to soxhlet, suggest using pentane or hexane.

Here is more from D Gold http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/blog-page_64.html

If you plan to use petroleum ether , the starting solvent doesn’t matter .

how'd it turn out?

Went through the refluxing, n soxheleting
And started to remove the solvent....
When I figured I should be close to 80%
I took it apart to find I only caught about
20% .... then some stuff came up, put the solvent in dark storage, I’m going to play with it more tomorrow.

But I think the way to go is, do a cold fast wash,get the top end , then do the steps in the book to remove the rest .

I’m on days off this week, so I’ll be working at it, I got a 1/2p of trim , and a p of bud to run .
(Bud has been donated for science , it’s not any good, we are using it because another person and I have washed it before and have data to go off of to see how this system performs)

The rope mentioned in the book, should be boiled a few times before setting up
It’s gross.

Going to fire it up soon & run the bud

Pentane is a great solvent when purged properly

Methanol is what I’m using today

are you looking into obtaining the new version of his unit from 1972?

It’s pretty small. I just washed a p i think the max you’d fit into the flower tower or isolator is about an OZ

Guess Again....

https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/

1/4 LBS - https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/shop?olsPage=products/d-gold-alchemy-quartermaster-iso-3

4 LBS - https://dgoldalchemy.godaddysites.com/shop?olsPage=products/d-gold-alchemy-kilomaster-iso-4

I never seen that one ,
It would probably be a lot easier to use then my homemade job.

We've tested the IS0-3 and it works slick for recovery.

http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo_22.html

There is also the Extract Craft Turbo, which also works well:

http://thealchemistresource.thealchemistresource.com/p/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

When are you texting the ISO -4 ?

BigHornBuds said:

When are you texting the ISO -4 ?

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As soon as we have a new permitted lab to work in, so we won't be Class B felons under Oregon's new extraction laws. Hopefully soon, as it sits beckoning like an alluring siren.

There was a lot of fines that passed though the coffee filter, did it twice too.
But I bet there will be about 20% return
Vs QWISO that yielded 5%