Dehydrating

Hi all

I had just enough to fill a small zip tube of some old trim that regained some moisture in the bag. I just said fuck it put in dehydrator for a while. It turned out muuuuuch lighter colour and slightly clearer than previous runs of same material, gas brand and method(well except dehydrating).
Could removing as much water as possible have an effect on final product?

Anyone?

Color typically comes from suspended solids, water solubles, chlorophyll, and anthro cyanins. Plant waxes in colloidal suspension, cloud the bell clearness, as compared to an Absolute, which has those waxes removed.

Changing nothing in the process and drying out the material before a non polar extraction, would have no effect on suspended solids, but would have less water solubles and chlorophyll, if there was no water present to piggy back on.

I don't see how it would change the non polar anthro cyanin or plant wax pickup, so my best guess is it could be related to the above.

Vacuum desiccation, so a desiccator is needed for removal of all water. It is advised that some moisture content remain from ethanol and co2 in an extraction is desired to have about 15% or less is acceptable as the last residues from FOOD GRADE, NONDENTATURED, or UNDENATURED is mainly water, it adds some bulk in the form most universally accepted vs residues from isopropyl or butane, or worse hexane.

Thanks @Fadedawg and @oilmkr420

From my experience the less water in the product usually gets it to butter/honeycomb, faster/better. But I run with butane and a vac w/heat.