The Growery
Active Member
It seems like there are a lot of oil heads in these michigan forums so I figured why not start a thread for those who would like to share tips and tricks to get the most out their oil. I've been noticing that about 90% of the dabbers I run into think that goopy, sappy bho is the way it is supposed to be so hopefully passing around some knowledge will help fix that statistic.
I've always felt that anything short of honeycomb is not purged fully. My school of thought on this derives from the notion that honeycomb is not sticky and crumbles, so what is it that causes other types of bho to be sticky or hard to break apart (shatter/glass/earl/budder). I've come to the conclusion that it must be butane that causes this stickyness and strong cohesion among thc molecules.
I learned something new today that I wanted to share for those who don't already do this:
save your extracted plant material when you are done blasting and save it to repurge later on that day. if you examine the spent material you will notice that there are tons of resin heads still in there and ready to be extracted.
I have found that you can double your oil yield if you re-blast the plant material. The reblasted extract is the same light amber color as the "first" extracted batch indicating that quality does not lessen. Even after a second blast, I notice that there are still resin heads galore and am tempted to blast for a third time.
I've tried several different extraction methods including honeybee, glass tubes and stainless steel turkey basters. I find that small 6", 3/4" diameter turkey basters provide the biggest yield compared to the amount of butane used. It is more labor intensive, but in the end I feel it's worth the effort.
I have used larger glass tubes (2 ft x 2" diameter) for extraction and there is no doubt that larger tubes = less efficiency concerning the oil produced : butane used ratio.
Please post any thoughts you have about bho extraction and what you do to increase yield and minimize labor!
I've always felt that anything short of honeycomb is not purged fully. My school of thought on this derives from the notion that honeycomb is not sticky and crumbles, so what is it that causes other types of bho to be sticky or hard to break apart (shatter/glass/earl/budder). I've come to the conclusion that it must be butane that causes this stickyness and strong cohesion among thc molecules.
I learned something new today that I wanted to share for those who don't already do this:
save your extracted plant material when you are done blasting and save it to repurge later on that day. if you examine the spent material you will notice that there are tons of resin heads still in there and ready to be extracted.
I have found that you can double your oil yield if you re-blast the plant material. The reblasted extract is the same light amber color as the "first" extracted batch indicating that quality does not lessen. Even after a second blast, I notice that there are still resin heads galore and am tempted to blast for a third time.
I've tried several different extraction methods including honeybee, glass tubes and stainless steel turkey basters. I find that small 6", 3/4" diameter turkey basters provide the biggest yield compared to the amount of butane used. It is more labor intensive, but in the end I feel it's worth the effort.
I have used larger glass tubes (2 ft x 2" diameter) for extraction and there is no doubt that larger tubes = less efficiency concerning the oil produced : butane used ratio.
Please post any thoughts you have about bho extraction and what you do to increase yield and minimize labor!
