To Decarb or Not?

[technical dan]

adding salt to the water will also raise the boiling point

 

[2Kushed]

This is your link:*edit got it thanks man*

Actually it says the material was fully decarbed. Once your material is fully decarbed, the THC starts to degrade. You may have lost THC from decarbing too long. The only way that I know of to accurately decarb is to watch the CO2 coming off in the form of small bubbles. I do this by heating my concentrate (hash) to 250F for ~ 15-30 min. depending on how much the material is already decarbed before I started with it.

 

[650baquet]

adding salt to the water will also raise the boiling point

The boiling point of water is increased slightly, but not enough that you would notice the temperature difference. You would have to add 58 grams of salt just to raise the boiling point of a liter of water by one half of a degre Celsius.

 

[BUDies]

Hmm how ar eyou guys making your butter? I use the crockpot method but I would think 14 hours in the crockpot would be more than enough to decarb

 

[2Kushed]

You don't need to add salt to raise the boiling point of water, use vegetable oil instead.

Here is a decarb chart (from Jump), you can compare that to the temps you achive in the crock pot. As your material ages, it partially decarbs.

 

[Yarnspinner]

Question: When making butter for non-psychoactive strains, would there be any reason to decarb?

Hey all, I realize this is probably a common question, but I thought I'd be specific for what I'm doing. What I want to do is make potent canna-dipping oil for bread. I usually make brownies, and they kick my ass. Last time, though, I tried stopping after extracting the THC into oil and then adding some herbs and dipping my bread in it. It was okay, but not nearly as potent as when I make brownies. Most people have said that I should have decarbed the weed if I wasn't going to bake the oil into brownies.

Could someone explain why this is the case? Or if it is actually necessary? I never decarb when making brownies and they're fine. Also, I cook my oil at roughly 210-230 degrees, for what it's worth.

p.s. - if you think decarbing is a necessity, could you link to a guide or explain how? Double thanks!

 

[skepler]

Question: When making butter for non-psychoactive strains, would there be any reason to decarb?

If you want the CBD to get to receptors in the brain it should be decarbed.

 

[RAndree]

I am certainly new to all this. I recently tried my hand at making an oil for my vape. I made a tincture with 3.5 g mj and everclear. I did not decarboxylate due to mixed instructions. Some said that the vape process will take care of the process of decarb. I have two questions. Do I need to decarb before making a vape oil?

I followed the QWISO method on this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vaporents/comments/1sjj1r/four_different_methods_for_making_ecig_juice_in/

If so, is there any way to recover? I now have about 5 mL of oil, but have not tried it yet.

Thank you

 

[skepler]

I am certainly new to all this. I recently tried my hand at making an oil for my vape. I made a tincture with 3.5 g mj and everclear. I did not decarboxylate due to mixed instructions. Some said that the vape process will take care of the process of decarb. I have two questions. Do I need to decarb before making a vape oil?

I followed the QWISO method on this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vaporents/comments/1sjj1r/four_different_methods_for_making_ecig_juice_in/

If so, is there any way to recover? I now have about 5 mL of oil, but have not tried it yet.

Thank you

Vaping will take care of the decarb, so no you do need to. I'm not sure about your second question, is it in reference to fixing an error?

 

[RAndree]

Vaping will take care of the decarb, so no you do need to. I'm not sure about your second question, is it in reference to fixing an error?

I guess so. My question is whether or not I can do something to change the potency at this point? Will making a stronger second oil and mixing the two work? What will adding more pg vs vg do?

 

[skepler]

I guess so. My question is whether or not I can do something to change the potency at this point? Will making a stronger second oil and mixing the two work? What will adding more pg vs vg do?

I wouldn't add any VG, it does not mix with wax/shatter. You can make it stronger by adding more extract or a stronger mix with PG.