WeedFreak78
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Usual Method: frozen material/solvent, open extraction into plate in hot water bath, replenish hot water as needed, after off gassing action stops from water bath, plate is transferred to a 1 gallon zip lock bag full of water on warming plate @ ~125F, monitored with temp probe ands laser thermometer, for eventual collection and transfer to vac chamber for purge. Have left extract on water bag/heat plate for up to 12 hrs without issue. Always get golden/amber honey after vac.
This time: Old dried, cured sugar leaf, run through blender, frozen. I don't usually run blended material, was doing a Qwet extract, decided to run a tube, see what it looked like. Did usual method. Left on hot plate for couple hours after extraction, it started sugaring. Put into vac chamber, it all went sugar @110F within a couple hours, using a digital heat pad that's been checked with probe and laser. I thought sugar happened with high heat or long time process? Gone up to 120F trying to get it more viscous, didn't do a thing, still looking for solvent release, not sure it's fully purged.
Why did it sugar so quickly?
What to do? More heat? Thin with Etho and purge? It's done? Other options?
This time: Old dried, cured sugar leaf, run through blender, frozen. I don't usually run blended material, was doing a Qwet extract, decided to run a tube, see what it looked like. Did usual method. Left on hot plate for couple hours after extraction, it started sugaring. Put into vac chamber, it all went sugar @110F within a couple hours, using a digital heat pad that's been checked with probe and laser. I thought sugar happened with high heat or long time process? Gone up to 120F trying to get it more viscous, didn't do a thing, still looking for solvent release, not sure it's fully purged.
Why did it sugar so quickly?
What to do? More heat? Thin with Etho and purge? It's done? Other options?
