How Do I Extract the Used of Hexane?
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videoman40
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Why would you want to use hexane? Isn't that a byproduct of petroluem? Hmmmm, sounds tasty! Why not use grain alcohol, or some other readily available solvent that won't kill you? Even simple ISO would work. If you go with the grain alcohol, you probably will also need a bonding agent.
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MightyBuddha
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I am assuming this is a variant of the butane extraction method. If so, make a pipe-bomb of sorts... pvc tube capped on either end. Drill a drain hole in bottom and a hole in the top big enough for the nozzle to fit in. Then pack the pvc with leaf matter and discharge the gas into the pipe... in a WELL ventilated area. Have a collection tray below the pipe and wait 10-15 mins for it all to drain out. Then allow this to breathe for a few hours to let the remaining gas escape.
*** BTW I don't know for sure hexane works - I know butane does so I assume it would.
MightyBuddha
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The butane method is a well-known way of extracting hash oil.
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Use acetone.MAKE SURE IT IS 100% ACETONE. and dont get caught looking at the backs of acetone containers at stores cuz its used to make the shit the terrorists tried to make on the plane. yes it is toxic. but all you have to do is grind up the weed, and put it in the acetone. acetone is cheaper than alcohol. plus water disolves nasty parts of the marijuana that will make ur hash less pure. maybe do an experiment w/ acetone and grain alcohol and see which one disolves more substance and which one produces a more pure or tastier substance. LET THE ACETONE EVAPORATE COMPLETELY B4 SMOKING THE THC!!
videoman40
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Dude, it's all good! I know of the butane method, but never heard of the hexane method. Being an old timer, alcohol was the preferred method when I was young. Never tried the butane method.......yet. lol
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The butane method is a well-known way of extracting hash oil.
** Not ripping on you by any means - you're my hero...
7xstall
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ooo, organic chemistry! the best kind.
acetone would definitely be the best organic solvent if this is for an experiment only. i say experiment only because there are a lot of free benzene rings in commercial acetone...cancer....but you would already know this if you were doing an actual experiment so i'll shut up.
if you intend to "use" the THC in your body, go with lab grade methanol (race car fuel) or ethanol (stuff you drink), heat to their evaporation temp to remove it from your end product. both are relatively safe, very pure.
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acetone would definitely be the best organic solvent if this is for an experiment only. i say experiment only because there are a lot of free benzene rings in commercial acetone...cancer....but you would already know this if you were doing an actual experiment so i'll shut up.
if you intend to "use" the THC in your body, go with lab grade methanol (race car fuel) or ethanol (stuff you drink), heat to their evaporation temp to remove it from your end product. both are relatively safe, very pure.
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I would HIGHLY recommend the butane extraction over hexane unless you have no vented/safe area to perform it in, but if you somehow got a hold of ACS grade hexane grind the weed/leaf whatever into a powder put it into hexane I would say probably about 10mL of hexane per 1g of weed. Let it sit a little while, if its in a closed flask you can shake it around, then pour some cold water into the solution and the hexane will float on top of the water and the weed should fall into the water, remove the hexane with a pipette aand evaporate the hexane to have a quite pure extract.
tokensmoke
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def, butane over haxane, here read my thread based on thc extraction for making thc honey
https://www.rollitup.org/cooking-cannabis/13844-thc-honey.html
https://www.rollitup.org/cooking-cannabis/13844-thc-honey.html
The butane method is a good method to use; however, it is dangerous (as you are filling a pressurized container with highly volatile liquid/gas) and you get less yield. Butane is very very cold when its at its liquid state during extraction, this lower temperature causes the THC to become less soluble so the amount extracted is usally less than that of hexane. The best way to extract using hexane is to warm up the hexane/material on a hotplate (in a bowl or something with decent heat capacity like clay) and wait like 10-20 mins before straining the material out of the hexane. You then keep the hexane on the hotplate on a minimal heat setting until quite a bit of it has evaporated. Let the rest evaporate at room temperature until all you have left is the oil....enjoy
herbologist
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You may use a soxial extractor.
obiewanknoah
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I have used hexane, it is an excellent solvent and is much easier to use than butane. It also boils off at about 65 degrees and is very clean.
Also have used chloroform, and i think these two are the best marijuana solvents available. Acetone and alchohol are both somewhat hydrophyllic and will pick up a lot of the water solubles.
To use hexane, crush your plant material, then either run it through a soxhlet for a few hours, or just use the coffee press method. You can boil the solvent off in a hot water bath with little risk of exploding
Also have used chloroform, and i think these two are the best marijuana solvents available. Acetone and alchohol are both somewhat hydrophyllic and will pick up a lot of the water solubles.
To use hexane, crush your plant material, then either run it through a soxhlet for a few hours, or just use the coffee press method. You can boil the solvent off in a hot water bath with little risk of exploding
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