Pressurized Closed column extraction

Hello I just picked one of these up
best value vacs closed column extractor any tips on how to use would be greatly appreciated.

I let mine hold butane about a minute or so.... 3mins is WAY too long, very green...

Told often to apply vac to it prior to butane, but lack the courage and/or gauges/valves to do so... dont wanna break my extractor, lol.

Always run with everything frozen 24hrs... butane, packed extractor, filters for winterizing...

When you think you've purged it fully, purge it some more....

Thank you for the response as for pulling a vac on tube first I tried it out with out the gauge not to successful so I cut that step out.

I find myself lacking the proper attachments to apply vac pressure to my extractor too... no worries, still works great

It looks like the vac hose you use should just connect right to the end of the extractor. I am looking to buy one myself so I've been watching youtube videos a lot on them

Crippykeeper said:

Hello I just picked one of these up
best value vacs closed column extractor any tips on how to use would be greatly appreciated.

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Do infer a passive extractor?

Here is how we did it originally. http://skunkpharmresearch.com/passive-butane-extractor-and-reclaimer/

You can speed up the recovery using dry ice and alcohol for the cold bath.

I usually pass the butane through the column once, and then invert it so that the butane flows back into the column, and turn right side up to drain a couple times and call it good, if I'm looking for purdy extractions.

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Fadedawg said:

Do infer a passive extractor?

Here is how we did it originally. http://skunkpharmresearch.com/passive-butane-extractor-and-reclaimer/

You can speed up the recovery using dry ice and alcohol for the cold bath.

I usually pass the butane through the column once, and then invert it so that the butane flows back into the column, and turn right side up to drain a couple times and call it good, if I'm looking for purdy extractions.

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Thank you never thought about flipping it will try out on my next run. Don't have a reclaim system though. Not yet at least. View attachment 3499519

smink13 said:

It looks like the vac hose you use should just connect right to the end of the extractor. I am looking to buy one myself so I've been watching youtube videos a lot on them

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My vac hose does connect to it also problem is every time I've tried it pressurized I get a blow back so I must put a filter on gas insertion side too.

Hmm, try looking on youtube. I'm sure you have but honestly I have watched a few vids on there that show it clearly without blowback too.

Sorry I can't be of any help, good luck man!

smink13 said:

Hmm, try looking on youtube. I'm sure you have but honestly I have watched a few vids on there that show it clearly without blowback too.

Sorry I can't be of any help, good luck man!

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Thanks for the info I was looking through YouTube for a good vid only found like two or three that were using a pressurized column. There's a bunch of closed loops vids. If you got a link I should check out ?

I thought this one was pretty good. Not perfect or anything but a good idea of how it's done

Hope this helped!

smink13 said:

I thought this one was pretty good. Not perfect or anything but a good idea of how it's done

Hope this helped!

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Much appreciated. I was pulling the vacuum from the wrong end.

I had a feeling when you said something about the screen but since I don't own one...yet...I didn't wanna say for sure!

Glad it helped!

Pics of final product would be awesome!

smink13 said:

I had a feeling when you said something about the screen but since I don't own one...yet...I didn't wanna say for sure!

Glad it helped!

Pics of final product would be awesome!

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This is my second run with this device a little dark smokes and taste great.

Damn that looks great! How long did you keep the butane in the extractor for before you let it out?

How many cans you use and how much starting material?

It's probably just dark because it looks pretty thick! Try in a larger dish perhaps, a thinner layer always gets me a golden look!

Looking great!

smink13 said:

Damn that looks great! How long did you keep the butane in the extractor for before you let it out?

How many cans you use and how much starting material?

It's probably just dark because it looks pretty thick! Try in a larger dish perhaps, a thinner layer always gets me a golden look!

Looking great!

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Thank you 50 grams of year old but vac sealed sour diesel pop corn nug 3 cans of whip it 7x ended up with 9. Something grams back.

Nice! Not too bad of a yield either. What size is your extractor?

smink13 said:

Nice! Not too bad of a yield either. What size is your extractor?

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The 90 gram one but I can't fit more than 55 grams in mine with the added mesh screen I put in the column.

@smink13 thank you very much for turning me on to that vid. Turns out I was pulling the vac from the wrong end now I pressurize my column and it just sucks the butane in perfectly. Here's some pics of latest

Hell yeah, glad I could help! I couldn't have done it without the knowledge that rollitup has provided me, just giving back to the community!

That slab looks really nice man, good job! Keep us updated!!!