What is the difference between wax, budder, shatter?

In terms of making that specific type of hash, does my shatter eventually become budder at certain temperatures while in the vacum?

Essentially is heat the factor that determines your end product consistency? If true which temperatures produce budder, wax, shatter?

There is a debate about stuff like this, by people educated about it (chemistry), at ICmag (some subforum). Best place to learn about concentrates IMHO.

Yes temperature is the deciding factor in what determines what kind of end product you will have but waxing characteristics are specific to strain and harvest time. Some strains simply make wax easier than others- I'm learning through doing that consistency of the material and when it's picked can affect your outcome. Running all bud picked later may give you more of a shatter but running trims of the same strain picked earlier in the flower cycle can give you a less potent yet more like wax. The exact temperatures for each product have been posted in previous threads but eludes me at the moment. Either way the progression is something like this:
Shatter (90-110deg)
Wax (110-120deg)
Budder(120-130)
Oil(130+)

Thanks for the answers! Looking to make some budder tongiht!

According to the dude that runs top shelf, via the hightimes video on their lab, anything above 5% moisture content will "autobudder".

In the same video they talk about how that if the customer wants budder they just take the shatter and "whip it up".

Wax imo is what you get when there are too many undesirables and low purity levels. Shatter or budder can come from nug and trim run and is highly pure, budder being less potent by volume but I prefer budder as it usually has more flavor.

Also, to answer the title question, it depends on who you ask and where they live, hehe. A lot of people, even around here and in shops, call anything translucent and amber "shatter", but half the time it's more like taffy, etc.

smokajoe said:

In terms of making that specific type of hash, does my shatter eventually become budder at certain temperatures while in the vacum?

Essentially is heat the factor that determines your end product consistency? If true which temperatures produce budder, wax, shatter?

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In local vernacular, wax is a hydrate formed under heat and vacuum, budder is a whipped hydrate over just heat, and shatter is carboxylic acid that is brittle at room temperature.