Why purge BHO?

So you guys who make BHO, you make it then you dab it against a white hot titanium nail which instantly vaporizers the oil due to the insane heat. So my question is why purge? Wouldnt the butane (trapped in the unpurged oil) combust due to the hot nail/combusting oil ? Then it would simply turn into more heat/H20 no?

I mean the advantage to not purging would but a greater retention of terpens right?/less hassle

Just random high thoughts i figured i would bounce against the RIU wall....

my teacher said thr was no such thing as a stupid question.

she was wrong



CUZ SMOKING TANE IS BAD

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Valid question IMO. Are you really inhaling more tane doing a nail hit of unpurged bho than you are smoking a bowl with a bic lighter? No one thinks twice about smoking with a bic, so why is it bad with bho? Seems like you're actually inhaling LESS tane dabbing unpurged bho than you would with your average bong hit.

Thats why I dont smoke with lighters

Lol classic RIU trolls forum paradigms and no answer....

WELLL i did some research======

By March 1993, there had not been any instances of peripheral neuropathy associated with butane inhalation alone[4] and there is still no known cell toxicity directly from butane alone.


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[FONT=MS Reference Sans Serif, verdana, geneva, lucida, lucida grande, arial, helvetica]SO butane is nontoxic and is fine to inhale assuming you dont go above high concentrations that displace enough oxygen to cause hypoxia. Concentrations that would never exist in oil even if you didnt vacuum or heat purge, a simple letting it evaporate and moving it about would get what you needed imho. [/FONT]


But ive never actually made BHO or tried lots of different oils which is why i thought id run it by people with experience (who hopefully are educated and know what theyre talking about as well).

BlazedMonkey said:

Lol classic RIU trolls forum paradigms and no answer....

WELLL i did some research======

By March 1993, there had not been any instances of peripheral neuropathy associated with butane inhalation alone[4] and there is still no known cell toxicity directly from butane alone.


Butane can cause toxicity by displacing oxygen, causing hypoxia, and all of the cellular damage that can occur from such a lack of oxygen. If an insufficient flow of oxygen is affected, anoxia and asphyxiation can occur leading to unconsciousness and death.

SO butane is nontoxic and is fine to inhale assuming you dont go above high concentrations that displace enough oxygen to cause hypoxia. Concentrations that would never exist in oil even if you didnt vacuum or heat purge, a simple letting it evaporate and moving it about would get what you needed imho.


But ive never actually made BHO or tried lots of different oils which is why i thought id run it by people with experience (who hopefully are educated and know what theyre talking about as well).

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The problem with bho is that 99.99999% of the info out there is complete and total bullshit. The standards which bho are judged by are total crap. The only good reason IMO to purge and heat bho is that hash oil is messy, wax is easier to handle. But generally bho is judged by texture and color, which are both stupid ways to judge bho. IMO, smell and flavor are the real way to judge bho. It it smells and tastes like the original strain, it's good. Color and texture have nothing to do with it.

And purging does make it easier to handle. People purge BHO because people who buy it want it purged. Just like people make honeycomb instead of budder because people want to buy honeycomb. There is no other good reason IMO. I do not believe you're inhaling anything with unpurged bho that your not inhaling when you take a bong hit with a lighter.

Makes people feel better about what their smoking...

IMO non purged bho just tastes bad and can often lead to headaches if smoked frequently. Just whip it over 150-200 degree heat till it stops bubbling and turns to butter.

or low and slow so you dont destroy all your terps

the idea of purging is to make the bho clean, i have not seen any proof butane is bad for you but at the same time i want thc and other cannabinoids in my system not extra contaminents.

Butane may not be considered "toxic" but unpurged oil can taste like many different things other then your starting product depending on what tane you use. Ive taken a liking to " Dodo 7X super refined" butane. It purges out of your oils pretty easy on a candle or plate warmer.
Leaves my final product smelling and tasting almost exactly as my trim or buds that i ran, and after about 15 minutes of purging around 150° its a smooth melt with no extra popping or crackling from excess tane leftovers.