There's two didude duck yeah thanks I'm going to try thisfferent ways I've made shatter. That was before I got a vacuum chamber setup and after. Before I got one, I always blasted trim with the small popcorn buds. I blast it into a 2qt glass pyrex cup. Then I put it in water that's 120 degrees. Keep in mind it'll cool through the glass before it touches the oil. After it is just a fairly thick oil, I pour in a 5th of 190 proof ever clear. It works with ever clear or 99% iso. I stir it and let it sit for 30 min. Then I pour it into mason jars through 2 unbleached coffee filters. Then I put it in the freezer. I have the square silicone pads and a digital heat pad. I set the heat pad up then set it to 110. I put the silicone pad on there then dump in the alcohol. I have a mesh screen that I put over top (typical kitchen one used to block sauce splatter). That's to keep gnats or anything from landing down in it. Then walk away. If you have a small fan you can put on low to blow over it, it'll speed things along. After the alcohol is gone, you're left with shatter.
After I got my vacuum setup, I do the same thing except I vacuum it. You can use the teflon
Slick sheet and form it to a 9" round stainless pan - which fits perfectly into my vacuum chamber. Once I blast onto the slick sheet, I let it evaporate naturally on the heat pad then put it in the vacuum once almost all the
Butane is evaporated.
When I put it in the vacuum chamber, I leave the heat on 110 the whole time. I use the slick sheet so it makes flipping it easy. The only time I've had trouble is when it's a small yield so it's too thin to come up in a patty. Always wear gloves, never touch it with your bare hands. The oil from your hands will get in the hash oil and make it dark and leave impurities.
I pull 10hg for 10 minutes, then 20hg for 30 minutes, then 29hg for 12 hours. Then I flip the oil. Vacuum at 29hg for 12 hours, flip, 12 hours, flip 12 hours. You want 48 total hours in the vacuum.
The butane I use is the power 5x - the blue can. You can get cases of 12 for $30 online.
If I have the wax/honeycomb like you've been getting or post winterizing. I just put it in the pyrex measuring cup. Add alcohol and use a stainless tool to break it up and stir it until it all dissolves. Then I filter it and would process it how I described above depending on if I had access to the vacuum chamber or not. I make shatter every time. I get better yields and better tasting oil with better trim or straight nug runs.
Here's my equipment:
I'd like to mention that I only use the silicone when I've used alcohol to break down the oil and I'm evaporating the alcohol. Blasting into silicone or having butane in the silicone dish will cause the silicone to break down and get into the oil. I switched to a round stainless pan and the teflon slick sheet, since you can blast onto the teflon coated sheet.
Vacuum Chamber
Vacuum
Silicone pan (9" round fits perfectly into vacuum)
Slick sheet
Steel Pan
Butane
Since making hash oil this way is now illegal in WA state without the proper permits, I am now putting all of my energy in perfecting solventless concentrates.
