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What makes you think thats how its done? The water cant get hot enough to vaporize THC. You can collect terps this way thou. (but there are better ways than this)
If I had to guess, I would say they superheat steam to a certain temp. Open a valve and run it through the material for a set amount of time to vaporize all the THC.
Not sure how they would re condense that something that hot without freezer coils. Maybe feed it into a chilled water bath and skim the top after?
I dunno
yes, but that is not how "clear" is made. that is a very expensive way to collect heavier di-terpenes. even without a solvent most of those light terpenes get destroyed or converted into other terpenoids. you can do the same thing with a rotovap and a short path apparatus. thc and cbd share the same number of carbon atoms they are the same weight but one boils at315 degrees and one at 365. , the difference being the molecular mass so even tho there is a slight difference in boiling points even in the best stills its hard to separate cbd from thc or thc from other plant fats/waxes. when you winterize and rotovap the solvent off, you are boiling off the terpenes and all of the impurities as well that's how you get 95%+ thc. that's raw clear. they just use strict quality control on the starting material.One way to make clear concentrate, is to use molecular distillation:
http://www.popeinc.com/still-products/wiped-film-stills-evaporators
You can put the monoterpenes in a separate bucket and add some of them back into the clear to return the aromatics and taste.
That would of course depend heavily on whose "clear" is under discussion. Besides Meyers and Pope's units, Eden labs is experimenting with their own molecular distillation design.
Are you using "clear" as a brand name from a specific lab?
wiped film are cool but i could only imagine the cost and headache of getting it to actually workWith thin film molecular distillation, it could easily be separated into monoterpenes, diterpenes, and heavier molecules, which includes the anthro cyanins and plant waxes.
The first two can be blended a some ratio, and the last 30% or so thrown away
wiped film are cool but i could only imagine the cost and headache of getting it to actually work
The good news is that some of the right minds are working on it and a lab scale unit isn't exorbitant.
One way to make clear concentrate, is to use molecular distillation:
http://www.popeinc.com/still-products/wiped-film-stills-evaporators
You can put the monoterpenes in a separate bucket and add some of them back into the clear to return the aromatics and taste.
its kept pretty under wraps, but I will say its not all that difficult, and the process is nothing new, its been around for decades, just never used with cannabis.. I really wish I could disclose more but proprietary is proprietary. Although I do have to disagree with it being nothing special. Not only is it the cleanest and most mind-glowingly delicious (infused with blueberry and vanilla terps) concentrate, Its gaurenteed clean and pure. its clean RSO. I will say right now that within 10 years, it will replace all other concentrates in popularity, as well as establishing a standardized systemMy buddies over at 'thebostonbakeshop' figured out how to make the clear. They won't tell me but I've seen the roto-vape in their lab though they said they don't use it for the clear. I do know that the terps are added back in at the end for flavor. The actual clear is flavorless. TBH, after smoking it for a week, its nothing special. Its very cool when you're first introduced to it but I prefer ice wax/BHO.
Thanks to all the farmers for their input in this thread.
Y'all so racist lol.... I like some color in my shatter for christs sake lol.
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