
cronicoldguy
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I am wondering exactly what the differences of oil, shatter, and wax are.
From what I have seen in my trials and tribulations in the quest of clean and pure oil, it simply doesnt exist.
Extracting with solvent, I have developed and refined my procedure to the point it is impossible to finish final product as oil. That is, without leaving residual solvent in the concentrate. Otherwise, I have shatter or wax. Both are great,. But I can no longer use Ccell vape carts.
I dont want my concentrate adulterated. So thinning it with anything is out of the question. So I am now confined to my dab bong.
So here is what is confusing me. I do the initial extraction, filtering, and evaporation pretty much the same every batch. I evaporate in my rotovap until extract is almost 'tar like'. I remove it from the flask, put it into a silicone tub, and then into vacuum oven for final purging. Usually 4-5 hrs at 45C and 28 inHG.
Sometimes it finishes as shatter and sometimes it finishes as a saucey terpene and wax concentrate.
What is happening for the concentrate to be either shatter or wax? Same bud/plant. I cant recall anything I did different between the two. I actually prefer the saucy wax. Very flavorful.
Could it be the difference between using ethanol or IPA? I use both for extracting depending on how the final product is to be consumed.
This was my last batch. Its from some shaggy weed a friend started outdoors then finished inside. Cured but untrimmed. I told him not to waste his time trimming as it all will be concentrate. I am no expert, but I believe what I have here is rich wax in terpene sauce. From your educated guesses, is that in fact what I have in this pic? 99% IPA was the solvent.
This was a previous batch. Consistency of brown sugar. Ethanol was the solvent. (1oz of Gods Prime Glue and 1oz of the above mentioned shaggy weed combined then extracted)
Otherwise, I get rock hard shatter. Not sure what determines the outcome.
Personally, if I can make the wax every time, I will be happy. It yields the most flavor. Any insight?
From what I have seen in my trials and tribulations in the quest of clean and pure oil, it simply doesnt exist.
Extracting with solvent, I have developed and refined my procedure to the point it is impossible to finish final product as oil. That is, without leaving residual solvent in the concentrate. Otherwise, I have shatter or wax. Both are great,. But I can no longer use Ccell vape carts.
I dont want my concentrate adulterated. So thinning it with anything is out of the question. So I am now confined to my dab bong.
So here is what is confusing me. I do the initial extraction, filtering, and evaporation pretty much the same every batch. I evaporate in my rotovap until extract is almost 'tar like'. I remove it from the flask, put it into a silicone tub, and then into vacuum oven for final purging. Usually 4-5 hrs at 45C and 28 inHG.
Sometimes it finishes as shatter and sometimes it finishes as a saucey terpene and wax concentrate.
What is happening for the concentrate to be either shatter or wax? Same bud/plant. I cant recall anything I did different between the two. I actually prefer the saucy wax. Very flavorful.
Could it be the difference between using ethanol or IPA? I use both for extracting depending on how the final product is to be consumed.
This was my last batch. Its from some shaggy weed a friend started outdoors then finished inside. Cured but untrimmed. I told him not to waste his time trimming as it all will be concentrate. I am no expert, but I believe what I have here is rich wax in terpene sauce. From your educated guesses, is that in fact what I have in this pic? 99% IPA was the solvent.
This was a previous batch. Consistency of brown sugar. Ethanol was the solvent. (1oz of Gods Prime Glue and 1oz of the above mentioned shaggy weed combined then extracted)
Otherwise, I get rock hard shatter. Not sure what determines the outcome.
Personally, if I can make the wax every time, I will be happy. It yields the most flavor. Any insight?