Hello everyone,
I have been experimenting with glycerin and BHO. I can not for the life of me get them to mix. I do not want to let the mix sit for three months.
Does any one have a fast and healthy way to make a very strong tincture using BHO for vaporizing?
Hi!
I have been doing some research with using hot glycerin extractions, and have found a 90 second extraction technique that might work with BHO. Yeah, 90 second extraction!!!!
I dry the buds (Sour Diesel, too damn strong for me to smoke!) then gently reduce to fine duff.
I used 9 grams dried herb and 4 fl. oz. of Organic Veg. Glycerin.
Heated glycerin to 350 F (! Like I know, right?) with WINDOWS OPEN! Heating to these temps WILL make clouds of sweet vapors. Not a hazard per se, but the vapors condense on EVERYTHING, so air-flow is a must.
Added herb in small amounts over thirty seconds, lots of stirring. Very smelly at this point, work fast!!!! Some boil-up when herb added; CO2 from decarboxylation, other out-gassing????
Continued stirring for about 30 seconds after last herb goes in, then immediately poured glycerine/herb slurry into pre-heated press + strainer (70 micron mesh). Pressed slurry through mesh, capturing glycerin in room-temp container.
On cooling, tincture was pretty thick, nearly black, and smelled like 'vape', about 1 oz. of glycerine remained in herbals.
Had to dilute it with equal volume of fresh glycerin to make it work in an eye-dropper, total about five fl. oz.
Final appearance of the tincture is dark orange-amber in color, milky translucent, sweet scent and flavor. Tastes like buds and 'vape' at the same time. Deeply relaxing, sedating, great pain killer. Not much 'buzz'. Unless you smoke on top of tincture sedation, then is almost psychedelic....
Bottom line: I did not really use the glycerin as a solvent so much as a host-liquid for the vaporized THC!!!!
So, if you are feeling brave, heat up some glycerin to 310-325 (used Candy Thermometer), drop in small beads of BHO, stir in quickly, and cool it quickly.
as always, your milage may vary.