Introduction

[banereturns]

If you’re not using it for edibles, no need to decarb! If you are dry sifting, you want the material good and dry! I don’t think it matters much if you are ice water washing! There is no substitute for some good screens for sifting or some good bags for bubble washing! Sounds like you have a good amount of material so it might be worth the investment! The four screen sets usually come in 60, 90, 110, and 200 mesh! I don’t know how the screens you have stack up with that! I haven’t bubble washed, but I’m gonna get some bags and learn! It looks easier than sifting! Good luck! Keep us updated and ask any questions you have! And watch a few videos!

At work we have a Ro-Tap sieve screen set for sand testing and it has screens from 20 mesh to 240 with a pan to catch fines. I clean it with an ultrasonic scrubber, so it would be perfect for doing this. I'm doing this by hand. :( Here's what I got so far:
1gal Bud box #1 (of 4)

assortment of loose and small buds. Dry but very sticky with resin, as you may well know.
I tried to put them right on the silk screen (150 M), but that's a non-starter. So I grabbed
the nut cruncher from the kitchen and ground it onto the screen and it looked like this:

Then with a nitile glove, I started sifting it around on the screen until it stopped clumping.
It's dry but very sticky, and it clumps up easily, so I sifted until it lost the sticky. I got this:

It's very aromatic and clumpy whern I moved with a card, and very fine. Darker than
I thought it should be so I wanted to ask. I took pics then my phone died so I had to
put it on the xharger a while, so I kept sifting,

Now it's a bigger pile, maybe a few grams and I went through
about an ounce. Am I doing this alright? I thought it would
be lighter, but remember I kept my flowers until the resin was
over 70% amber, looking for more CBN content. Please advise.

 

[banereturns]

At work we have a Ro-Tap sieve screen set for sand testing and it has screens from 20 mesh to 240 with a pan to catch fines. I clean it with an ultrasonic scrubber, so it would be perfect for doing this. I'm doing this by hand. :( Here's what I got so far:
1gal Bud box #1 (of 4)
View attachment 2557116
assortment of loose and small buds. Dry but very sticky with resin, as you may well know.
I tried to put them right on the silk screen (150 M), but that's a non-starter. So I grabbed
the nut cruncher from the kitchen and ground it onto the screen and it looked like this:
View attachment 2557117
Then with a nitile glove, I started sifting it around on the screen until it stopped clumping.
It's dry but very sticky, and it clumps up easily, so I sifted until it lost the sticky. I got this:
View attachment 2557118
It's very aromatic and clumpy whern I moved with a card, and very fine. Darker than
I thought it should be so I wanted to ask. I took pics then my phone died so I had to
put it on the xharger a while, so I kept sifting,
View attachment 2557119
Now it's a bigger pile, maybe a few grams and I went through
about an ounce. Am I doing this alright? I thought it would
be lighter, but remember I kept my flowers until the resin was
over 70% amber, looking for more CBN content. Please advise.

Man! It's a LOT of work, and I barely used any of the buds, and I have 3 miore boxes to do???

 

[Oldchucky]

Man! It's a LOT of work, and I barely used any of the buds, and I have 3 miore boxes to do???

Yeah, it’s a lot of work! It’s a cold weather sport! And a low humidity sport! If you sift when it’s in the 30s and low 40s, then it doesn’t melt on you and get all sticky and gunk things up! Usually when it starts clumping, it’s too warm! When it’s too cold to feel your fingers and you get shocked when you touch the door knob, then you have got good sifting weather! Cold to keep it from melting and low humidity to create static electricity so you can do the final cleaning and come up with a pure product! The multiple size screens just help you separate the heads from the contaminant! Did you just put it through one size screen? It looks pretty dirty! In sifting, green is not good! That green is probably plant matter that you don’t want in it! There is a learning curve! So you wanna make sure you have the right equipment and the right environmental conditions!

 

[banereturns]

Yeah, it’s a lot of work! It’s a cold weather sport! And a low humidity sport! If you sift when it’s in the 30s and low 40s, then it doesn’t melt on you and get all sticky and gunk things up! Usually when it starts clumping, it’s too warm! When it’s too cold to feel your fingers and you get shocked when you touch the door knob, then you have got good sifting weather! Cold to keep it from melting and low humidity to create static electricity so you can do the final cleaning and come up with a pure product! The multiple size screens just help you separate the heads from the contaminant! Did you just put it through one size screen? It looks pretty dirty! In sifting, green is not good! That green is probably plant matter that you don’t want in it! There is a learning curve! So you wanna make sure you have the right equipment and the right environmental conditions!

Thanks. I'll get more screens before I go on. Should I refrigerate the product afterward, maybe in a jar? I'll have a good amount to store.

 

[cpurola]

I store my hash in the basement.
I find sifting a rather meditative activity.

 

[cpurola]

I did my best sifting in an unheated garage. It stayed about 45-50 degrees and was very dry. Unfortunately hubby has claimed it as his man cave and installed a heater for the winter. Guess I'll have to use the unheated porch instead. Harumph. LOL

 

[banereturns]

@GNick55 or @Oldchucky maybe they can get you further along i just tagged them for you. These guys make hash. I've got kief from grinding buds but i don't make hash, I should but i don't.

Thanks for the help. I made a couple tries to sift and I think this time I am getting close. I went out to the garage where the bud was sitting all night at 35-40°F all night, and cut up about an ounce removing any tiny stems and as much plant material as possible. Last time I did a one screen sift, and it had too much plant material. This time I listened to some good advice from the group, and used 3 screens and the final product is much improved. Now I just need patience I think the technique will improve. Here's a picture with the first attempt and tonight's
2nd try. The one on the left from today, There's a shadow from the jar, but it's all lighter colored like in the middle.
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