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All of the following micron sizes for 5-gallon water hash bags are available online as of June 2011.
I divide the bag sizes into categories:
THE WORK BAGS
230μ
220μ --This is the common size for the workbag, but Dropbags, among others, makes a 230μ and some larger sizes, up to 400μ (suited for different plant material, just saying).
209μ
200μ
190μ
185μ
180μ
170μ
COOKING HASH BAGS
(The following size bags are generally considered only good for cooking, adulterant for good hash for sale, or mixed with 25μ and given away to friends.)
160μ
150μ
135μ --I haven't seen this size used, but I would think that depending on strain/sativa dominance this could fall into either this or the next category.
TRICHOME/HASHISH COLLECTION BAGS
(Yum.)
120μ --Generally considered the start of what you want. Trichomes from sativas will collect more on the smaller size bags, whereas with indicas you will see more quality stuff at this layer.
110μ
100μ
90μ
86μ
75μ
73μ
72μ
70μ
55μ
50μ
49μ
45μ
THE FINAL BAG
(Anything that drains below the final bag is not worth collecting, so the size of the final filtering screen is important. This final bag is a low yielder and is most often considered lower-quality than the above micron sizes, higher-quality when using a sativa as starting material.)
38μ
33μ
25μ --A common size bag most often used as the final bag.
20μ --Sounds tiny to me, but I haven't done runs with small-gland pure sativa material before.
SPECIAL MENTION
1. I didn't use Ebay as the source for any of this information on availability, and you should not waste money on cheap or counterfeit bags offered at any auction sites.
2. Please contribute any sources/sizes I may have missed.
Pressing Screens
Pressing screens, dabbing screens, blotting screens, drying screens(all the same thing), are made of the same mesh as a bags filter and are most often a 25μ size. Name-brand pressing screens cost around $15 and are only about 12" x 12" usually.
Some ice hash makers don't really like the term "pressing" screen. Many don't fold the screen over and press the screen with any kind of force. The screen is instead left on top of the layer of absorbent paper towels for a little while before being folded over and being gently "dabbed" at with a fistfull of paper towels.
I have seen these screens commercially available in the three following sizes:
33μ
25μ
20μ
I divide the bag sizes into categories:
THE WORK BAGS
230μ
220μ --This is the common size for the workbag, but Dropbags, among others, makes a 230μ and some larger sizes, up to 400μ (suited for different plant material, just saying).
209μ
200μ
190μ
185μ
180μ
170μ
COOKING HASH BAGS
(The following size bags are generally considered only good for cooking, adulterant for good hash for sale, or mixed with 25μ and given away to friends.)
160μ
150μ
135μ --I haven't seen this size used, but I would think that depending on strain/sativa dominance this could fall into either this or the next category.
TRICHOME/HASHISH COLLECTION BAGS
(Yum.)
120μ --Generally considered the start of what you want. Trichomes from sativas will collect more on the smaller size bags, whereas with indicas you will see more quality stuff at this layer.
110μ
100μ
90μ
86μ
75μ
73μ
72μ
70μ
55μ
50μ
49μ
45μ
THE FINAL BAG
(Anything that drains below the final bag is not worth collecting, so the size of the final filtering screen is important. This final bag is a low yielder and is most often considered lower-quality than the above micron sizes, higher-quality when using a sativa as starting material.)
38μ
33μ
25μ --A common size bag most often used as the final bag.
20μ --Sounds tiny to me, but I haven't done runs with small-gland pure sativa material before.
SPECIAL MENTION
1. I didn't use Ebay as the source for any of this information on availability, and you should not waste money on cheap or counterfeit bags offered at any auction sites.
2. Please contribute any sources/sizes I may have missed.
Pressing Screens
Pressing screens, dabbing screens, blotting screens, drying screens(all the same thing), are made of the same mesh as a bags filter and are most often a 25μ size. Name-brand pressing screens cost around $15 and are only about 12" x 12" usually.
Some ice hash makers don't really like the term "pressing" screen. Many don't fold the screen over and press the screen with any kind of force. The screen is instead left on top of the layer of absorbent paper towels for a little while before being folded over and being gently "dabbed" at with a fistfull of paper towels.
I have seen these screens commercially available in the three following sizes:
33μ
25μ
20μ
