beluga said:

Any info on your process would help.
What kind of starting material - fresh, dried, frozen? What brand of butane?
What size mesh is it going through?
Has it been purged? If so, at what temp for how long, vacuum or water bath?

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stonymcpothead said:

Fresh frozen material trim.
Idk some Dutch brand but its clean.
Mesh is 2 coffee filters amd a strainer.
Purge is water bath and later a jar in boiling water.

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beluga said:

Interesting. I'm certainly no expert, maybe some else can chime in as to why it could be so runny compared to others done with the same method.

Coffee filters are probably going to be finer and definitely more consistent than cheesecloth. A fine durable mesh is ideal if not imperative to take that from a brown-green yellow to a nice golden yellow. You're getting a lot of excess plant material in there.

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stonymcpothead said:

I think I figured it out!!
I has somewhere to do with the purge.
The remains in the Pyrex tray are sticky as f#ck.
I think you where right about the temp of the purge.
Gonna soak another batch when I have time and try to purge it in my oven. (I don't have a vacuum purge)

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beluga said:

Nice! Hopefully that works.
Definitely report back. I don't see too many posts on the topic that have pictures of the troubleshooting and I'm sure it could help people in the future if that does resolve your issue.

I do still recommend getting a finer mesh on that to get yourself some better extract.
The rig I use is just a stainless steel turkey baster with a hose clamp securing a small square of screenprinting mesh. Pretty simple and cheap and it tidies up the process a bit compared to open extraction.

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Slabby said:

I haven’t seen someone extract like this is over 12+ years. Can’t believe this still happens

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