Yuck!

[Grant]

This much crap (pic1) come from this much oil (pic2).

[Grant]

Oh the crap is suspended in water by the way.

[pflover]

what process did you use to get the crap out of the oil and into the water? thanx :)

[Grant]

It's a matter of timing really more than "process".You simply add water (bottled or filtred) right near the end of evapourating. At the point where the solution begins to precipitate the oil from suspension in the alco/oil mix. You may have to add a little more alcohol and repeat the process a couple times. The real "trick" letting it cool and the oil seperates out and will sink and stick to the pot....or just sink. The "unclean" oil and nasties will float or reamain in suspension.

Heating and cooling and flushing is the trick I guess.

[lesliechet]

hi grant , can you be more specific , I'm in the process right now of extacting some oil from the herb , has been sitting for about 3 days now , so when I start to evaporate the alcahol, I what to know how to get to that stage of getting all the crude stuff out of the oil, in layman terms ,lol.

[Grant]

It's a matter of timing really more than "process".You simply add water (bottled or filtred) right near the end of evapourating. At the point where the solution begins to precipitate the oil from suspension in the alco/oil mix.
When it's thicker than alcohol but still very very runny.

You may have to add a little more alcohol and repeat the process a couple times. The real "trick" is letting it cool and the oil seperates out and will sink and stick to the pot....or just sink.

As it is cooling swish it around like you are panning for gold. work the bouyant (not floating) globs around the pan until they stick. Pour off the pale green ick water.

The "unclean" oil and nasties will float or reamain in suspension.

Heating and cooling and flushing is the trick I guess.

Heat up you pan and cook the oil a little more but NOT on a bright red element. Once the most of the water is gone. Cool the pot again. Add a little more alcohol and swish around to clean everything back into one pool. heat up until bubbling and then add water again. It' will get cleaner and cleaner everytime.

The first ime you try this you'll be hooked after seeing "the gasoline rainbow" type effect on the water. Don't worry that's just calcites, salts, tars and waxes. They are natural but there is definetly no point in smoking them.

Last step thickening your oil. Now. you are going to have water in your oil and will have to add some serious heat to rid of it.

Ahhhhh shush up and read...I know I know...THC vapes at blah blah blah. BUT water vapes at 100C so that means because the water is in there the THC won't get over 100C until the water is gone. This part is where you need skills. You CAN't do it in a double boiler period. Has to be direct heat right off the stove. Here is the REALLY tricky part. It is going to off gas (steam) and you will think you are burning it. The steam will be white... vape is blue...one you get to blue cool the pot rapidly by placing it the bottom of the pot in cool water. Like in the sink of a bowl. Let it get to room temp and see if it is a workable thickness. Oil should never be runny.



I hope this helps. I'd LOVE to do a video some day. Would make things so much easier to explain.

[hollowpoint]

well grant you'll just have to come over here for the video. I have a broadcast quality camera for making movies etc. maybe some day eh?

[Grant]

Hmmm. A couple tanks of gas and a cooler full of sammages is all it takes. We'll have to work out some plans.

I wish I still had my oil filled electric frying pan...it was the cat's ass for oil making.

[pflover]

for your last step where you are getting the water out it makes sense that you could also bake the crap out of it wit the oven set at 225 for a few days. this should work but prolly not as quickly.

[lesliechet]

thanks grant for your info, I did some evaporating last night , with a little bit and I still did it with out doing it without the further process and boy it makes me cough something rugged, I would suppose it's the crude still in the oil.It's nice and blackess green with a nice oil eroma to it. but I need to refine it more ,like what you said.I got one more question grant , do you wash out your herb with warm to hot water before you extact the oil, and doesnt washing out the herb with water first take out most of the inpurities, like the tars and waxes. and isnt there a another way to extract the pure oil through filtration of some sort ?, just curious. or is your way the only way.

[lesliechet]

yes grant , a video on this would be very educational, I know that by extracting oil using alcahol takes a little bit of knowledge to get it right or purified, after getting your technique down , I want to give the butane way a try , that way to me seems a little easier to get the oil purified, from what I know about it , but I could be wrong.lol.