Rosin Tech

WarMachine

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I found making rosin is actually cheaper for me to make compared to buying oil from the dispensary. The oil from the dispensary is roughly $35-$50 a gram, made from high quality trim I bet or else they would label it nug run like they usually do (which is now more expensive). It cost's me ~$20-$25 to make a gram of rosin from flower. And it is always nug run when I do the rosin.
 

hyroot

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Alright. I had an order for rosin from a patient. Anyhoo I made him some with my grape lime ricky. When I made flower rosin with it for the first time. I got a 33.3% return with a few days cure. Now after a 6 week cure.....10% return..... Yield is up and down and left and right with this tech. With my plushberry, 9lb hammer, and cherry pie i got more with a longer cure. .... at 4 months of cure I was hitting 25% constantly with my plushberry.
 

Cornfed Dread

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Alright. I had an order for rosin from a patient. Anyhoo my grape lime ricky, when I made flower rosin with it for the first time. I got a 33.3% return with a few days cure. 6 weeks cure. 10% return. Yield is up and down and definitely strain dependent. With my plushberry. 9lb hammer and cherry pie of got more with a longer cure. ....
Yes yeild is seeming as affected by moisture content as well quality of pressing material. If I am pressing nug I press it 1-2 days before it goes in jars to cure. Mostly just take fresh frozen trim an larf do a dry ice shake in a 160 bag. Then let it dry for approximately 12 hours or where still moist enough to be easily mushed together an put in 25 micron envelope I made an press. Straight yummy fire. Have 3 strains that get great return wish knew what was key factor in that. Like type trichome , maturity of tric, etc.
 

Learning777

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ok so question everyone!! Was curious what you all thought about a wine bottle filled with hot oil heated to around 250 to keep the temp buffered around 220-240 for further decarbing.....and using the hot oil filled bottle to press some dry soft to make it into both hash and decarb it at the same time.....was curious since I remember reading about pressing it out with boiling hot water inside the bottle but know that wouldn't give as good of a decarb as pressing it with hot oil that stayed up to temp better.....i was curious if anyone had ever tried that method with possibly better results that doing it with the boiling hot water? or is the lower temp from the hot water a better way to go and jjust do a longer pressing with it?
 

Cornfed Dread

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ok so question everyone!! Was curious what you all thought about a wine bottle filled with hot oil heated to around 250 to keep the temp buffered around 220-240 for further decarbing.....and using the hot oil filled bottle to press some dry soft to make it into both hash and decarb it at the same time.....was curious since I remember reading about pressing it out with boiling hot water inside the bottle but know that wouldn't give as good of a decarb as pressing it with hot oil that stayed up to temp better.....i was curious if anyone had ever tried that method with possibly better results that doing it with the boiling hot water? or is the lower temp from the hot water a better way to go and jjust do a longer pressing with it?
The tech you refer to is demonstrated by frenchy cannoli in vids . He is a great hash maker who use ol original hash making region s techs. This process would not decarb the material however it great for pressing into long cure form of hasish. The temp the hash would be at after the bottle an parchment would be much lower than content of bottle. To decarb takes a higher an longer heating. Like 230 for 30 min or til nice brown not burnt though color.
 

Learning777

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The tech you refer to is demonstrated by frenchy cannoli in vids . He is a great hash maker who use ol original hash making region s techs. This process would not decarb the material however it great for pressing into long cure form of hasish. The temp the hash would be at after the bottle an parchment would be much lower than content of bottle. To decarb takes a higher an longer heating. Like 230 for 30 min or til nice brown not burnt though color.
That's part of why when he fills the bottle with boiling hot water it only does a partial decarb like around 50 percent.....I was thinking the hot oil could keep the bottle in the proper range if I put hot enough oil inside .
 

goblyn

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3-4 yr old bud makes my heart hurt.
i hope it was in the freezer
Apologies for the pain. >.<
This older bud is Northern Lights and has been properly cured and stored in airtight mason jars in a cool, dark and dry place. It still smokes as smooth as it ever did and still has its original fruity and piney odor/taste. I have never had any mold or bacterial issues storing homegrown this way.
 

Bugeye

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I'm playing around with ways to get better rosin yields from flowers. Just bought a 23mm pollen press and I'm not sure if it increases yield rate, but it certainly allows you to process a much larger bud for less overall pressing. Thoughts?

Just now I tried something else new this morning in rosin tech experimentation (new for me anyway). I've got some dry crumply buds that produce a lot broken leaf contamination and not much rosin. So I just put one over a tea kettle steam for a couple seconds and the bud went completely soft. Then compressed it in the pollen press. Put it in parchment paper and squeezed out 4 times at 300F (normally I don't squeeze more than 3X, but it was coming out easy). :hump:

The amount of rosin taken was about 4X what I had been getting and completely clean, no broken leaf. It was a bit on the gooey side but I bet it sets up as it dries out...we'll see.

I think this might be an easy way to process bunches of popcorn and trim without using a screen or having to remove small stems, but haven't tried it yet. I really did not feel like I had to press nearly as hard, it was flowing out well. Anyway, give it a try and post your thoughts. I'm high as fuck right now from one little dab so it doesn't hurt the quality from what I can tell. :bigjoint:
 

Yodaweed

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I'm playing around with ways to get better rosin yields from flowers. Just bought a 23mm pollen press and I'm not sure if it increases yield rate, but it certainly allows you to process a much larger bud for less overall pressing. Thoughts?

Just now I tried something else new this morning in rosin tech experimentation (new for me anyway). I've got some dry crumply buds that produce a lot broken leaf contamination and not much rosin. So I just put one over a tea kettle steam for a couple seconds and the bud went completely soft. Then compressed it in the pollen press. Put it in parchment paper and squeezed out 4 times at 300F (normally I don't squeeze more than 3X, but it was coming out easy). :hump:

The amount of rosin taken was about 4X what I had been getting and completely clean, no broken leaf. It was a bit on the gooey side but I bet it sets up as it dries out...we'll see.

I think this might be an easy way to process bunches of popcorn and trim without using a screen or having to remove small stems, but haven't tried it yet. I really did not feel like I had to press nearly as hard, it was flowing out well. Anyway, give it a try and post your thoughts. I'm high as fuck right now from one little dab so it doesn't hurt the quality from what I can tell. :bigjoint:
The best way to press rosin is using a tea bag.
 

Bugeye

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The best way to press rosin is using a tea bag.
I will try adding tea bags to the routine. I've only screened with 25s and that is too fine for my liking. I may cut up a 120 screen and try that tonight if I can't find a tea bag.

But I'm definitely going to be pre-steaming more buds. I may be traveling down the wrong path but it sure SEEMED to make a big difference in yield and ease of extraction. I'll try it a couple hundred more times and report back...
 

Bugeye

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Okay, I haven't done 100 reps yet, but I did do a quick side by side extraction, one with steamed bud, the other with a similar size dry bud. Keep in mind that the bud I am using is over-dried, like from a jar that lost its seal.

I can't say that I see a huge difference in yield and I don't have a scale with that level of accuracy. What I do see is a clear difference in quality. Neither extract was screened, just bud put in parchment. The top pic is rosin from a bud that was steamed for about 3-4 seconds on each side prior to extraction and the bottom pic is rosin from same strain, not steamed. I tried to use the same time on each extract. Bottom picture is a little blurry but it is full of plant material. If this crap was removed there might be a yield difference.

I haven't tried this with good quality buds to see if there is a difference. At least in dry buds it seems to put elasticity back in the green parts to keep them from breaking apart.


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Cornfed Dread

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Just toss up here my way of getting the most flavorful rosin period. I have turned bho producers in my area on to it an a few have ordered presses an most always ask if I have overages. I select an do crosses with soul purpose of making super terpy rich extracts.
I take all material straight from the plant fresh a branch at a time and fine trim it or just clean fan leaves an then after I put immediately in dry ice to flash freeze. After it froze I then do a shake of frozen material with dry ice peanuts in a all mesh 160-190 micron bag. Then collect fresh resin on Pyrex dish . Let air dry approximately 12-24 hrs .lastly basically standard rosin press.i pack hash in my own 25 micron envelopes an press with a $20 2in flat iron I found at Meijer on #1 setting for 20 sec. Place on cold pack wait then collect. I mean this is crazy flavor. I love dabbing someone with it an watching their eyes light up an the faces they make from the mad flavor town I take em too. Check my rosin pics in this thread an my grow journal Cornfed Dread Creations. Bless.
Passion for Hashin
 

Cornfed Dread

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1448134780568.jpg 1448134835267.jpg My rosin for the next couple days. Loving my Louis Cookie male crosses. B'louie Cookies smells an taste like Booberry cereal. Phoenix Fire #2 is so intense with flavor . Everyone loving the profile she brings it's satisfying people enjoying my ideas brought to life. Rosin all day.
 

Yodaweed

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Yeah sift is amazing for pressing , you guys ever pressed dry ice sift? Works awesome too, I use a teabag to do all my presses. Happy Pressin all!
 
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