Bublonichronic
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Honestly, if you gettin "tane soup" A. Your a fool for buying it and B. Your supplier sucks and I bet the rosin is shit too
GreenStick85
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They all have their own pros and cons here. Since bho doesn't preserve taste you get more bang for your buck for yield but since the tane soup arguments are set, people ought to know what winterizing is. Rosin has the potential to be a big big contender but I've never used a big press before. Just an iron. It works don't get me wrong but time consuming as a whole.
WarMachine
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You can make it with kief and hash as well. I have heard of people doing it with shake but never tried it myself. I just can't imagine a good yield personally but I could be wrong.
Yodaweed
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You can get a good yield from shake just tightly pack it into a tea bag, the tighter the better, I use trim to make rosin and get good returns.
GreenStick85
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I saw these...I'd call them tea bags but they were literally silk screen teabags at like 37u (wrong symbol I know). They looked like its for when you want to press kief or hash between the parchment. I could be wrong because I didn't buy them or see them upclose but if that makes a better result or refined it in some way, cool. I just figure if you're finding good yields whether it is shake or either frosty or not so frosty buds( believe me I've experienced both having outcomes, odd how that works) you keep at that method.
My question to you folks is what have you done to increase your yields?
My question to you folks is what have you done to increase your yields?
GreenStick85
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I guess you're right but rosin isn't perfect so just wondered if the technique is changing. Haven't done it in some time though.
Bugeye
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PSI makes a big difference at the low end of the scale but I have never tried a 2000 lb press. If I went from say 500 PSI to 2000 PSI, how much yield improvement would you guess? Presumably you can drop your temp even more with greater pressure so is it a quality improvement as we'll with more PSI?
Agree strain is most important.
chuck estevez
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I press with 10 tons and still have to use 150 degrees on each plate side to get best press. i don't see a big yield difference between someone with 600lb clamp and straightener. i can just do more in 1 press
Bugeye
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I'm squeezing at 300f (as low as I can go with my current straightener) and not happy with the flavor.
Are you just heating metal plates in your oven and putting in your press? I may try this route for now just to keep learning more before I spend much on a better solution.
Bugeye
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One more question on high pressure extracts, are you able to get it all in one press or do you still need multiple presses? Thanks!
chuck estevez
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chuck estevez
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to hot or you're pressing to long. try press and let go after 3 sec.
chuck estevez
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I get the best stuff on first press, I then let it cool off, then get a second press. quality goes down a little each press.
hyroot
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You'd need a 40 ton press to get 2000 psi. 1-2 ton to get 500 psi. With a 2inch straightener and a 600 lb grip you get 75 psi. The quality will also be better with higher psi
Bugeye
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Is that a heating tape banded to your blocks? I'm searching for where I can find an inexpensive way to attach heating coils to a block with temp control. Haven't found anything less than $300 so far. Anyone with good links on inexpensive heating elements and controllers? I know there is something cheaper out there!
chuck estevez
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I took apart 2 hair straighteners and that is plumbers tape holding them to the side of those bench block's
2 hair straighteners = $30
3 bench blocks = $90
weld upper block to connector = $30
plumbers tape = free,had lying around
Bugeye
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Well that's an excellent cobble job! Great idea to bust apart the straighteners, ha, why didn't I think of that?! How long does it take to heat up those blocks?