BobCajun
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I see, so it's not green then at least. Thanks.
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Flaming Pie
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genuity
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A garlic press...
Flaming Pie
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Flaming Pie
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Bought a garlic press and citrus press. Figure i can use the citrus press for extracting every bit of green dragon.
BobCajun
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Don't forget your Irwin bar clamp. Not one of those big 2' ones you see in all the rosin vids, the 6" one. Way easier to handle. Unfortunately I got the SL300 instead of the XP600, so 300 lbs of force. That should be enough though. I saw a video where a guy just stood on the iron and he got 25% yield from some Sinmint Cookies. Kind of a fat guy but not 300 lbs. He used 260 degrees heat though.
I had to order a pink hair iron though. That was the only 2" one available in my region. Looks like a nice little unit though. Just can't let anybody see me with it. I like how the casing is flat instead of curved like most of them. Should be easier to clamp without breaking the plastic. Nice gripping grooves too. Shouldn't be much slippage. The Pink Power rosin press is where it's at.
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DemonTrich
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I played with a higher temp, 209*, meant to do 200*. Came out pretty good. 
BobCajun
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From what I've read when searching about rosin, the market is moving away from herbal and going to extracts, especially rosin because it's all natural. To the average newcomer, hearing about butane being involved would probably be off-putting. But hand pressed low-temp rosin, what's not to like? Good thing I ordered my iron before the run starts.
DemonTrich
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210 seems pretty damn perfect
hyroot
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also get a 600 lb grip. Irwin or Dewalt brand. that will increase yield and psi.
make sure to put a piece of parchement in the garlic press. Because of the holes
Flaming Pie
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How would you avoid pressing too long if you use a clamp? Also, isnt their a risk of cracking the straightener?
I bought some Raw 5x5 parchment squares.
genuity
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The clamps have quick release. ..yes you will crack the case eventually. ..not a big deal.
hyroot
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genuity covered it. but Target sells rolls of unbleached parchment in the pots and pans section.
BobCajun
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I watched some videos by YourWeedOnBrain and he compared pressing natural bud and bud compressed into a disc (hair iron), about a gram each, and the natural came out lighter and had the same yield, about 20%. He was using 260 temp though. Still, what's the difference as long as it comes out golden? It was the same temp for both BTW. Oddly, I haven't seen anyone using a screen with bud. It would help reduce particles.
DemonTrich
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My rosin is a bit on the amber side as I use teim, not flowers. I had a company at the htcc, press a chaos flower, came out blonde as can be. Flower in parchment, no screen.
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BobCajun
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How do you press trim, make a puck first or just put a pile of it in? And what yield do you get from trim?
DemonTrich
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I had the ez squeeze company press it while at the last cannabis cup. They put the bud in parchment paper, flattened it with his hand before putting in the press. Squish bud, remove from press, toss flattened nugget, and gave the the rosin on the paper
Not sure of the yeild. I get damn good yeilds pressing my keif filled baggies. Yeilds I'm very happy with. Best guesstimate, 81g keif should net me 28g rosin, depending on temps pressed at. This is by judging what I've pressed so far, what yeilds I have currently, and how many 5g baggies I have left to press still.
Not sure of the yeild. I get damn good yeilds pressing my keif filled baggies. Yeilds I'm very happy with. Best guesstimate, 81g keif should net me 28g rosin, depending on temps pressed at. This is by judging what I've pressed so far, what yeilds I have currently, and how many 5g baggies I have left to press still.
BobCajun
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Okay but how much kief did you get in the first place? Meaning what was the yield of rosin from what weight of weed you started with? Because if you only got 10% kief then you only got 3.5% rosin overall, as an example.
DemonTrich
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I really don't like posting numbers, the Feds don't like it. I'm yielding much better than when I paid out 50% to my old wax maker to make bho. I press 5g keif at a time at 210*. Yeilds are about 2g+ per 5g keif, +/-. I press each bag a minimum of 4x, each side, then folded in half each side.
