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Fadedawg

Fadedawg

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DabsonDABS said:
Ok that makes sense, I'm looking at this bel-art scienceware desiccator vacuum chamber, n I was wondering if I could put a hot plate inside of it while I'm purging. How hot do u have the hot plate inside the chamber?
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Depends on what you are doing, but we range from 115F to about 140F.
 
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DabsonDABS

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So I did a few trial runs before my pump gets here n I can purge it correctly. But so far I'm having two problems. The first is as I'm blasting into dish (into Pyrex dish only not in water or griddle) it comes out a nice yellow/golden color but when I'm scraping it turns a lot darker. The second problem is when I'm scraping it the bho hardens. I read that dehydrating it prior to extraction would keep it from turning dark, but the trim n nugs I use are already pretty dried. My vacuum n chamber aren't here yet but would that help to keep it from getting hard? #needhelp
 
Fadedawg

Fadedawg

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Hard is good as it means you are still in mostly carboxylic acid form. Drying material partially decarboxylates it, and decarboxylated oil is darker than carboxylic acid.

Oil always turns darker with thicker films, because of the Beers Lambert effect. One layer may look like transparent stained glass, and two layers will be many shades darker and almost opaque. Bragging rights shatter pictures are always taken in thin films.

The lightest shatters are from young Sativas, extracted still green but fresh frozen.

A vacuum chamber will allow you to purge at lower temperatures, to maintain lighter colors.
 
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str8sativa

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DabsonDABS said:
So I did a few trial runs before my pump gets here n I can purge it correctly. But so far I'm having two problems. The first is as I'm blasting into dish (into Pyrex dish only not in water or griddle) it comes out a nice yellow/golden color but when I'm scraping it turns a lot darker. The second problem is when I'm scraping it the bho hardens. I read that dehydrating it prior to extraction would keep it from turning dark, but the trim n nugs I use are already pretty dried. My vacuum n chamber aren't here yet but would that help to keep it from getting hard? #needhelp
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just puit it over heat and it will get gooey again and srape over heat so it doesnt shott shit everywhere
 
oakley1984

oakley1984

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so i finally decided hey why not, lets post something.... last time i mentioned i didnt wanna make you all feel bad, well fuck that today im showing off.

Purple Grizzley Oil
22g

Approx 3/8ths of an inch thick in the dish.



Even with flash on, Extremely clear.

 
Fadedawg

Fadedawg

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Hee, hee, hee, purdy extract bro! Just begging to be sampled!

It would be even purdier if you backlighted the sample for bragging rights. I've found sunlight to be best for that purpose, though alas we seldom see it around here in the winter.........
 
oakley1984

oakley1984

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Fadedawg said:
Hee, hee, hee, purdy extract bro! Just begging to be sampled!

It would be even purdier if you backlighted the sample for bragging rights. I've found sunlight to be best for that purpose, though alas we seldom see it around here in the winter.........
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lol you referring to me?
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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It looked dabbable to me.. Yes it could be more refined, but I'd still hit that shit.


Better than 98% of the failbudder I see everyone have around here :?.
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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On another note, I just got a quarter gram of shatter gifted to me from a patient. Haven't dabbed in a while, time to medicate. :eyesmoke:

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Really nice, really dry shatter. Dabbed super smooth.




late night dunks, erryone.
 

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oakley1984

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Orlandocb said:
It seems If you don't have as good oil as someone else all the sudden its the worst thing in the world. I don't get it
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matt just likes to give everyone a hard time, 100% guaranteed mine will lab test just as high or higher than anyone elses around :)

what i would love to try is a lab test done on a butane and iso extraction of identical base materials.
 
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DabsonDABS

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So did my third test run, first with my vac. I did 8oz of pure trim n only trim, trim is a few weeks old not moist. My extractor fits 90 grams but only put 56 n used two cans per run(1can power5 per oz) n only got 8g of wax I can't see where I'm going wrong, I blasted on to Pyrex dish in warm water. I feel like I yield more when I pack 90g in the extractor, but this last time it was loosely packed n I had a lot of space left. But I did see a better product after 3 hours of vac purge than before without the vac. Here's a pic of 4g of the 8 I got. Am I crazy or is 8g very little for a half P of trim? I need advice
 

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oakley1984

oakley1984

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DabsonDABS said:
So did my third test run, first with my vac. I did 8oz of pure trim n only trim, trim is a few weeks old not moist. My extractor fits 90 grams but only put 56 n used two cans per run(1can power5 per oz) n only got 8g of wax I can't see where I'm going wrong, I blasted on to Pyrex dish in warm water. I feel like I yield more when I pack 90g in the extractor, but this last time it was loosely packed n I had a lot of space left. But I did see a better product after 3 hours of vac purge than before without the vac. Here's a pic of 4g of the 8 I got. Am I crazy or is 8g very little for a half P of trim? I need advice
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highly depends on the trim. also lose packed material in a bho extraction leads to a lower yeild, same with hard pack... need a nice happy medium in between with a medium-fine grind of the material, will help maximize your output
 
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DabsonDABS

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oakley1984 said:
highly depends on the trim. also lose packed material in a bho extraction leads to a lower yeild, same with hard pack... need a nice happy medium in between with a medium-fine grind of the material, will help maximize your output
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I see, how do u think the end product looked? That pic was after 3 hours in the vac, it basically stopped reacting to the vac n I kept getting it to 29.6hg n it wouldn't do anything any more, I wanted it to get harder should I put I back in?
 
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