95% isopropyl alcohol. Hash questions

Grow Goddess

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Another pissing contest?
Come now, let's make this enjoyable.
Everybody's got the best stuff? Let's see.
I don't want to just see one picture, let's see them all.
If you want to make it entertaining for the readers, put up some pictures of what you have right now. Freshly dated so we all know it is the real deal.
If you're all that, then you should be able to show what you are sporting.

No offense boys, just having some fun..... :P
 

Bublonichronic

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Unfortunately I just started flowering and have no buds or hash atm, moving sucks...but when I had my perpetual goin I posted plenty
 

Thefarmer12

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I'm glad I found this thread. Very entertaining.

Does your hash get you/your friends/family's rocks off? Then enjoy it.

All this legalization shit has caused the community to be a giant pissing match. My hash/flowers/breeding/dick is bigger than yours. I honestly think it's done more bad than good.

Quite a difference from what the community used to be. Enjoy what you have and how lucky we are to be able to grow such a giving plant.
 

ryuyugo2989

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So you don't care about your brain and your body? That shit gonna give you brain damage, it says specifically on the bottle DO NOT INHALE. And you guys are making concentrates with this stuff? No thanks, I would rather smoke some bubble hash or rosin, not smoking BHO or PHO or ISO or ANY contaminated dabs fuck that my health is worth way more to me than getting high. Even if you purge it for days you still have residuals in your concentrates but you guys don't care about your health so I won't keep on, and this bublonic guy is an idiot. Check my dabs out kid you will never smoke something this fire unless you buy it.
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Gorilla Glue#4 Flower Rosin. That slab weighed 2 grams.
Look at all that plant matter in it
 

LamontCranston

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Ok so I been making iso hash for awhile now and I've heard a lot of different techniques. I'm stuck on which is the best. Here's my questions

Is it better to do hot or cold extractions?

Are the resins from the leaf / stem of a different quality than the ones collected from the buds?

Can I purify the finished iso hash and enhance its quality?

What are some better solvents that aren't butane or hard to get ahold of?

Any other iso tips except anything involving butane.

Question 1: cold, alcohol picks up more chlorophyll and fats when it's warm.
Question 2: I wouldn't use stems or poor quality trim, you'll end up with almost nothing but fats and chlorophyll. The oils in high quality trim and bud are pretty much exactly the same quality, trim will yield you less though.
Question 3: No.
Question 4: You really want Everclear or any other food grade alcohol above 95% alcohol by volume. The problem with isopropyl alcohol even though it's so much cheaper is that there are acetates added. They are added to prevent people from drinking these alcohols, which are intended for cleaning or whatever. Acetates will not evaporate from your isohash. =( Choosing food grade alcohol is important for your health, and the health of those around you. =p
Question 5. Use everclear, and rememer that temperature is VERY important. you want to freeze everything before washing your trim with everclear. This is to limit the amount of chlorophyll picked up by the alcohol. If you do this perfectly, you will end up with a golden alcohol tincture instead of dark green/light green.

Good luck. =)
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qwizoking

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rubbing alcohol is denatured.
also only 70% to reduce skin irritation. above that is for cleansing purposes
i have seen 70% isopropyl alcohol but not as common

isopropyl alcohol is not denatured. typically 91/99%.
completely clean, and is infact its main purpose. cleaning very sensitive electronics and in the medical field etc where we can't have any residue

most pharmacies will carry rubbing alcohol, perhaps dyed green depending where you shop and an isopropyl alcohol either 91 or 99,
 
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LamontCranston

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rubbing alcohol is denatured.
also only 70% to reduce skin irritation. above that is for cleansing purposes
i have seen 70% isopropyl alcohol but not as common

isopropyl alcohol is not denatured. typically 91/99%.
completely clean, and is infact its main purpose. cleaning very sensitive electronics and in the medical field etc where we can't have any residue

most pharmacies will carry rubbing alcohol, perhaps dyed green depending where you shop and an isopropyl alcohol either 91 or 99,
I stand corrected.
 

Bugeye

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I've enjoyed this thread! The only Qwiso I ever ran was not quick and not cold so I think that explains my past results. I'm going to try again after reviewing some of the excellent techs here.

The only fresh frozen I have on hand are popcorn buds that were cut warm and then frozen so I'm guessing I won't get the best results but I'm curious so I'll give it a try and expect to still have plenty of room for improvement.

I've got one strain in particular that does not rosin well but smokes nice so I'm curious to see what it does with ISO. Cheers!
 

Bugeye

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Apologies for this question line, but I'm searching and not finding it. Is there a holding capacity for ISO? Meaning, could I pour my first rinse over more bud and keep dissolving more trichs? Would there be diminishing returns or quality issues?
 

Greenthumbs21

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Apologies for this question line, but I'm searching and not finding it. Is there a holding capacity for ISO? Meaning, could I pour my first rinse over more bud and keep dissolving more trichs? Would there be diminishing returns or quality issues?
Ya the more time you rerun booze the less holding and stripping capacity it has... the stuff is cheap and it best to do small batches that way its cold and quick.... if you want to run a bunch of product then put your pyrex on the heat source and go from the freezer to the pyrex over and over till its gone or the pyrex is full.. then your looking at an all day cook.
 

Bugeye

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Ya the more time you rerun booze the less holding and stripping capacity it has... the stuff is cheap and it best to do small batches that way its cold and quick.... if you want to run a bunch of product then put your pyrex on the heat source and go from the freezer to the pyrex over and over till its gone or the pyrex is full.. then your looking at an all day cook.
Thank you! Got my ISO in the freezer and hope to play tonight. I'm not planning to do any heat on the evap as I really want to see how much flavor I can get. Planning to run some fresh frozen and another batch of dry buds from the same strain just to see the difference. Thanks again!
 
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