midnitetoak
Active Member
I have been hounding veteran RIU users here for awhile trying to decide what method of extraction is best. I think both methods can produce decent oil and there are distinct advantages and disadvantages to each. For the benefit of those who want to try extracting honey oil this thread can serve as a forum to help decide what way is best for their situation. I think a lot of people are put off by solvent extraction simply because it is easier to just roll a fatty or pack a bowl but dabbing honey oil is much more potent, cleaner, and doesn't smell up your house as much as smoking. Making concentrates is a benefit that every grower should know how to do and a great way to process trims with minimal waste.
I made my 1st batch of QWISO a month ago & was amazed how easy it is. Qwiso is the simplest way to make honey oil but it can take up to 2 days to finish. I find that qwiso tends to be thinner than BHO and harder to make shatter or wax out of it but a sticky taffy is easily done. If you live in an apartment or have no place outside to purge then qwiso is your best option because it can be purged indoors with minimal risk of fire. Prep time is longer because it is recommended to use bud and ISO that is as cold as possible from the freezer. Qwiso purges at room temp which makes it easy to work with.
Made BHO shatter for the first time last night and I found the yield to be almost double that of qwiso using same quantity of material & same strain. However purging BHO is a much more involved process than qwiso & requires heat and vacuum purging. If not careful any spark can ignite an explosion so extreme caution must be used when making BHO. I used a mityvac hand brake bleeder and suction cup to purge in a hot water bath with a jelly jar but it would take goddam gorilla hands get it to wax IMO. There must be a reason everyone else here is using a 3+ cfm vac pump & vac chamber to purge their oil....cause doing it by hand is a fuckton of work. It doesn't take long to heat purge butane....like 15 mins, but the vac purge process can take several hours and several purges before "mellow" oil is achieved.
What method of extraction do you prefer?
I made my 1st batch of QWISO a month ago & was amazed how easy it is. Qwiso is the simplest way to make honey oil but it can take up to 2 days to finish. I find that qwiso tends to be thinner than BHO and harder to make shatter or wax out of it but a sticky taffy is easily done. If you live in an apartment or have no place outside to purge then qwiso is your best option because it can be purged indoors with minimal risk of fire. Prep time is longer because it is recommended to use bud and ISO that is as cold as possible from the freezer. Qwiso purges at room temp which makes it easy to work with.
Made BHO shatter for the first time last night and I found the yield to be almost double that of qwiso using same quantity of material & same strain. However purging BHO is a much more involved process than qwiso & requires heat and vacuum purging. If not careful any spark can ignite an explosion so extreme caution must be used when making BHO. I used a mityvac hand brake bleeder and suction cup to purge in a hot water bath with a jelly jar but it would take goddam gorilla hands get it to wax IMO. There must be a reason everyone else here is using a 3+ cfm vac pump & vac chamber to purge their oil....cause doing it by hand is a fuckton of work. It doesn't take long to heat purge butane....like 15 mins, but the vac purge process can take several hours and several purges before "mellow" oil is achieved.
What method of extraction do you prefer?
