invincipal
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anyone know where i can get a honey bee extractor for less than 40 bucks?
gave up to soon, a turkey baster works well. tisk tisk.i tried making one out of household items before reading all the replys...but i had about a 36" burnt florence bulb....took the ends off with a plyers...carefully until i got the pressure out on one side...broke it so that it was only about a foot long....cleaned the inside to get rid of the white powder inside.....so one side was nice and round...the other kinda sharp in spots...bought a reuseable coffee filter for 3 bucks at walmart.....ducked taped the filter to the sharp end....and bough a sink stopper and stabed a hole in the middle to make a cross(+).....all set? bought some expensive butane "near zero impurities" online....thought i had everything....nahhh...the bulb's glass is too thin.....the cap doesn't have enough pressure against the butane can to make it come out.....and by holding the glass hard it will break and or shadder....i just bought a 43 dollar honey extractor off ebay just about 3 hours ago...basically like trying to make my own but when it doesn't work the first time i'm kinda disappointed and just say fuck it.
This is the same method I have personally used for years, has worked for me so far, around harvest time i always pick up a flat of canning jars for curing anyway and you can double boil with them very easily, the glass is high tempered and wont shatter the only warning is if using a gas stove to double boil keep the flame low as isopropyl alcohol is extremely flamablethere is a better way of making hash oil.
Get a large glass jar and fill it with your trim/buds and then with isopropyl alcohol so the matter is submerged. Shake it for 20-30 seconds but no longer otherwise you'll start to bring out the clorophyl. Pour the jar over a fine strainer into a glass bowl so only the liquid is in the bowl. Set that bowl in a larger tray/bowl of hot water to evaporate the alcohol. After a day or so it should all be gone and you'll be left with a fine layer of oil on the bowl.