Plate temp for rosin press....

so I'll just go ahead and say, I probably don't have a quality rosin pressing system. the press itself is fine, but the plates are what i'm worried about. what temp should be be looking for at the plate, particularly. The temp guages I have been setting to 175 (for hash) < 220 (for flower). When i used a temp gun (not the best one but still seems accurate to a lot of things I point it at) the plates were reading like 145-150 when on the 215 temp setting. I feel that I have greatly been missing yields from some of the flower I press. I know it's strain dependent, but I grow very high quality flowers organically with some proven strains like White Widow, and I'm getting press results in the <12% range.

should the plates match the temp set on the dial???

Double check temp with another method, ir temp guns can be misleading sometimes on reflective surfaces. Just to make sure you're chasing the right problem.

Here's A Good Read On The Subject Of Pressure And Heat. Myself I Hardly Go Over 220 On Flower And I'm Around 190 For Hash. I Also Utilize The Bottle Tech Technique for Bag Loading

https://gopurepressure.com/blogs/rosin-education/the-physics-behind-rosin-heat-pressure

As maxsnax said, check the temperature using a different method. I used a laser-guided IR temp gun and it showed temps 30+ degrees lower than what the digital display on the press (MyPress) said. I thought I had a bad unit. Then I put a meat thermometer from my grill between the plates and it gave me the same reading as the press.

I think that the fact that I had to use a shallow angle when aiming the temp gun caused bad readings. The fact that the plates are shiny may also make a difference.

Arby64 said:

As maxsnax said, check the temperature using a different method. I used a laser-guided IR temp gun and it showed temps 30+ degrees lower than what the digital display on the press (MyPress) said. I thought I had a bad unit. Then I put a meat thermometer from my grill between the plates and it gave me the same reading as the press.

I think that the fact that I had to use a shallow angle when aiming the temp gun caused bad readings. The fact that the plates are shiny may also make a difference.

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I'm going to use the meat thermometer method, good frickin idea!

@ShLUbY,
Sounds like you are getting good results.
The humidity of the flowers can be a contributing factor.

Here's a video that explains what I am talking about.


Good luck.

Chris Edward said:

@ShLUbY,
Sounds like you are getting good results.
The humidity of the flowers can be a contributing factor.

Here's a video that explains what I am talking about.

Good luck.

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yeah i figured that was gonna be the case. just makes sense. my flowers are definitely at optimum humidity levels (btw 60-65%).

i will be testing the temp of the plates again later today. i'll let you guys know what I find out.