Questions about kief, shatter, wax, oil?

After any rosin cures it becomes more shatter like.

D_Urbmon said:

I was just wondering because I would have expected water hash turned rosin might be lower in terps. Everyone talks about those water solubles being lost in the process.

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Only if the environment for making and drying is too warm and humid. If you keep it around 40-60 degrees you lose hardly any terps. You keep those volatile mono terps that evaporate when plant material dries.

So what's the process for making the best possible rosin (let's just assume for this case it's flower were pressing) I'm still using the ghetto method with a little help from an old vice but I try to keep my plate temps below 160° And just press the living shit out of it. I usually wave it once or twice in the freezer door and I can collect it all up just fine. Dabs great in my quartz banger.

Please tell me how to make better rosin, it's one of my favorite ways to smoke.

I will be doing more experimenting with ice and bubble bags hash (a 160 screen rigged over a paint can with material and dry ice inside, mounted to a Sawzall makes some pretty incredible hash, probably not the purest but look up Hashmaster 5000 somewhere) dry sift is really intriguing to me and I will have to try my hand at it eventually but all this will be when I have sugar leaves and trim by the pound to run.

Also: my rosin I make is stable and shatter consistency as soon as I collect it. I swipe it on my oil slick pad and leave it open

I am building this press as we speak. That should help in terms of overall yield and quality.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannabisExtracts/comments/3tqp7r/120_rosin_press_complete_tutorial_with_pictures/

I really enjoy reading about all the science and chemistry and biology behind everything.

hyroot said:

No. Terpenes are the flavors and smells and delivery systems for the cannabinoids. The variation in terpene profile can determine the effect. But not the cannabinoid % you can have 2 strains with the exact same cannabinoid profile but different terpene profile and have a different high from each

The cannabinoid profile is the amount of thc, cbd. cbn, cbg, cbc, thca, thcv

During curing or decarboxylation, thca converts to thc. Then as thc degrades turns into cbn

The higher the brix level in a plant the higher the terpene profile.

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Never knew that. I've learned so much since I discovered rosin. I was way late to the game apparently but then again I was.. not around for a little while.

Question: what is the "brix" level?

Qwatch2000 said:

Never knew that. I've learned so much since I discovered rosin. I was way late to the game apparently but then again I was.. not around for a little while.

Question: what is the "brix" level?

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Brix level is the amount of minerals and sugars in a plant. So seed sprout tea's or top dressed malted seed flour and rock dusts will provide enough sugars and minerals to raise brix levels high enough . That gives you that very pungent flavor and smell.