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JRace

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Hello,

I have been making water-extracted hash for a few months now.
I use a Bubble now, with a 3 bag system (200, 73, 25).
I run 200 grams frozen trim that has already spent 5 min in a dry tumbler. (its free!) At the moment I am using this trim tas I was gifted 50lbs of the stuff.

My questions are:
1) My hash never bubbles, can i expect it to given the low quality trim?
2) I always store in a powder form, is this best?
3) I average 5% yield, is this average?
(200grams = 6g cooking grade, 2g smoke grade 73, 2g smoke grade 25)
4) My second wash is VERY frothy, anything I can do to reduce the bubbles?
(takes much longer to process)

Here is my process, feel free to comment critique, ridicule, ect...

Step one, frozen trim added to wash bag, add 1 bag chopped ice close zipper.
Add another bag of chopped ice to Bubble Now and add water to MIN level.

First wash (smoke grade) 3min, run through all bags and scrapped with spoon onto drying screen (silk screen laid on towel, no pressing), both grades kept separate (73 and 25).

Second wash (cooking grade) add new ice and water to bring up levels. Filtered through the 200 and 25 only. This is then scraped off the 25 and placed on the drying screen.

After 1 hr I remove the wet hash from the drying screen, and lightly chop with a plastic card. This is done on a clean piece of cardboard. THen I place in freezer overnight. I then remove from freezer, lightly chop a second time with the plastic card and then left to dry in a closet for 48hrs. After this I chop as fine as possible and then store.

That is about it...any comments? :wave:
 
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how cold is the water? is it cold enough to hurt when you leave you hand in it?

what are you using to thresh the trm around with??
how long are you threshing?
are you grinding the trim? or is it intact leaf? i

If the glands have been pressed and/or smeared/broken/non-intact, you might wanna use another method. That's low yielding with a three bag set.
 

JRace

Member
The water is very cold - too cold to keep your hand in. I will check the next batch with a thermometer.

The bubble now does all the treshig
3min, smoke grade, 15min food grade
This is tumbled leaf/popcorn buds, broken up consistency.
 

ChaosCatalunya

5.2 club is now 8.1 club...
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On very frosty varieties, my friend gets 10 plus% just from trimmings off buds, not fan leaves........ there should be no "foam"....rinse it through with cold water, your shower head works great..............

Remove wet hash, place in CELLOPHANE, rolling pin it till dry, fresh cellophane, again, leave in fresh air to dry.
 

Verite

My little pony.. my little pony
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Imo your stuff isnt going to bubble with a three bag system. With nothing between your 200 and the 73 the 73 is going to catch so much particulated plant crap its going to make what should be the best material sub-par. If you had a 120 above that you should get bubbly 73.

Next layer, with nothing between your 73 and the 25 the 25 is going to be loaded with sedimentary particles thats another bubbly killer. If you had a 45 it would allow those sediments to pass and allow the 45 to have bubbly potential.
 

blynx

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I found that when I made bubble with dried trim I ended up with powder that wouldn't bubble. When I used fresh frozen trim (same strains) I end up with sticky chunks that do bubble
 

dozer

Member
I've got hash that bubbles (not full melt but bubbles) from a 3 bag set. I do a first run with a wooden spoon, mix only 5 minutes and let settle for another 5. 73u usualy bubbles if the starting material is good enough. With less than excelent quality trim you won't get bubbly bubble with a 3 bag set. Verite is very right, it's not easy to get it bubbly without a 120u or a 160u between the 220u and the 73u.

My last extraction was with some really really frosty Bubblegum trim and the 1st run 73u was so sticky that I had to dry-it on a plate as it would just stick to the cardboard. It's a pitty I didn't have a camera available, the wet resin had such a beautifull redish color (really old trim, trichs turned ambar/red).

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your bubble question has already been anwsered.

2: the more air it's open to faster it breaks down. if your trying to store for more then a month or two. press. if you smoking 6g's in a month. leave it powder. will be smoother by the end of the month. anything longer press.

3: 5% huh? but you said it was free leaf trim. so don't worry about %'s just do your best.

4: i've gotten lots of foam sometimes, less others. i don't know if it has anything to do with nutes left in the plant matter. can you do anything, yeah. pour water over it and hope you washing down some hash. :joint:

i was going to suggest a bamboo stick for you first round..are you just using a tumbler????????????????????? those suck, if that's what your using that's your problem.
 

JRace

Member
Thanks for the ideas...sounds like I need to p/u a couple more bags in order to get the bubbles. :rasta:
 

bubbleman

Active member
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pretty good advice all in all, but i would completely ignore chaos' advice in regards to taking out the wet hash and then rolling pin it dry between wax paper> DO not do that, this is a mistake for sure. WET HASH SHOULD NOT BE PRESSED>
also it will never dry propery, always let it dry in powder form laying on a dessicant.


Peace
Bubble man
 

ilife

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bubbleman said:
pretty good advice all in all, but i would completely ignore chaos' advice in regards to taking out the wet hash and then rolling pin it dry between wax paper> DO not do that, this is a mistake for sure. WET HASH SHOULD NOT BE PRESSED>
also it will never dry propery, always let it dry in powder form laying on a dessicant.


Peace
Bubble man


¨Don´t Bruise The Fruit¨ Right bubbleman?

Glad to see that you have changed from your original instructions.











iLiFE
 

ilife

Active member
? bubble bags / iceolator INSTRUCTIONS

? bubble bags / iceolator INSTRUCTIONS

If Bubble Bags / Iceolator would take the time to improve there original instructions, and help explain the right way of processing and drying your Water Hash Separations then more people would understand "the message"

iLiFE

ilife said:
¨Don´t Bruise The Fruit¨ Right bubbleman?

Glad to see that you have changed from your original instructions.











iLiFE
 
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bubbleman said:
pretty good advice all in all, but i would completely ignore chaos' advice in regards to taking out the wet hash and then rolling pin it dry between wax paper> DO not do that, this is a mistake for sure. WET HASH SHOULD NOT BE PRESSED>
also it will never dry propery, always let it dry in powder form laying on a dessicant.


Peace
Bubble man

What, then why do you sell a pressing screen
 
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British_Bulldog

"Posted at 1:00pm by Aqua Lab Tech"

nothing visible A.L.T. - give up the posting dude, we can't see what you're writing unfortunately
 

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