Hello folks
I like to turn all of my trash into stash and one of my favourite ways is to use Isopropanol alcohol to make oil. It is incredibly easy, very quick, very cheap and is a great way of extracting as much THC as possible without expensive equipment and dangerous techniques.
I have tried to make this pictorial as simple as possible.
Step 1. Take some plant matter, chop it up quite fine. It can be wet or dry, makes no difference, you can use anything - leaves, stems, mouldy buds, trim - if it has trichomes on it you can make oil out of it!
Step 2: Put your trim in a glass jar with a sealable lid. The jar should be big enough that the trim fills less than half of it's volume.
Step 3: Obtain some 99.9% pure Isopropanol alcohol, also known as Iso-Propyl Alcohol or IPA. There is also a 97% grade, avoid this as it contains impurities that will end up in your oil.
Step 4: Pour the alcohol into the jar so that the level of liquid is at least a few mm higher than the level of plant material.
Step 5: Close the lid securely and shake like **** for between 25 and 30 seconds. No more than 30 secs as this will dissolve unwanted impurities such as waxes and chlorophylls from the plant matter, producing a dark, impure oil with a harsh taste.
Step 6: Take a funnel and place a filter in it, a coffee filter is ideal, I use a funnel with a built-in metal screen.
Step 7: Pour the liquid and plant material out of the jar into the funnel, collecting the liquid in a vessel such as a cup or glass.:
Step 8: Squeeze the plant matter gently so that most of the liquid is removed:
Step 9: Remove funnel and throw away plant matter, allow the liquid to sit in the cup for a while so any particulates that got through the screen will settle in the bottom:
Step 10: Pour the liquid slowly into a pyrex plate or shallow dish:
Step 11: There will be some residue left at the bottom of the cup, discard this:
Step 12: Bring a pan of water to the boil:
Step 13: Place the pyrex plate on top of the pan:
Step 14: Soon steam will start to be emitted, heating the plate, turn down the heat so the water stay boiling but doesn't bubble too violently, you don't want your plate of precious oil all over the floor!
Step 15: The strong solvent smell and the vapour rising from the liquid indicate the alcohol has begun to evaporate:
Step 16: Ensure adequate ventilation, I have an extractor hood above my cooker so I use that, open doors and windows.
Step 17: Slowly the volume of liquid in the plate is reduced as the alcohol evaporates. It takes between 10 mins and an hour depending on the volume of liquid to be evaporated.
Step 18: Eventually all the liquid disappears and you are left with a golden brown layer of oil:
Step 19: Scrape up oil from plate with a metal blade, it is easiest to do this right away while the plate it still warm:
Step 20: Put it in a metal or glass container:
Now enjoy!
I like to turn all of my trash into stash and one of my favourite ways is to use Isopropanol alcohol to make oil. It is incredibly easy, very quick, very cheap and is a great way of extracting as much THC as possible without expensive equipment and dangerous techniques.
I have tried to make this pictorial as simple as possible.
Step 1. Take some plant matter, chop it up quite fine. It can be wet or dry, makes no difference, you can use anything - leaves, stems, mouldy buds, trim - if it has trichomes on it you can make oil out of it!
Step 2: Put your trim in a glass jar with a sealable lid. The jar should be big enough that the trim fills less than half of it's volume.
Step 3: Obtain some 99.9% pure Isopropanol alcohol, also known as Iso-Propyl Alcohol or IPA. There is also a 97% grade, avoid this as it contains impurities that will end up in your oil.
Step 4: Pour the alcohol into the jar so that the level of liquid is at least a few mm higher than the level of plant material.
Step 5: Close the lid securely and shake like **** for between 25 and 30 seconds. No more than 30 secs as this will dissolve unwanted impurities such as waxes and chlorophylls from the plant matter, producing a dark, impure oil with a harsh taste.
Step 6: Take a funnel and place a filter in it, a coffee filter is ideal, I use a funnel with a built-in metal screen.
Step 7: Pour the liquid and plant material out of the jar into the funnel, collecting the liquid in a vessel such as a cup or glass.:
Step 8: Squeeze the plant matter gently so that most of the liquid is removed:
Step 9: Remove funnel and throw away plant matter, allow the liquid to sit in the cup for a while so any particulates that got through the screen will settle in the bottom:
Step 10: Pour the liquid slowly into a pyrex plate or shallow dish:
Step 11: There will be some residue left at the bottom of the cup, discard this:
Step 12: Bring a pan of water to the boil:
Step 13: Place the pyrex plate on top of the pan:
Step 14: Soon steam will start to be emitted, heating the plate, turn down the heat so the water stay boiling but doesn't bubble too violently, you don't want your plate of precious oil all over the floor!
Step 15: The strong solvent smell and the vapour rising from the liquid indicate the alcohol has begun to evaporate:
Step 16: Ensure adequate ventilation, I have an extractor hood above my cooker so I use that, open doors and windows.
Step 17: Slowly the volume of liquid in the plate is reduced as the alcohol evaporates. It takes between 10 mins and an hour depending on the volume of liquid to be evaporated.
Step 18: Eventually all the liquid disappears and you are left with a golden brown layer of oil:
Step 19: Scrape up oil from plate with a metal blade, it is easiest to do this right away while the plate it still warm:
Step 20: Put it in a metal or glass container:
Now enjoy!
