help an amateur hash maker

[Ursus]

Hey guys I was making my very first batch of hash today because I had a breeding experiment that I was working on and all I got out of it were some really seedy, leafy resinous buds that I wanted to make hash with. I used the blender method because I don't have any bubble bags at all :[. I made the weed slushie and poured it through a metal coffee filter (about the same size holes as a screen for a window) and after that step is says to let the THC fall to the bottom of the jar and the filter it out with a paper coffee filter. The problem is I still have a decent amount very fine plant matter that snuck through the metal screen. How do I remove the extra fine plant matter in the bottom? Is there a makeshift micron screen I can use?

 

[Noobian]

Cheese cloth is the proper size microns...but now that it's all mixed together I don't know how well that is gonna work. But yeah you can buy that stuff at any grocery store.

 

[walt cunningham]

i would recommend getting some bags. you never want to use a blender on dry plant matter as you will end up with lots of green crap in your hash

 

[Ursus]

Cheese cloth is the proper size microns...but now that it's all mixed together I don't know how well that is gonna work. But yeah you can buy that stuff at any grocery store.

the cheesecloth will let the thc pass through it?

What im really in search of is something that will JUST let the water/thc pass through. Will the largest size bubble bag do that?

and for anyone trying to make hash this way, all I have to say is that how fast you pour the liquid/slushie makes a big difference on how much of the plant matter you can catch in the strainer. The slower you pour the more gunk you will get out.

 

[burningfire]

get a sieve or sifter from the kitchen.. something metallic or plastic with fine holes, something you would sift flour through.

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

IMO, fresh frozen weed does best with ice. If weed is too dry or chopped to fine, it may crumble through your siv. If you're going to use the blender, try chopping your bud with scissors, not the blender itself. Once ice and water are in the mix, the blender won't crumble your plant matter as much, especially if it's fresh.

Some peeps like ice extraction with dry weed better, it's up to you. Just try not to crumble it too much prior to extraction until you're ready to get some bags.

If you're doing blender sized batches, consider iso alcohol. I wouldn't get anything less than 90%. Two bucks a pint at the local drug store. Probably cheaper by the gallon at the auto parts store. If it's not cheaper, it's probably as close to 100% as you'll get outside a lab.

 

[walt cunningham]

usually the largest bubble bag gets most of the green out, i use it as my "work" bag(do the mixing in it, then let settle for a while and then pull and dump that liquid in the remaining bags) but that next bag is still not great quality.
ebay some sprung bags, great for the price, or just do bho

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

if you're gonna do bags... mix in a bucket first, then pour through bags. they'll last much longer.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

sounds like at this point you should just make 30 sec wash iso hash out of it all.

 

[Thomkal Vwalaa]

BLENDER WAS THE WORST MOVE YOU COULD HAVE MADE. You don't wan to chop the plant matter up, you want to agitate it to break the trichome heads off. Then you take the water laden with trichome heads and run that through your screen.

 

[Tr33]

a blender?
omg what a mess.
Use Everclear and then use a paper filter
evap the alcohol for your clean head stash.

Cheesecloth is not any good for a filter, LMAO!!!
it's like got huge holes in the weaving and is a waste of this users time, effort, and money.

as to bubble bags
Yes, use a 160 and the 25
it will clean up your mess
but cost you a few dimes.

Will the largest size bubble bag do that?

and for anyone trying to make hash this way, all I have to say is that how fast you pour the liquid/slushie makes a big difference on how much of the plant matter you can catch in the strainer. The slower you pour the more gunk you will get out.

uh...no, you have this is wrong.
if you pour through your 160 this catches all your trash
no matter how fast you dump it into the bags
all the goodies fall through the 160 to be caught by your
other finer screens, no trash gets through.

The only so called trash that would go through,
is the herb that was chopped by your blender fine
enough to fall through the finer bubble screens.

NEVER USE A BLENDER!!!

You stir by hand, everyone knows this I thought
I guess not

 

[Scrogerman]

You'll want different size/micron screens/bags if you want the best hash/bubble 45u 73u 90u & maybe a 120u & a trash/work bag, better quality from seperation this way, consider a 25u too, but the 45u, 73u & 90u are the ones you want. Like the others have said make Iso/bho & be done with it!(less hassle for a better end product imo)

 

[Ursus]

Thanks for all the input guys. I just would have to ask why would it be unsmart to chop the weed before making hash if you have the bubble bags to filter the plant matter out?

Tr33 what I meant by pouring slow only applies to the people who don't have the bubble bags to filter out everything.

but can someone describe the iso hash step by step?

I have my jar of water with the thc and fine plant matter on the bottom. Im going to filter that all out with a paper filter and then what? This is where I'm lost.

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

Thanks for all the input guys. I just would have to ask why would it be unsmart to chop the weed before making hash if you have the bubble bags to filter the plant matter out?

Tr33 what I meant by pouring slow only applies to the people who don't have the bubble bags to filter out everything.

but can someone describe the iso hash step by step?

I have my jar of water with the thc and fine plant matter on the bottom. Im going to filter that all out with a paper filter and then what? This is where I'm lost.

QWISO process - http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=66497

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

Pour your slurry through the paper filter. You'll have plant matter in your hash beacuse it's too late to separate w/o the proper sized meshes.

It's a matter of not crumbling your weed any smaller than the size mesh you have to pour through.

 

[Ursus]

Pour your slurry through the paper filter. You'll have plant matter in your hash beacuse it's too late to separate w/o the proper sized meshes.

It's a matter of not crumbling your weed any smaller than the size mesh you have to pour through.

Yeah that was indeed true this time man. Very true.

 

[Ursus]

So will a paper coffee filter, filter out the thc?

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^ dude just do the quick wash iso hash. it cost 2 dollars and will make a much better product at this point. trust me..

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

So will a paper coffee filter, filter out the thc?

I'm not disagreeing with HZ, iso would just dissolve your resin together with the trash.

(If) you go with the paper filter, your heads, glands and trash will be trapped by the filter (only water should pass through.) Then you allow the stuff atop the paper filter to dry and carefully scrape it off the paper into something suitable for storage and or use.

 

[Ursus]

im going with the iso wash man. It's just I read two way different tutorials. In the QWISO one it says he drains his liquid through a coffee filter then uses that liquid to dry. The person above just said that the coffee filter catches the thc? So why is he just using the after liquid? Is it because the alcohol breaks everything down smaller or what? I also only have 70% iso is the only problem is takes longer to dry? Just trying to expand.