help makin ISO..........

[greenluv707]

i was just woundering what would be the correct steps for makin top grade iso,


90%iso or more correct?
shake time?
what do you drain it in to?or through?
and can you evaporate it on a seeding mat? of course after its in a glass brownie tray.

if anybody can help that would be great.....

 

[Gray Wolf]

i was just woundering what would be the correct steps for makin top grade iso,


90%iso or more correct?
shake time?
what do you drain it in to?or through?
and can you evaporate it on a seeding mat? of course after its in a glass brownie tray.

if anybody can help that would be great.....

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=182563

I shake for 20 seconds with the material and alcohol at 0F.

I pour through a wire strainer for a fast drain and then again through a coffee filter.

What temperature does the mat operate at?

 

[hashcraver]

I use 99% ISO in mine when I can get it.

 

[supermanlives]

mats work perfect . i do it all the time

 

[Don Dump]

90%iso or more correct?
shake time?
what do you drain it in to?or through?
and can you evaporate it on a seeding mat? of course after its in a glass brownie tray.

if anybody can help that would be great.....

99% is best
for a full jar of trim. I aim for 30 seconds or so total time including pouring and draining. for a part jar, even less time
I drain through a permanent coffee filter for quick drain (fine mesh strainer works) then through coffee filters
you can, but if its a lot of alcohol can take a couple days. I prefer the double boiler, outside of course. then I let it sit for a few days to be sure

probably want your alcohol to look something like this. 1st wash on the left. might be a lighter colour if you use less weed/more iso

 

[supermanlives]

with a fan blowing over my glass brownie pan and a mat undernieth and fumes going out window. its only like an hour till evaporated. no spark or flames and no worry

 

[greenluv707]

THANK YOU YOU GUYS, i just had to ask how to make some good iso,also does advance nuts sell a iso?

again thanx for all the good info .i got alot of some regulator sugar leaf trim.ive allways made high grade bubble but needed to switch it up this round.

 

[supermanlives]

if advanced sold iso you wouldnt be able to afford it. i get 91 iso from walmart cheapest or rite aid. most drugstores ,pharmacies have iso

 

[supermanlives]

i will sell you some at advanced prices . how does 100$ gallon sound lol

 

[mrdizzle]

I started tumbling my trim, then making oil of of the keif with 99% iso. makes for a high high quality oil

AN did make it, it was $31 for a 1/2gal I think

 

[Psuper]

qwiso, quick-wash iso

qwiso, quick-wash iso

Above pics are from first run. These pics were taken when this qwiso had just beentaken out of a freezer, it is much more oily, runny when at room temp.

I filtered the 99% isopropyl through a 28μ polyester monofilament mesh screen.

A coffee filter is usually around this same micron size but often larger. As a couple folks mentioned above, filter your material through a wire strainer before filtering your iso through a finer mesh or filter.

I secured the above mentioned 28μ monofilament mesh screen inside the ring of a wide mouth mason jar.



In the future I'd like to add an additional step and use a syringe filter which GrayWolf and some other members in here have mentioned are easy to get.

The above pic is from the second wash.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Sooooo, how did it test out brother PS?

 

[greenluv707]

im just gathering the materials to make it. i got a whole room of regulator kush drying,as soon as i start to make it ill tak pix to show you guys. again thanx for the help.

 

[greenluv707]

hey guys i made a test batch and when i was drying it theres this milky white supstance ?what the hell is this? and is it dangerious?

 

[Don Dump]

yeah that milky stuff is normal. not sure what it is though, wax or something maybe

 

[Gray Wolf]

hey guys i made a test batch and when i was drying it theres this milky white supstance ?what the hell is this? and is it dangerious?

Water, alcohol, and plant waxes and oils will make a milky solution, but are not toxic after evaporated off.

 

[greenluv707]

thanx just never seen that befor........white liquid shit is crazy lookin.

 

[Gray Wolf]

You're welcome!

Yeah, there are a lot of variables that come and go with any process that uses products straight out of Mother Nature's kitchen.

I remember once, in a highly controlled industrial x-ray film making process, the sensitivity of the film was greatly altered because the cows that the film's emulsion coating was made from, had a grazing diet that included wild onions.

Less exotic, here in the Willamette River Valley for instance, relative humidity, wind, and falling water can be a big factor on how we process our material.

Any forced evaporation without adequate heating, drops the dew point of the surrounding air. That condenses on the edges of the evaporating container near the evaporating pool, which adds more water to the process.

Our processes and process controls are going to be different than say with brother Jump basking in the sub zero Moscow winters with zip for relative humidity, or one of ya'll high desert or more equatorial brothers and sisters.

I use a deeper container so that the evaporating solvent floats the high humidity air high above the edge of the evaporating pool, where the temperature gradient isn't so large.

I force the rapid evaporation by setting the deeper container in hot water or oil, rather than use a fan, though I do use a fan at a lower velocity to keep the vapors from accumulating.

What climatic conditions are you in?

 

[greenluv707]

my bad grey wolf been choping my crop down and helping a buddie chop his too. i live near sac, weater been f uped lately. its pretty dry here uselly. when i made the iso there was some that dried and when i scraped it,it powerized and then there was some that stayed more goopy.how did the guy get his so honey lookin?mine also had a amberish tint to it? did i run it wrong? shook for thirty seconds,drained through a coffee filter,then i put it in a glass brownie pan and let it evaporate, does the sun harm it?

 

[Gray Wolf]

my bad grey wolf been choping my crop down and helping a buddie chop his too. i live near sac, weater been f uped lately. its pretty dry here uselly. when i made the iso there was some that dried and when i scraped it,it powerized and then there was some that stayed more goopy.how did the guy get his so honey lookin?mine also had a amberish tint to it? did i run it wrong? shook for thirty seconds,drained through a coffee filter,then i put it in a glass brownie pan and let it evaporate, does the sun harm it?

Don't feel lonely, lots of folks still throwing good stuff away. The journey of 1000 miles begins with an awareness of the concept, and I see more and more folks getting attuned to turning scrap to gold.

ISO extracts do come out brittle sometimes. The colors vary a lot by strain as well, not to mention whether it was still mostly THCA or had decarboxylated during curing some. Heat and decarboxylation darken the colors toward amber.

A light colored strain, frozen and extracted green, well filtered, and evaporated with little heat, will produce a light honey colored oil, while the same strain extracted cured and heat purged will be darker amber.

UV light does destroy the cannabinoids, but a short duration doesn't a lot.

I keep mine in the dark or blue containers once extracted. Blue is the color that reflects the most UV, which is why it appears blue to us. Amber reflects infra red, or heat better.