BigBudBill
Member
I have been using this method to make water hash from fresh trim and from leaves I pull off the flowers right before smoking. It is a technique I found on the internet back in '01 and dialed in over the years. I have had several requests to explain the technique and finer points of dialing it in. Even though I have the pics in an album, I am not sure I have made several important points there. So I will try to break it down and answer any questions in this thread.
1 Blender
1 Curtain Liner
1 1/4' aquarium tubing(1/2" diagonal cut on the bottom to prevent accidental resin glad siphoning)
1 4 cup measuring cup
1 tall glass
1 plate with raised rim(I recently changed to a 8"pyrex pie dish)
ice
water
My screen is the thing that makes it all happen. Its a curtain liner bought at KMART for $11.95.
The 1/4' hose in the pic on the right,I used to siphon.
I made a frame and used a thin strip of cardboard to reinforce the screen where I stapled(heavy duty staples) a section of the screen to the frame.
I mostly use this for dry sift from the small leaves in the buds that I pull off right before smoking. I simply cup my hand over the leaves and rub. If I rub gently its higher quality, I can rub it more or if I use to much pressure, too much greenery gets through.
Even though that looks white, it is a golden color. The flash from my camera phone had a weird effect. The way I can tell quality is if its consistency is like a dry powder(not so good,usually greenish) or if it slowly falls as I pile it like a slow moving blob of glands(golden,this is good!).
Ok on to water hash. This method works good for small grows and the resulting trim or even smokers who dont like to smoke the small leaves inside the flowers. The benefit is you dont need buckets or bubble bags, and you can get a Huuuge screen for under $15.
If I use dry material, it doesnt have as good a quality, as this material seems to crumble a bit more using my technique. If I use fresh trim,frozen in the freezer for 4-6 hours, the bubble is nearly full melt(I think Scrooge McD can verify this)and too sticky to handle at room temp,especially during the summer. I have to keep it frozen to handle it. Very high potency....It's a trade off.
Let's look at some pics(Sorry for the sideways pics
):
Pretty simple: I take about 2 cups of water, some ice(hand-full)and do a quick blend for 2 reasons. Chill the water and make more ice surface area to knock off the glands. Then I add my material. I mix with a wooden spoon. I tap on and off at the lowest speed to help mix. The more I hit the button, the lower the quality, so I try to use it as little as possible. I let it sit for about 5 minutes after the initial mixing then I start stirring with my spoon aggressively to knock off the glands. I will only tap the button on the blender when I feel that too much ice is up top(it tends to float up) to re mix it up again. I do this for about 10 minutes, resting every once in a while. I never do it so much it's a chore.
I place the screen over my measuring cup and then dump the blender contents into the screen. I then grab the edges carefully and pull up the screen and plant material and squeeze gently and twist to get the remaining water out. I usually do a second wash of lower quality(and have been known to get a good third wash off BBx NL#5,my fav strain to make bubble hash from so far).
(cut n paste FTW!)
I siphoned off the measuring cup liquid after about 5-8 minutes of settling, then poured into this narrow and tall glass, to better siphon on the next round. Each stage should be done progressively faster for the purist product. The ugly mug behind the glass is the newb that I am giving hash instruction to.
After I siphon the glass down to about 1"-1.5" I stir it back up and pour onto this plate. Notice the rim on the plate. That is key. That grove acts as another collector. Tilt the plate and vibrate it a little by shaking and watch the crystals slide down into the grove. Notice the gold color of the resin glands and the greener color of the tiny amount of green material on the right edge of the plate. I place something (the blender lid) under the opposite side in order to let it settle for a minute.
1 Blender
1 Curtain Liner
1 1/4' aquarium tubing(1/2" diagonal cut on the bottom to prevent accidental resin glad siphoning)
1 4 cup measuring cup
1 tall glass
1 plate with raised rim(I recently changed to a 8"pyrex pie dish)
ice
water
My screen is the thing that makes it all happen. Its a curtain liner bought at KMART for $11.95.
The 1/4' hose in the pic on the right,I used to siphon.
I made a frame and used a thin strip of cardboard to reinforce the screen where I stapled(heavy duty staples) a section of the screen to the frame.
I mostly use this for dry sift from the small leaves in the buds that I pull off right before smoking. I simply cup my hand over the leaves and rub. If I rub gently its higher quality, I can rub it more or if I use to much pressure, too much greenery gets through.
Even though that looks white, it is a golden color. The flash from my camera phone had a weird effect. The way I can tell quality is if its consistency is like a dry powder(not so good,usually greenish) or if it slowly falls as I pile it like a slow moving blob of glands(golden,this is good!).
Ok on to water hash. This method works good for small grows and the resulting trim or even smokers who dont like to smoke the small leaves inside the flowers. The benefit is you dont need buckets or bubble bags, and you can get a Huuuge screen for under $15.
If I use dry material, it doesnt have as good a quality, as this material seems to crumble a bit more using my technique. If I use fresh trim,frozen in the freezer for 4-6 hours, the bubble is nearly full melt(I think Scrooge McD can verify this)and too sticky to handle at room temp,especially during the summer. I have to keep it frozen to handle it. Very high potency....It's a trade off.
Let's look at some pics(Sorry for the sideways pics
):Pretty simple: I take about 2 cups of water, some ice(hand-full)and do a quick blend for 2 reasons. Chill the water and make more ice surface area to knock off the glands. Then I add my material. I mix with a wooden spoon. I tap on and off at the lowest speed to help mix. The more I hit the button, the lower the quality, so I try to use it as little as possible. I let it sit for about 5 minutes after the initial mixing then I start stirring with my spoon aggressively to knock off the glands. I will only tap the button on the blender when I feel that too much ice is up top(it tends to float up) to re mix it up again. I do this for about 10 minutes, resting every once in a while. I never do it so much it's a chore.
I place the screen over my measuring cup and then dump the blender contents into the screen. I then grab the edges carefully and pull up the screen and plant material and squeeze gently and twist to get the remaining water out. I usually do a second wash of lower quality(and have been known to get a good third wash off BBx NL#5,my fav strain to make bubble hash from so far).
(cut n paste FTW!)
I siphoned off the measuring cup liquid after about 5-8 minutes of settling, then poured into this narrow and tall glass, to better siphon on the next round. Each stage should be done progressively faster for the purist product. The ugly mug behind the glass is the newb that I am giving hash instruction to.
After I siphon the glass down to about 1"-1.5" I stir it back up and pour onto this plate. Notice the rim on the plate. That is key. That grove acts as another collector. Tilt the plate and vibrate it a little by shaking and watch the crystals slide down into the grove. Notice the gold color of the resin glands and the greener color of the tiny amount of green material on the right edge of the plate. I place something (the blender lid) under the opposite side in order to let it settle for a minute.
