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UPDATE: found out after dissasembly that across international are cheap and garbage (lesson learned) but I was able to find the leak in the vacuum release so I just by passed it and put in a ball valve on the pump hose, and a bleed valve. I'm and finally getting full vac and am getting bubbles to break at 125f. I have been purging for two solid days now but I still can't get it to shatter!! Sticky oil. Almost snap and pull texture. I have flipped once. Smells and burns clean though. Maybe it's just not going to stable up?
Is it possible that you have some water content in there? In theory winterizing should help remove water content, but if you're not careful of condensation when you're filtering the ethanol you can end up adding some water to your stuff that way. I've gotten better results with Everclear extract stability ever since I started filtering them inside the freezer then bringing the cold jar of filtered Everclear out of the freezer in a sealed container to let it warm up to room temp.