mobin
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so I have some questions....like so many all just swirling around.
but long story short I think, would this same effect be achieved by winterizing the BHO?
It seems to effectively be the same process, except that you're just pulling one thing out.
I'm honestly so confused about the steps and orders in which certain things are done, and I'm not in the best position to randomly experiment.
For instance, if I gave my BHO a water wash first to remvoe some water soluables, and then did ethanol winterizing would that have any beneficial effect at all?
Thats just one of many questions.... there are so many steps involved to produce clear tasty(tasteless) extract that it can be a bit daunting at times.
to "water wash" bho it'd have to either be heated water (steam ) that melted the resinous crude well enough to interact and mix or the crude would need to be diluted in a solvent immiscible with water like pentane or heptane. Then the water could interact with more of the crude extract as it is dissolved in the nonpolar allowing polar contaminants to be rejected into the water. Regular water tends to form a larger emulsion section and takes longer to seperate into layers. Adding salt to the water shortens sep times while also aiding in converting non-hydrateable phosphitides(normally not pulled into the water/salt phase) into hydrateable.
In this picture you can see an example of residual gums(NHP) being pulled out of 1st pass distillate.
you can see how those gums will stick to the walls of the glass....highly annoying chasing that crap out of there.
these procedures usually involve a lot of prep or expensive media/chems so for me its beneficial to work with cleaner starting material when aiming for good purity. Also working from a decarb'd start means i shouldn't have to worry about acidic compounds being lost to hydration.
typical freezer winterization is not as efficient as what the OP is demonstrating. the chromo/filter media present will slow the flow of polar substances allowing for retention and separation. IE if the alumina filtered extract were placed in the freezer there would probably be little to no visual chelation of lipids.
there are still many other methods to accomplish the same task at room temperature none the less.
additions of acids/bases can make a whole new pathway to pure compounds.
removing the acidic constituents of a crude extract and working from there is a fantastic way to ensure excellent distillate