Solvent Question

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sow the seeds

• Jun 6, 2008

• #1

Just wondering if anyone has tried any other solvents besides butane and ISO for making oil. I searched a bit but didn't find much. I work in a lab and have access to solvents such as methanol, 100% ethanol, ethers, etc. and thought it would be interesting to see if there are better options than the more common ones.

 

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stealthballer

Active member

• Jun 6, 2008

• #2

lol

you didn't search too hard

search hexane

 

Papulz

lover of all things hashlike

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• Jun 7, 2008

• #3

try the pure ethanol, its a great way to decrease the likelihood of death or ending up with crappy oil.

 

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gordonliu

Member

• Jun 7, 2008

• #4

pentane is the win. its kinda expensive, and most labs will use hexanes or pet ether because they are cheaper, but this stuff rocks

 

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sow the seeds

• Jun 8, 2008

• #5

Aha I didn't search very much because I wasn't even thinking of hexane for some reason. Have to check if we have pentane too, probably not though because we do use a lot of hexane and pet ether.

Might have to put in some OT this week to make some oil.

 

Chiefsmokingbud

Slap-A-Ho tribe

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• Jun 8, 2008

• #6

My hexane thread is here somewhere. I wasn't impressed and the oil had kind of an off taste, hard to describe.

 

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jump117

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• Jun 8, 2008

• #7

Ethanol is the most human

 

Herbalistic

Herbal relaxation...

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• Jun 15, 2008

• #8

Ether would give you the most best results if you are worrieng about possible residues, because it´s the only that evaporates 100 % in my understanding

 

ChaosCatalunya

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• Jun 15, 2008

• #9

A friend went through all this a while ago, from information on Overgrow. He looked into all the solvents, got teh best, did the extraction, water washed the cr@p out of it..... and made some oil...... however this is a royal PITA and he heard about Butane Honey Oil..... a few cans of Newport [White can only] Butane, 80cm of Copper plumbing pipe... bla bla.... best oil ever, and so so so simple... it does not need washing and as far as I understand it, top possible quality.

 

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gordonliu

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• Jun 15, 2008

• #10

You will never be able to remove all of the solvent without using some special techniques and without using a high vacuum pump (like a welch duo seal)

ether makes terrible oil. ether is VERY polar relative to butane, hexane, and pentane. (that oxygen gives it a permanent dipole moment). These polar solvents, including all of the alcohols, will give you a GREEN product.

also, it is very difficult to remove the ether, and because ether has such a distinctive and noticeable smell, you will notice it for a loooooooooong time in your oil.



that is why all the pet distillates (butane, pentane, hexane, etc) are so great for making oil. they are very non-polar, and they can usually be removed without excessive heat or time under the vacuum.


honestly, you cant beat butane.

you certainly wont be able to find a regular solvent that will give you a BETTER extract. maybe MORE, but not better