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Stainless steel screens
- Thread starter 3chomes
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The only difference in anything will be the hole opening size as far as quality is concerned. What the material is made of has no bearing on quality. Don't see a bag system being used with stainless but maybe a bucket setup.
3chomes
Member
Chiefsmokingbud, you're right, a bag system would not work with the ss screens. I'm using a stacking system that stacks on top of each other(230um to 20um). Works great, and now it's great to know that there's no diff in quality between this and the fabrics, though I've never tried the bb system myself.
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3chomes
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It's a stainless steel screen with a stainless steel frame and they stack on top of each other perfectly with the larger micron sizes on the top and lower ones towards the bottom. I'm using 230um to 20um for collecting sativa trichomes. I pour water from the top and just watch it filter through, sometimes the smaller micron sizes get stuck and you just have to hit the side gently to get the water flowing again. Plus the stainless screens last forever.
you can usually find those screens at a lab supply place, that's what they are made for. Probably listed under a sieving screen. expect to pay high dollar though.
cadillachydro
Active member
Where'd you score those frames from 3chomes? Those are NICE. One could use the cheaper fabric mesh with those just as well right? Ive seen a thread using buckets, but its a small project cutting the buckets and all that... Id rather just use what you have with some fabric mesh in between.
BB's are way overpriced in my opinion... Cant justify spending hundreds of bucks on some sewn nylon or canvas bags, I know people love them, but I cant afford making other people rich.
I have a lot of popcorn bud a leaf material just begging to be sifted. I haven't been able to make up my mind on what system to use; BHO, bubble, or ISO.
So whats your method exactly, do you ice up and mix in a bucket and pour through your strainers or what? Whatever your doin, it looks like a clean simple method, props.
Keep it easy ~caddy
BB's are way overpriced in my opinion... Cant justify spending hundreds of bucks on some sewn nylon or canvas bags, I know people love them, but I cant afford making other people rich.
I have a lot of popcorn bud a leaf material just begging to be sifted. I haven't been able to make up my mind on what system to use; BHO, bubble, or ISO.
So whats your method exactly, do you ice up and mix in a bucket and pour through your strainers or what? Whatever your doin, it looks like a clean simple method, props.
Keep it easy ~caddy
3chomes
Member
These screens are built into the frame, so no need for fabric. I've tried the bucket/fabric method myself when starting out, it was a bit of a hassle.
Yeah, BB's are overpriced, which is what leads me to search for an alternative. Plus I do not feel overly comfortable having to scrape stuff off fabric silkscreen hundreds if not thousands of times per season and not to mention the awkwardness of working with soft fabric, nothing compares to having the feel of something solid in your hands when you're scooping off the precious stuff.
Don't know about bho or iso, prefer my smoke to be untainted by alcohol or petroleum derivatives, don't you agree?
Yeah, I do ice/water extraction. I'll try to post up pics of the a whole session sooner or later.
Stay safe.
Yeah, BB's are overpriced, which is what leads me to search for an alternative. Plus I do not feel overly comfortable having to scrape stuff off fabric silkscreen hundreds if not thousands of times per season and not to mention the awkwardness of working with soft fabric, nothing compares to having the feel of something solid in your hands when you're scooping off the precious stuff.
Don't know about bho or iso, prefer my smoke to be untainted by alcohol or petroleum derivatives, don't you agree?
Yeah, I do ice/water extraction. I'll try to post up pics of the a whole session sooner or later.
Stay safe.
R
randude
I made myself a cheap cheap ghetto type of an outfit.
I bought a huge piece of SS fabric under kiff on ebay. It is very fine ($20)
I bought a 4 pack of square plastic food storage containers from Walmart (very cheap)
I had some left over screen from a window.
I cut the bottom off of two of the plastic containers.
I cut some pieces of screen from both types of screen
In the container that I didnt cut the bottom off I place a few ice cubes.
I stretch my kiff screen over a container that I cut the bottom off and stack in container with the ice in it.
I put a couple more ice cubes in the fine kiff screen
I stretch the window screen over another container with the bottom cut off.
I put more ice and fill it with water.
Next step I vary
Some times I take a blender and ice and thrash good quality bud (no more than half an ounce for this setup)
Other times I just dump some frozen buds in the top of the containers and just let it soak. I mix it around and cut the we bud up with strong scissors.
I take this stacked contraption and stir it, molest it, cut it etc. Cutting wet buds is better than cutting dry as it contains all of the fine particles in the water.
Anyway you can put this in the fridg and keep it cool. The smaller particle work their way to the bottom of the mixture. I do all this sort of while I am getting high and having drinks or something. It is kind of fun (for me at least)
Once you are tired of this you can take the window screen pot and freeze it for another day or just toss it.
I then pull out the kiff screen, carefully so not to dump that into the bottom container.
I squeeze all the water out of the kiff screen into the bottom container. that stuff that is left there is pretty good, much better than the original herb. I follow general buggle bag procedures (squeezing the water out into a paper towel and seive etc)
The bottom container holds the goodies. I just take that and dump it through a coffee filter an let it run like coffee through the basket and into the coffee pot. There is the stuff that is bubble hash, and I follow the drying procedures for BB hash. I have two grades of product, one very high in thc and that is primarily what I smoke. I do not like to smoke buds too much anymore, just the hash.
I bought a huge piece of SS fabric under kiff on ebay. It is very fine ($20)
I bought a 4 pack of square plastic food storage containers from Walmart (very cheap)
I had some left over screen from a window.
I cut the bottom off of two of the plastic containers.
I cut some pieces of screen from both types of screen
In the container that I didnt cut the bottom off I place a few ice cubes.
I stretch my kiff screen over a container that I cut the bottom off and stack in container with the ice in it.
I put a couple more ice cubes in the fine kiff screen
I stretch the window screen over another container with the bottom cut off.
I put more ice and fill it with water.
Next step I vary
Some times I take a blender and ice and thrash good quality bud (no more than half an ounce for this setup)
Other times I just dump some frozen buds in the top of the containers and just let it soak. I mix it around and cut the we bud up with strong scissors.
I take this stacked contraption and stir it, molest it, cut it etc. Cutting wet buds is better than cutting dry as it contains all of the fine particles in the water.
Anyway you can put this in the fridg and keep it cool. The smaller particle work their way to the bottom of the mixture. I do all this sort of while I am getting high and having drinks or something. It is kind of fun (for me at least)
Once you are tired of this you can take the window screen pot and freeze it for another day or just toss it.
I then pull out the kiff screen, carefully so not to dump that into the bottom container.
I squeeze all the water out of the kiff screen into the bottom container. that stuff that is left there is pretty good, much better than the original herb. I follow general buggle bag procedures (squeezing the water out into a paper towel and seive etc)
The bottom container holds the goodies. I just take that and dump it through a coffee filter an let it run like coffee through the basket and into the coffee pot. There is the stuff that is bubble hash, and I follow the drying procedures for BB hash. I have two grades of product, one very high in thc and that is primarily what I smoke. I do not like to smoke buds too much anymore, just the hash.
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dankiestog
3chomes.. where did u pick up those stainstell sets at..looks nice ... i love my bag but would love to try those..
stainless screens are good for a couple of things.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/4283
you can make bubble, use as the filter on the end of your bho tube, or use the fine mesh, 100 micron, to smoke oil on.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/4283
you can make bubble, use as the filter on the end of your bho tube, or use the fine mesh, 100 micron, to smoke oil on.
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Guest
foaf said:
You can smoke honey oil on a 100 micron screen?!? Can I get a confirm on this please.
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Chamba
I have a lot of popcorn bud a leaf material just begging to be sifted. I haven't been able to make up my mind on what system to use; BHO, bubble, or ISO.
you left one out...dry sifting...no explosions, no petro-chemicals and can be done with a one mesh (though several mesh sizes will produce a finer hash).....no mess, easy to work with and is much faster than the other methods - you can be smoking your dry sift long before the other multi-step methods
you left one out...dry sifting...no explosions, no petro-chemicals and can be done with a one mesh (though several mesh sizes will produce a finer hash).....no mess, easy to work with and is much faster than the other methods - you can be smoking your dry sift long before the other multi-step methods
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Guest
foaf said:
Nice!!! I cant wait to make my next batch of honey and smoke it. Im gonna use two 100 micron screens in my bubble hash bowl made by rooor for my Ice master Bong! I let you know the results.
