I gave him $600 for the oz. Then he asked me if it had swirls in it, said his distiller had a leak at the thermocouple and asked to change it out for clearer product, I replied I'd like to keep what I had and could I pick up two oz's of the clearer stuff, same MMJ 'donation?' So, he comes over to my house with two jar's one looks a nice light yellow, the other bronze. He had his wife and kids with him... I rolled with it and said ok, as I was planning on using the second oz for oral use mostly anyway. After he left I found the bronze stuff was too harsh to dab with any pride, so I immediately contacted him and requested to change out the bronze for the best dabble grade he could come up with and I'd kick in $150 or whatever he thought was fair. It's been a couple of weeks with four proposed meet ups he's ditched me on....
Notice I didn't out the ICMAG Forums member's ID, my only problem with him is he's a pita to connect up with....
So, here's pics of the bronze crap, another member's offered to rerun it for me. I may just do a trade out instead, with some money/equipment/solvents to make up the difference.
I'll post pics of what I get and the total outlay.
http://www.dabathoncup.com
Oh ok thought it ran for that rate per g! lol thanks, for the clarification.
You still got a pretty good deal, considering oz of crude go at that price where im from, if you know the right people... The vacuum leak plus high temps may have affected the final product, and yea if its 1st pass without any fraction it wont be as good... You shouldnt have a problem re running and refining it.
And from what im reading starting material as a lot to play with how easily it'll distill...
Looking for more info on column chromatography, as of which solvents people use, im thinking of trying with ethanol only... Im hoping an ethanoic oil poured in a half filled column with silica will filter out unwanted. Seems everyone is keeping their column mix a secret...
And what about activated carbon? Im reading it can absorb thc, and that its advised to soak the granules in ethanol prior to the carbon filtration, is that true? And the maximum carbon used is half the weight of the crude oil before winterization?
And if i dont have enough vacuum and apply too much heat, the thc 9 will convert into thc 8 or cbd?