Did you do the air pressure test on your system with an air compressor? Pressurize your system to 100psi and leave it for an hour and see if it held the pressure without any loss.
I did indeed. Today I was able to pull down -17 to -18.
The end product is still coming out darker than what I would be blasting through a tube. I see GW says that its due to the longer soak times. Does this mean the amount of butane I am injecting into the column? I've been following terpps scale method so far to the T. I don't have a sight glass so I've been holding my hand at the top of the column and waiting to feel to chill of butane. I will note that weight eg .800 lbs and then wait for the scale to read double the soak weight and shut valve 4 and valve 2.... I've been only been doing 2 washes.
Off topic how do people do the pour videos I see on instagram. Are they not reccovering all the butane before the open their lid?
Doesn't make any sense for a concentrate processor to make as much profit in 3 days as the grower does in 6 months.
Yeah, everyone knows that custom stainless parts and a plethora of specialized equipment just grows on trees, and once you have that, running and maintaining it costs nothing. Duh. LMAO.
I dont get why any grower other than small hobby guys would outsource their extraction?
Just got a new LP5 recovery tank, evacuated the nitrogen and vacuumed it down. I purchased a Robinair Can Tapper. I made an 8" hose with 1/4" jic female ends. The Can Tap has a valve in it that I assume needs to be removed to let butane flow out but when I remove it, it is now an open valve that allows flow both ways. what is the proper procedure and equipment to load the cans into the recovery tank? I guess I need to add a ball valve to the hose where it joins the tapper and will need to bleed a little butane off every time I add another can.
Thanks for your time and consideration everyone!
Howdy Mr. Wolf.
After just losing 40% of a initial 3.5lb batch to a processor/blaster as a fee, I decided to make my plans to buy an MKIII kit and learn the process myself.
All the reading is very helpful, but until I get a new blasting shed built and all my equipment bought, No use in bothering anyone for added info.
I've been in the growing craft for 34, and working my 35th year as a grower/breeder.
I have all my own strains, some with Terp profiles up to 32% total terpenes.
I never wanted to be my own concentrate guy, but with the high cost of having someone do it for me, has indeed forced my hand.
Doesn't make any sense for a concentrate processor to make as much profit in 3 days as the grower does in 6 months.
Economics are more about supply and demand, than what makes sense or is fair.
It does point out that at this moment in the market, there is not enough extraction capacity to create the competition that drives down the price.
That does open a market window, which means that not only are the existing extractors able to realize extra normal profits, but that the high profits will attract other investors, until the market reaches equilibrium again.
I design products for WolfWurx, Inc which only produces commercial equipment, but the purchaser of the first Mk V relayed that actual payback was less than a month at that moment in the market, and most of his product was sold bulk to processors and medibles producers, whom are feeling the supply pinch as well.
He has since purchased a Mk VB and laughing calls himself Smeagol, because he stays so busy running two machines, that he seldom sees the light of day.
Economics are more market opportunities opening, reaching equilibrium, and closing. Those at the right place at the right time have the greatest opportunity to win.
Processing your own would be a good way to avoid that pinch, and doesn't require as large or elaborate an equipment set up as those purchasing material on the bulk market, and running 16/7 to make their nut before competition takes away the extra normal profit.
The actual entry cost into the market isn't that high, and if you are processing only your own, or doing so for others, you avoid the struggle for "good" fresh trim on the bulk market, between outdoor harvests, as well as mold, pesticides, etc.
I've subbed onto all your threads and will continue educating myself and my apprentice.
One question: Are there classes that can be attended for Noob blasters?
Web site only shows 2013 classes, any updates for those that want hands on?
Yeah, everyone knows that custom stainless parts and a plethora of specialized equipment just grows on trees, and once you have that, running and maintaining it costs nothing. Duh. LMAO.
I dont get why any grower other than small hobby guys would outsource their extraction?