First time QWISO questions

Hey y'all,

I just made my first (successful) batch of QWISO. It took me several different trials to get this right and I still have a lot of room to get better. I have been searching for a way to make a vape cartridge that comes close to what I've bought from Absolute Xtracks. I first started by just boiling down shake in a VG/PG mix which ended up very runny and not very potent. I think tried making rosin and then boiling that into EJ Mix which solved the potency and runny problems but holy shit... Making rosin takes a ton of work for very little yield. I didn't have the proper filters to get all the plant matter out either which was problematic.

I finally ran across QWISO and not only did it seem much easier to make but I also assumed the alcohol would pull more THC out if the plant. I'm sure most of you aren't surprised that it worked like a charm.

I have just a couple of quick questions. First, I used about 28 grams of trim on this batch and on the next batch I'll use bud but I'm wondering if I'll need 28 grams of bud or if I could get the same potency out of far less weight because the bud has more THC, trichomes, terpes, etc than the trim. If that is the case, what do you think a good calculation is? A third of the trim I used? Half?

Secondly, I'm curious if I should break up the bud pretty fine, hand grind it in bigger chuncks, or not even break it up at all when I make my next batch.

Finally, some of the tutorials said that once all the visable liquid was gone to crank up the heat and continue to evaporate the little bit of alcohol that the eye cannot see. I planned on doing this step but by the time I couldn't see any more alcohol, my apartment really started to smell like cannabis and I was worried that I might vape away a lot of the potency so I made a gut call and took it off the heat and began collecting the concentrate (which was tougher than I thought it would be). Is there cause for concern that I'm now vaping small amounts of alcohol? I should say that I boiled the concentrate down with EJ Mix with a 1:1 ratio to get a high potency and I can't taste any alcohol at all but I know that doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.

Thanks in advance for your responses!!

When I run qwiso I start by breaking the bud up by hand. You don't want it grinder fine, just very small pieces. I put it in a jar and put that jar and the 99% isopropyl in the freezer over night. I have a glass casserole dish cleaned dry and a second jar ready to go. I take the chilled iso and pour in just enough to cover the frozen buds. I swirl it fairly vigorously for 30 or 40 seconds and filter it through a coffee filter into the second jar. After I check it for particulates I pour it into the casserole dish to evaporate in a cool, well ventilated area.


And yes, flowers will yield more than trim.

NanoGadget said:

When I run qwiso I start by breaking the bud up by hand. You don't want it grinder fine, just very small pieces. I put it in a jar and put that jar and the 99% isopropyl in the freezer over night. I have a glass casserole dish cleaned dry and a second jar ready to go. I take the chilled iso and pour in just enough to cover the frozen buds. I swirl it fairly vigorously for 30 or 40 seconds and filter it through a coffee filter into the second jar. After I check it for particulates I pour it into the casserole dish to evaporate in a cool, well ventilated area.


And yes, flowers will yield more than trim.

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That's for the info! You mentioned that flowers will yield more. Would you think that if I used 28 grams of trim that I could use 14 grams of bud to get the same potency? Or maybe even less?

Honestly, if made correctly, and if it's from the same strain, the potency should be pretty similar. The nug runs will be a bit stronger, but the trichomes you are harvesting from the sugar tim will be more or less the same trichomes that are on the buds if they come from the same plant. Here is what I notice as differences doing nug runs vs trim.. slightly more potent, more yield from less weight, and better flavor.