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Blake_n_Concentrates said:
That is a good start but you need the proper equipment too. Can you use a glass or stainless tube and canned butane still? yes. Does it leave can oils and other contaminants that you don't want to smoke in your oil? hell yeah! Honestly, it just isn't worth doing if you don't have the closed loop, vac oven, and all other proper equipment to go with it which can be big money. I think ice wax to live rosin is a lot more realistic for home growers or small guys.


That sounds fantastic! If you are in norcal, come use my press! lol I really want to get the bags and try it myself, I am just nervous to commit crop to it given that I have no experience with the process and then get shitty results. Maybe I'll just do a small amount for a small test run with some cheap bags.
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The poor man's way of doing this safely is to extract with butane, then when I have that extraction, I do another run inside food grade ethanol. The particular one I use is called extractohol. That gets rid of any remaining butane
 
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Blake_n_Concentrates said:
I love my QBs! I have some V2 and V1. I only have 975 watts (actual from wall wattage) over 40 square feet and I'm honestly amazed by the bud size and density for only 24 watts/sqft. Even the bottoms are pretty good size and dense and my canopy is stuffed. One huge advantage for me too is how cool they are. We have had a hot summer and I still haven't had to get an A/C going, as the temps are only ever a few degrees more than the outside when my exhaust fan is on full. My next move is to add far red and UV and see how crazy this shit can get.
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Hell yes! I use the QB132s. They don't require heatsinks, and two boards equals one qb288. Damn do they make some extremely rock-hard and dense nugs! I use boards in 3500k. When vegging with them, it makes the plants' internodes so dense and packed together that I have to pull the lights way far away to get them to stretch out a little bit to take clones. These things work phenomenally with just over half the power I would be using with HPS and MH.
 
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Lurpin said:
My interest is peaked. Is there good info on COBS on this site? Didn't Heisen post a pic with some cobs on a rail recently?
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I would recommend going with the quantum boards. COBs are great but they're just more expensive. The quantum boards are just as good or better and less money. Especially if you use boards that don't require heatsinks like the QB120s or QB132s. They are so incredibly easy to put together with the drivers. No soldering required.

They have the QB132s and the QB120s for sale on Amazon in packs of four. The QB120s are around $125 for a four pack and the qb132 are $133 for a four pack. Four of them will flower a 2 x 4 area. Four of the QB132s can be run on the LRS-350-36 driver, which only costs $30. For a 2 x 4 area you are looking at $133 for the boards, $30 for the driver, and $20 for wiring. That is $183 to flower a 2x4 area, plus all the electricity savings.

If you want any help matching drivers with boards just let me know.

Anyway, sorry to go off topic on this thread. Back to Greenpoint seeds. Getting ready to run Bodega Bubblegum and Garlix. Can't wait to see what pops up.

Damn I wish I hadn't missed out on the wedding cake.


Edit: I had the cost calculated wrong. It's way cheaper than I had before.
 
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TPTB73 said:
I would recommend going with the quantum boards. COBs are great but they're just more expensive. The quantum boards are just as good or better and less money. Especially if you use boards that don't require heatsinks like the QB120s or QB132s. They are so incredibly easy to put together with the drivers. No soldering required.

They have the QB132s and the QB120s for sale on Amazon in packs of four. The QB120s are around $125 for a four pack and the qb132 are $133 for a four pack. Four of them will flower a 2 x 4 area. Four of the QB132s can be run on the LRS-350-36 driver, which only costs $30. For a 2 x 4 area you are looking at $266 for the boards, $30 for the driver, and $20 for wiring. That is $316 plus all the electricity savings.

If you want any help matching drivers with boards just let me know.

Anyway, sorry to go off topic on this thread. Back to Greenpoint seeds. Getting ready to run Bodega Bubblegum and Garlix. Can't wait to see what pops up.

Damn I wish I hadn't missed out on the wedding cake.
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The cake was a lie. You didn't miss out. I'll be looking into quantum boards too now. Thanks for the advice man.
 
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Blake_n_Concentrates said:
I definitely will. How much do you think is a good amount to get started with? A wet lb?


I've made it too. No explosions or fires as I was extremely safe and had no electricity around for 100 ft min. and was outside but it still wasn't worth it. None of the homemade wax I smoked was really worth it in the end, now knowing the nasty shit that is in all those butane cans. I rather make and smoke rosin or bubble hash all day. If done correctly, it can be almost or just as clean as BHO and I feel better about the process and that I control it.
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10% is a standard yield, and that's dry. Say 400 grams wet, is 100 dry, is 10 g's bubble. I hit 7ish on 270 wet last go around. Some was smoked before I had a chance to weigh it though. I'm not some authority on making bubble but, willing to share what I know.
 
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TPTB73 said:
I would recommend going with the quantum boards. COBs are great but they're just more expensive. The quantum boards are just as good or better and less money. Especially if you use boards that don't require heatsinks like the QB120s or QB132s. They are so incredibly easy to put together with the drivers. No soldering required.

They have the QB132s and the QB120s for sale on Amazon in packs of four. The QB120s are around $125 for a four pack and the qb132 are $133 for a four pack. Four of them will flower a 2 x 4 area. Four of the QB132s can be run on the LRS-350-36 driver, which only costs $30. For a 2 x 4 area you are looking at $133 for the boards, $30 for the driver, and $20 for wiring. That is $183 to flower a 2x4 area, plus all the electricity savings.

If you want any help matching drivers with boards just let me know.

Anyway, sorry to go off topic on this thread. Back to Greenpoint seeds. Getting ready to run Bodega Bubblegum and Garlix. Can't wait to see what pops up.

Damn I wish I hadn't missed out on the wedding cake.


Edit: I had the cost calculated wrong. It's way cheaper than I had before.
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Actually, I had the cost calculated wrong before. It's $183 to flower a 2 x 4 area, not $316
 
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TPTB73 said:
Actually, I had the cost calculated wrong before. It's $183 to flower a 2 x 4 area, not $316
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Those QB120s and QB132s might the best deal in LEDs right now. They’re cheap as hell. No need for heat sink means they’re dead easy to set up. And I’ve heard of people running 4 x qb120s at over 300W rwithout problems. Plus, the wattage spread out over multiple panels makes it easier to cover a wider area well. I’ve got a bunch sitting around for when I can start growing again. May end up loaning them to a buddy for a grow.
 
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jayblaze710 said:
Those QB120s and QB132s might the best deal in LEDs right now. They’re cheap as hell. No need for heat sink means they’re dead easy to set up. And I’ve heard of people running 4 x qb120s at over 300W rwithout problems. Plus, the wattage spread out over multiple panels makes it easier to cover a wider area well. I’ve got a bunch sitting around for when I can start growing again. May end up loaning them to a buddy for a grow.
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Oh yeah, I saw a video where a guy drove the qb288 to 600 watts no problem. They are only rated for 135 Watts from HLG. I think it was led Gardener that did the torture test. These boards can take four times the wattage of their rating. I think he got up to like 640 Watts before it burned out.
 
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TPTB73 said:
Wow, man! Those plants look extremely healthy and beautiful! Great job!!!
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Thanks mang. :eyesmoke:

They have been grown "semi-organic".
In organic soil it's hard to keep em fed in small pots (10 gal), so I occasionally hit em with synthetics when they show deficiencies.
They love epsom.
A little K2SO4 also hits the spot once in a while. :weed:
 
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