Here is my plan for making top quality shatter from my outdoor grow without a lot of expensive equipment. Anybody see any problems with this plan:
1st get a $200 chest freezer.
2nd get a kief spinner. I found a small one https://pollenextractor.com/Shop/en/pollen-extractor-original/usa-pollen-extractor.html
3rd for my next harvest, rinse the buds in a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide. My reasoning for this is it's dusty outside where I live and I want my extracts as clean as possible.
4th spin dry those washed buds by spinning my arms while holding them to get rid of the water added in step 3.
5th hang the branches of buds in front of a fan for 18 hours to partially dry them.
6th break the nugs off the branches and in to small pieces and bag them up in gallon bags and put it the chest freezer.
7th put the kief spinner in a cardboard box and put it in the chest freezer plugged in. Load up the kief spinner with a handful of frozen nugs and let them spin in there for a week. Every week replace the nugs in it and put the used up nugs in a pot to make editables out of latter.
8th get a 1liter seperatory funnel off eBay and and 16 oz of lab grade hexane.
9th every time I have an ounce or 2 of kief put it in a mason jar with the hexane. Using a foil liner to prevent the hexane from coming in contact with the plastic on the lid. Shake the mixture and put it in the freezer overnight.
10th Drop a coin sized piece of dry ice in the the jar of hexane and kief and replace the mettal jar lid disk with a coffee filter. Close the lid and use the pressure from the dry ice to push the hexane through the filter in to a large Pyrex cup with a pour spout.
11th mix up a gallon of super salty ice water. Pour the hexane extract in the seperatory funnel and add the cold salt water. Shake with a cap and then let the layers separate and drain off the water. Repeating this untill the water comes out clear and the emulsion layer is gone.
12th evaporate most of the hexane off by putting it in an open mason jar in the microwave on defrost setting until it's a slurry and most of the hexane is gone.
13th get 8oz 200proof ethinol on eBay and redissolve the hexane slurry in it and put it in the microwave on defrost setting and reduce it down to 7oz to purge off the hexane.
14th put the alcohol extract in the freezer for 18 hours. Then drop a coin sized piece of dry ice and replace the mettal mason jar lid with a coffee filter and use the pressure from the dry ice to force the alcohol through the filter.
15th put the alcohol extract in the microwave on defrost and reduce to a slurry and seal the jar in a warm place for crystals to form and terps to separate.
16th pour a small amount of the slurry on to parchment and thin film it for a couple of days until its ready for dabbing.
Thoughts? Any reason this should not produce some nice light color live resin?
This process is super slow of course so it's not intended for commercial use. My goal is to get a steady supply of prime live resin for myself and not spend thousands of dollars on equipment.
This auto flower ak47 will be the first harvest I'll process this way.
1st get a $200 chest freezer.
2nd get a kief spinner. I found a small one https://pollenextractor.com/Shop/en/pollen-extractor-original/usa-pollen-extractor.html
3rd for my next harvest, rinse the buds in a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide. My reasoning for this is it's dusty outside where I live and I want my extracts as clean as possible.
4th spin dry those washed buds by spinning my arms while holding them to get rid of the water added in step 3.
5th hang the branches of buds in front of a fan for 18 hours to partially dry them.
6th break the nugs off the branches and in to small pieces and bag them up in gallon bags and put it the chest freezer.
7th put the kief spinner in a cardboard box and put it in the chest freezer plugged in. Load up the kief spinner with a handful of frozen nugs and let them spin in there for a week. Every week replace the nugs in it and put the used up nugs in a pot to make editables out of latter.
8th get a 1liter seperatory funnel off eBay and and 16 oz of lab grade hexane.
9th every time I have an ounce or 2 of kief put it in a mason jar with the hexane. Using a foil liner to prevent the hexane from coming in contact with the plastic on the lid. Shake the mixture and put it in the freezer overnight.
10th Drop a coin sized piece of dry ice in the the jar of hexane and kief and replace the mettal jar lid disk with a coffee filter. Close the lid and use the pressure from the dry ice to push the hexane through the filter in to a large Pyrex cup with a pour spout.
11th mix up a gallon of super salty ice water. Pour the hexane extract in the seperatory funnel and add the cold salt water. Shake with a cap and then let the layers separate and drain off the water. Repeating this untill the water comes out clear and the emulsion layer is gone.
12th evaporate most of the hexane off by putting it in an open mason jar in the microwave on defrost setting until it's a slurry and most of the hexane is gone.
13th get 8oz 200proof ethinol on eBay and redissolve the hexane slurry in it and put it in the microwave on defrost setting and reduce it down to 7oz to purge off the hexane.
14th put the alcohol extract in the freezer for 18 hours. Then drop a coin sized piece of dry ice and replace the mettal mason jar lid with a coffee filter and use the pressure from the dry ice to force the alcohol through the filter.
15th put the alcohol extract in the microwave on defrost and reduce to a slurry and seal the jar in a warm place for crystals to form and terps to separate.
16th pour a small amount of the slurry on to parchment and thin film it for a couple of days until its ready for dabbing.
Thoughts? Any reason this should not produce some nice light color live resin?
This process is super slow of course so it's not intended for commercial use. My goal is to get a steady supply of prime live resin for myself and not spend thousands of dollars on equipment.
This auto flower ak47 will be the first harvest I'll process this way.
