Sr. Verde's: Concentrate Corner

datboybeezy281

datboybeezy281

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Sr. Verde said:
They hold about 1oz, either a little more or a little less depending on the density of the material. They offer a larger tube, but I stick to the regular ones because I feel like you get better more complete flow over your material that way.


I prefer my material consistently ground, I use a 4 piece grinder and the bud falls through when its the size of a pencil eraser. I wouldn't recommend pulverizing your bud into dust, because when that gets wet and sticky with tane it will turn into a mucky substance that clogs up. You want an even flow of butane around your material for best yield and consistency ;).
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Yeah that actually makes a lot of sense. bongsmilie Preciate it man, now I know okief is the way to go. Now that I think of it the stand for it is kinda defective because of the fact that the bho will stick to it. Do you ever get build up around the thing that holds the screen tight on the tube(can't remember what it's called)?? My little glass tube does and I was trying to figure out what is up, I think it's just the extractor period yuh know? :lol:
 
Sr. Verde

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datboybeezy281 said:
Yeah that actually makes a lot of sense. bongsmilie Preciate it man, now I know okief is the way to go. Now that I think of it the stand for it is kinda defective because of the fact that the bho will stick to it. Do you ever get build up around the thing that holds the screen tight on the tube(can't remember what it's called)?? My little glass tube does and I was trying to figure out what is up, I think it's just the extractor period yuh know? :lol:
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The "thing that holds the screen" is whats known as a hose clamp :) And the buildup is minimal, about as much as a dab. If you keep the screen nice, even and tight it will be ok. Creases in the screen or coffee filter lets the butane flow along & away from the screen.. You just slide the hose clamp over the stainless steel 120micron screen evenly, and you have no problems ;).

I reccomend a small (distance from head to handle, not small bit) flat head driver. Get those hose clamps on as tight as they go, again keep in mind thermal contraction. Everything is metal so don't worry about over tightening really. This is my favorite reason to use stainless steel for butane extractions. It will only tighten so far, no worries about coffee filter blow outs or over tightening a hose clamp and cracking a glass tube! :D
 
WaxTaster

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Just wanted to comment about the Newport butane and the fact that it is $15 a can. The "near zero impurites" means simply it is under 50ppm contaminants, I believe the industry standard is around 15ppm anyways, so this really doesn't mean anything, it is simply a marketing tactic and when you pay $15 a can, you're paying at LEAST$7.50 of that price on marketing alone. Based on the cost of similar butanes, it's probably a little more, if you really want the purest you can get, go for n-butane, or Xikar brand butane. Xikar's standard is 15ppm, but most high quality brands are in the similar range; Xikar also costs roughly the same as newport at $4.99/100ml.

Excerpt from Xikar's site: Each production run of our butane is analyzed and is accompanied with a certificate of analysis. All of our butane is A28 aerosol grade butane triple refined to eliminate water and contaminants. Some talk about 3x refined or 4x refined or even 5x refined. These marketing slogans don't indicate the actual quality of the butane. If the refinement process isn't high quality you could refine it 100x and it may not be "clean" butane.

If Newport did that, THEN it may be worth $15 a can, otherwise it's just about the same quality as any other brand, like Colibri that is allowed to use the "near zero impurites" brand...
 
datboybeezy281

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WaxTaster said:
Just wanted to comment about the Newport butane and the fact that it is $15 a can. The "near zero impurites" means simply it is under 50ppm contaminants, I believe the industry standard is around 15ppm anyways, so this really doesn't mean anything, it is simply a marketing tactic and when you pay $15 a can, you're paying at LEAST$7.50 of that price on marketing alone. Based on the cost of similar butanes, it's probably a little more, if you really want the purest you can get, go for n-butane, or Xikar brand butane. Xikar's standard is 15ppm, but most high quality brands are in the similar range; Xikar also costs roughly the same as newport at 4.99/100ml.

Excerpt from Xikar's site: Each production run of our butane is analyzed and is accompanied with a certificate of analysis. All of our butane is A28 aerosol grade butane triple refined to eliminate water and contaminants. Some talk about 3x refined or 4x refined or even 5x refined. These marketing slogans don't indicate the actual quality of the butane. If the refinement process isn't high quality you could refine it 100x and it may not be "clean" butane.

If Newport did that, THEN it may be worth $15 a can, otherwise it's just about the same quality as any other brand, like Colibri that is allowed to use the "near zero impurites" brand...
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+rep to you wax taster
 
Sr. Verde

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So I just found 70 grams of green shake and buds, when I was looking for a marble.... going to have 2+ oz to run for oil once I get my butane that I did not anticipate.



Finally some good news this week! Though i wish I found my marble too :(.


edit: was checking the ebay order to see if my tane had been shipped yet.. Then I realized it was already here. :o
 
connoisseurde420

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lol! good shit im thinking about doing bho again but want to vac purge this time and get that down my last run was waxy and clear almost color of honey..after leaving it and whipping for several days.. i want to get a closed system but for now i play no tami yet but trying to figure out the best way to do it with open sysem..
 

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ControlledEnviorment

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This thread is awesome! other than the tons of negative comments in the begging. All the oil/wax/concentrate look awesomes i wish i had me somes. Im going to attempt an ISO hash run next week with about 2 oz of material. Should be looking at a good return.
 
Sr. Verde

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Good luck! Start out small, if your not quite sure what your doing. Then apply experience to a bulk amount later once you have it down :D
 
Sr. Verde

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Have you tried it or am I your guinea pig? :D

Looks good, smells good and sprays good to me.. $42 a case shipped on 2.
 
dankshizzle

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That's expensive for butane that isn't vector. Why wouldn't u just get it wholesale? It's like 20$ for a tax id number. They are a good thing to have.show my a place that sells it wholesale and ill let u use my number. I havnt looked for power wholesale yet. I'm serious btw. Not just saying it to look cool. Find me a wholesaler and ill hook up all yall. Just Google it.
 
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Sr. Verde said:
Good luck! Start out small, if your not quite sure what your doing. Then apply experience to a bulk amount later once you have it down :D
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I had my first attempt with iso hash about 4-5 months ago when i found out i could clean my grind and get hash from using rubbing alcohol. So after that i decided to give it a shot on 20g of good bud. I got a good run out of it, got a good amount back i know it wasn't the goldest but it got you fuckin high. Then i made more iso hash from my first PPP harvest and tried a few things differences. Now i think i got a good system down, i use alot of glass pans vs. using just one glass pan so the hash doesn't stick to the sides and in the corners of the dish, its so hard to scrap off with a straight razor and alot gets left behind. Like i said ill be posting pics of my next run as soon as i do it!

dankshizzle said:
That's expensive for butane that isn't vector. Why wouldn't u just get it wholesale? It's like 20$ for a tax id number. They are a good thing to have.show my a place that sells it wholesale and ill let u use my number. I havnt looked for power wholesale yet. I'm serious btw. Not just saying it to look cool. Find me a wholesaler and ill hook up all yall. Just Google it.
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Isnt vector only triple refined?
 
Sr. Verde

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dankshizzle said:
That's expensive for butane that isn't vector. Why wouldn't u just get it wholesale? It's like 20$ for a tax id number. They are a good thing to have.show my a place that sells it wholesale and ill let u use my number. I havnt looked for power wholesale yet. I'm serious btw. Not just saying it to look cool. Find me a wholesaler and ill hook up all yall. Just Google it.
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I would but I have to sell $400 of lighters per year to be a vector distributor... 2 cases lasts me about 2 months so it's OK for now :lol:..

$3.50 a can isnt bad (to me at least) - the headshops in town sell vector for 6-10 a can.. $100 a case now for the 400ml cans. Online was $65 a case of vector shipped.
 
Sr. Verde

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So this is various shake mixed together.. I'd estimate, 10-20 strains.. Only about an eighth of actual bud was used. Turned out pretty good considering the material used. Should be a VERY interesting flavor, and medication!








hi res macro butane bubbles :)


Freshly scraped


First vac purge


2nd vac purge


After 5 vac purges, final product.

 

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