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Ah! Thanks 2clicker. Interesting. Just a bit of information fueling my inquiry - I started purging more thoroughly due to thinking that I was tasting a whiff of ETOH in one of my earlier batches. Whether psychosomatic or not - I dunno- but that's what got me started. Whether it was vestigal...

Thanks much, mvapes. Very helpful. Here's my current thoughts dovetailing with your words o' wisdom (brought over from another site)... Since I'm probably not going to vacuum purge in the near-term, I am very intrigued by the idea of utlizing a food dehydrator...particularly because we...

Quick newbie questions for the kind folks who know what the hell they are doing. What does "overpurging" consist of? What happens when one has overpurged? How to avoid? Is it an issue if one is NOT using a vacuum pump? Thanks for your thoughts. On another note, the information that I have...

Thanks for posting this! This is something I'm thinking about as well. Very helpful and A LOT to digest and consider.

Thanks so much for the further explication, phooka. This is really helpful as I take my baby steps in learning this Art. Trying to find that razor's edge between an effective solvent purge and the mass destruction of terps and supporting-cast cannabinoids. Also helpful to get additional...

I dunno...something seems off...I have been vaping or sublingualing a high CBD strain with trace elements of THC and there's been nothing even remotely approaching what you described. To the contrary, the experience is almost transparent, except at times one can get "wide" instead of "high"...

Thanks, phooka...this is the type of tek I am been drawn to - given that I am not using a vacuum purge. You put it forth in a way I can understand. A couple of newbie questions, if you don't mind...when you say "cure" - do you mean you just let it sit untouched for the day? Also, can you...

Thanks, Puffers...have you used one or seen it in use? Been trying to figure out the comments on Amazon - for the most part positive.

Thanks, I will check it out. Very interesting. Do you have one - or seen it in use? I figured out that if I take away the plastic snout of the megahome, I can create a non-plastic path. Or at least, I have an idea as to how to do so. That should last me until I can figure out the glass path...

Thanks, thesoloman. I appreciate the explanation. And have been wondering about that myself. I think that there isn't any plastic until the snout but since you point it out, nope...don't want plastic-infused ETOH. I am not a DIY -I applaud those who are, with envy- and was wondering whether...

Hi Puffer...thanks for your reply. You raise some interesting questions. One clarification, I don't use the still to go all the way through the process to the finished product. Rather, it's the first phase - I wait until most of the solvent has been evaporated (and reclaimed) but there is...

Hey all...I have been using a countertop still -a Megahome- for evaporating ETOH elixers into either oil concentrate to be used orally (my son has a glioblastoma) or for vaping as wax or shatter. I have very little experience with these activities - so far, it's been working great for...

Yes...I'm interested in amberevil's question, as well. I understand concerns about silicon being "pervious" to the solvent but I was wondering whether there were additional issues regarding the PTFE sheets. I can also understand the no-heat evap method as being beneficial in terms of...

Interesting...,BigBaby J., I wondered whether concentrates would have the same scan/visual profile of plastic explosives. Not that it stopped me.

Thanks, mvape...your guidance echoes other wisdom I have come across and is very helpful. I have been practicing on less "valuable" material because I am learning on my own and the "whoops" factor is king. Still, it's a path I am freakin' happy to trod. Still -in all- when one is seeking to...

Video(s) or "end game" teks would be great. It seems as if most of the information out there deals with different extraction methods. There is very little out there (that I have found so far) dealing with what you do (and how long you do it) after the extract has occurred. Not saying it ain't...

How does one recognize that the purge is done? I evapped my test run at about 160 -180 on an oil slick pad and it seemed to take an hour or so for the ETOH to "evaporate" leaving a fairly hard residue that's incredibly tacky but not runny. It sounds like it was way underpurged however. This...

Abundant thanks, negan. I appreciate the clarifications.

This is VERY interesting information, negan. Thanks!! Very appreciated. So, here's what I'm hearing...just want to confirm. Take alcohol wash...evap on slick pad and low heat. Once the evaporation is done...(a process apparently taking several hours of low heat)...apply top slick pad. Put...

Nice, negan!!! Very pretty!! How did you finish it - did you use a vacuum pump? If not, I would be interested in how long you kept it on heat, etc. I have been working solely with Etoh and have done quite well in the extraction process. Now, I'm trying to figure out how to get to the final...