To be fair, alcohol in general is a bad ideaYes... EC for edibles, and ISO for vaporizing...
I always just throw that out there, as ISO shouldn't be ingested..
When making my VERY POTENT Green Dragon Tincture for both vaping AND ingestion (drops), my best batches were made with Everclear. I vape the tinc by saturating small 100% cotton swabs 3X (i.e., saturate/fan dry, saturate/fan dry, saturate/fan dry) with the GD tincture, placing them on a plate under a fan (3X, see above) for a day until they are completely dried with no alcohol residue detectable to taste. Place swab in vape and BLAST OFF!!! Endless powerful clouds!!!@Enchantre @Quetzalcoatl wouldn't vaping technically be ingesting as well? I was getting small sparks (very small, not very often) which I assumed was the trapped alcohol being burnt off. I'm assuming I would have ingested some. I'm guessing this is less of an issue with ISO as it should evap better/faster/gooder?
I'm going to use glass for evaping, until the PTFE parchment shows up. Also a larger oil slick pad. This is how most of my hobbies start, and how I went from 1 vape to 2 vapes over a year, and then from 2 vapes to 5 vapes and 2 bubblers less than 4 months after discovering FC. I love you guys
Yikes, let me return to this thread from my early days of oil making to state that if there is enough residual ISO to make your oils unsafe for oral ingestion, then that oil is unsafe for dabbing too!Yes... EC for edibles, and ISO for vaporizing...
I always just throw that out there, as ISO shouldn't be ingested..
Hey herbivore, whats up? Are you still making QWISO amber shatter? My fear using iso is to messup the short wash, and now that you talk about it, having poisonus iso left in it. But as killick and you, iso is much cheaper for me. It would be nice if you detailed your iso free qwiso shatter purge tech. At my extracting artist level , I over apply the final purge (30-60min at 140F, last time I did at 180F to be sure the alcool was boiling and all purged) to the point of decarbing a lot to be alcool free. The result is less shattery and less tasty.Yikes, let me return to this thread from my early days of oil making to state that if there is enough residual ISO to make your oils unsafe for oral ingestion, then that oil is unsafe for dabbing too!
Only use ISO if you are 100% that your purge is completely removing the ISO. This means absolutely no bubbles allowed in the case of heat only purge. Isopropyl, when heated to dab temp (as in dabbed on your nail) can lead will breakdown due to thermal decomposition. The stuff you're left to inhale small amounts of propane and water (not such a big deal) but large amounts of acetone are formed in the thermal decomp process of ISO. Basically without following the decomposition of ISO all the way down the line, ISO is only safe to use when properly purged. When properly purged, it is perfectly safe to orally ingest or dab.
If you can't purge it properly, don't use it. It is not worth the risks and you can just use ethanol!
I would not be dabbing anything with residual ethanol in it even, as I don't like the hot, harsh feeling of the dabbing ethanol. However, this is not such a major safety concern.
Please be safe guys!
Tx for sharing!Thanks @spoutti!
I'm waiting on PTFE parchment paper and a platinum-cured oilslick pad.
I got less than expected from my first wash, but it was a fast one. It's tasty tho! The remnants are in the freezer for a 2nd go later, which should be more fruitful with a bit of luck...
What I can tell you is that without a vac or some next level custom tek, your best bet is to let as much of the iso as possible evaporate in a cool, well ventilated dry and dark place over time (days/weeks) until there is very little remaining iso (none/almost none visible and little iso smell). Then heat purge in the same manner as you have done until there are no more bubbles. You should find your consistency will be better, and you will retain a bit more flavour.Hey herbivore, whats up? Are you still making QWISO amber shatter? My fear using iso is to messup the short wash, and now that you talk about it, having poisonus iso left in it. But as killick and you, iso is much cheaper for me. It would be nice if you detailed your iso free qwiso shatter purge tech. At my extracting artist level , I over apply the final purge (30-60min at 140F, last time I did at 180F to be sure the alcool was boiling and all purged) to the point of decarbing a lot to be alcool free. The result is less shattery and less tasty.
Why 140F if alcool boiling point is 173F? Is puddle is fluid enough to separate the alcool on top of the concentrate and evaporates?
I think the main point is to correctly differienciate the alcool bubbles from the c02 bubbles resulting from decarbing. During the end of the initial purge, there are only the alcool bubbles. Easy game. But during the 140F purge, im not confident.
I know the easy answer is to get a vac setup; perfect mecanical purge. But I wont be getting it soon, I superbly ignored all infos about vac purge as I wasnt expecting to use one with qwet. Any tips to heed to your warning would be appreciated
Tx for sharing!
I thought you were ripe to share your purge tech; just needed a nice post asking nicely. Cant fault me for tryingWhat I can tell you is that without a vac or some next level custom tek, your best bet is to let as much of the iso as possible evaporate in a cool, well ventilated dry and dark place over time (days/weeks) until there is very little remaining iso (none/almost none visible and little iso smell). Then heat purge in the same manner as you have done until there are no more bubbles. You should find your consistency will be better, and you will retain a bit more flavour.
Short of that, you gotta get a vac setup or develop your own custom tek.
I forgot to take a pictures when i started. but i definatly had a panic note i read and Used @herbivore21 guide as well and followed it almost exactly ( i skipped the baking part as i had no option of doing it) right now its almost dry just a thin film covering most of the dish. I will take pics tmrw after 24 hours air drying. ( i will heat water purge only if it smells of iso after 24 hours )@canadianleaf somewhere in the forums is an ejuice recipe that is basically a couple of grams of herb in a jar with VG and that is simmered in a slow cooker bath, and then mixed with some other stuff (I just read it, haven't used it, but it sounds like what you are after.
As for the qwiso run - look up qwiso in the forums and read some threads. @herbivore21 has a post that outlines the exact things to watch our for on your first run. I should have read it before my first run. It all worked fine, just a couple of panic moments when things didn't quite go as expected that are easily avoided...
Take pix and tell us how it turns out!
PS - you don't need concentrates to vape... I've been vaping as an mmj patient for 18 months now, and just tried concentrates in the past couple of weeks. There are a bunch of great herb and conc vapes out there, and many do both with a bit of putzing around...