jazmodo
Militant Athiest
So I thought I'd share my recent escapades on my journey to create something from my vaping 'Waste'.
I consume 1.5oz/month on average, all of which goes through my Mighty. I save all my AVB (tried making has brownies - tasted disgusting (didn't water filter), worked ok, and then went mouldy - epic fail! Luckily didn't waste too much.
I also then clean my cooling unit every 2 weeks with 99% Isopropyl. I have 3 cooling units, and cycle through them, cleaning 2 at a time. Cleaning consists of separating all parts (not easy as very gummed together when cold!) and submerging in a mason jar with around 500-600ml of the Isopropyl.
Soaking takes 20-30mins, with swirling & shaking in between. I generally scrape any stubbornness from the parts mid-way through this period. All parts are then transferred to a second mason jar, with the same volume of Isopropyl, as a secondary wash.
All items are then washed in water, dried & re-assembled for re-use.
So I then judged that I had completely saturated my first cleaning jar, as my second jar was starting to turn a faint orange from the cannabinoids. I used a 3rd mason jar & coffee filter to then remove any particulates from the Isopropyl cleaning liquid in the saturated jar. FYI - I now use a finer upper mesh in the Mighty cooling unit, so particulate penetration is minimal. about a 3rd of the cleaning contained quite a lot of gunk from the default, wider mesh (stupid idea) I used initially.
So I then purchased a pyrex dish, with a sealable (silicon gasket) lid with air release valve - Similar to this, but local cheaper knock-off
Link Here.
Now, Please....
This was my first attempt, was spur-of-the-moment, and was very.... resourceful lets say! so excuse the apparent, definite & categoric bodging
I set up a double boil in a pan (probably, technically a wok..) & Knowing the dangers of boiling Isopropyl in a kitchen environment, I set up a vapour collection & burn-off system. See it below at full chooch:
The stone mortar was heat protection, and the bottle pourer a heat buffer from the silicon tubing. Thus - no risks of flammable gas build-up. Extractor fan was on as well, I guess obviously, and back door open.
Once the chooch had reduced to a dribble, it would no longer ignite the tube, and an empty, fake 'bic' pen (tried a real bic - fucknig impossible to separate easily...) and burned off even more of the isopropyl:
Strategic yankee candle was to stop the dish moving. I could also see liquid isopropyl condensing at the bottom of the tube (pen) even without the flame - and at this stage i wasn't worried about the levels of isopropyl gas - very low amounts, and intermittent. This bubbling, condensing isopropyl was also a good indicator when it was running out. Bubbles from the concentrate also then ceased.
The next stage was vacuum purging. Suffice to say this was a 2-hand job and I forgot to photograph the setup anyhow. Basically, I attached, via a reduction tube (thick plastic bottle & duct tape
) a household vacuum cleaner, to the tube (pen) seen above.
This applied a fairly decent level of vacuum to the situation - the vacuum cleaner was screaming and pulled its hose completely tight, I had to have it on the kitchen counter right next to the hob. The vac also blew its safety valve after 10-15 seconds, so I had to cut a small hole in the reduction tube (stabbed small hole in bottle with knife), as a pressure release valve to the vacuum cleaner. Still plenty of vacuum on the pyrex dish (lid was caving in nicely). Did this for a good 5 minutes.
The result?
A really decent amount (I think?) of what looks to be pretty pure (apart from the match tip
) concentrate.
I let it air cool, covered in cheese-cloth, for around an hour, until it was luke warm.
As the liquid concentrate was still pretty warm when the the below video was taken (shite upload, all stretched & rubbish) it was still a little runny:
Background sound is TV on news from UN General Assembly - Trump - what a wanker
It is now almost solid (holds the imprint of my fingerprint in its surface)
Sooo....
Thoughts? How does this compare to other peoples attempts from a similar source (vape reclaim)? Should I purge further to remove Isopropyl or have I done enough?
Also, as a purely Mighty owner - how would one best consume said concentrate now? I was thinking this, or less foul (not AVB) tasting edibles.
All advice & input is much appreciated
I consume 1.5oz/month on average, all of which goes through my Mighty. I save all my AVB (tried making has brownies - tasted disgusting (didn't water filter), worked ok, and then went mouldy - epic fail! Luckily didn't waste too much.
I also then clean my cooling unit every 2 weeks with 99% Isopropyl. I have 3 cooling units, and cycle through them, cleaning 2 at a time. Cleaning consists of separating all parts (not easy as very gummed together when cold!) and submerging in a mason jar with around 500-600ml of the Isopropyl.
Soaking takes 20-30mins, with swirling & shaking in between. I generally scrape any stubbornness from the parts mid-way through this period. All parts are then transferred to a second mason jar, with the same volume of Isopropyl, as a secondary wash.
All items are then washed in water, dried & re-assembled for re-use.
So I then judged that I had completely saturated my first cleaning jar, as my second jar was starting to turn a faint orange from the cannabinoids. I used a 3rd mason jar & coffee filter to then remove any particulates from the Isopropyl cleaning liquid in the saturated jar. FYI - I now use a finer upper mesh in the Mighty cooling unit, so particulate penetration is minimal. about a 3rd of the cleaning contained quite a lot of gunk from the default, wider mesh (stupid idea) I used initially.
So I then purchased a pyrex dish, with a sealable (silicon gasket) lid with air release valve - Similar to this, but local cheaper knock-off
Link Here.Now, Please....
This was my first attempt, was spur-of-the-moment, and was very.... resourceful lets say! so excuse the apparent, definite & categoric bodging
I set up a double boil in a pan (probably, technically a wok..) & Knowing the dangers of boiling Isopropyl in a kitchen environment, I set up a vapour collection & burn-off system. See it below at full chooch:
The stone mortar was heat protection, and the bottle pourer a heat buffer from the silicon tubing. Thus - no risks of flammable gas build-up. Extractor fan was on as well, I guess obviously, and back door open.
Once the chooch had reduced to a dribble, it would no longer ignite the tube, and an empty, fake 'bic' pen (tried a real bic - fucknig impossible to separate easily...) and burned off even more of the isopropyl:
Strategic yankee candle was to stop the dish moving. I could also see liquid isopropyl condensing at the bottom of the tube (pen) even without the flame - and at this stage i wasn't worried about the levels of isopropyl gas - very low amounts, and intermittent. This bubbling, condensing isopropyl was also a good indicator when it was running out. Bubbles from the concentrate also then ceased.
The next stage was vacuum purging. Suffice to say this was a 2-hand job and I forgot to photograph the setup anyhow. Basically, I attached, via a reduction tube (thick plastic bottle & duct tape
) a household vacuum cleaner, to the tube (pen) seen above. This applied a fairly decent level of vacuum to the situation - the vacuum cleaner was screaming and pulled its hose completely tight, I had to have it on the kitchen counter right next to the hob. The vac also blew its safety valve after 10-15 seconds, so I had to cut a small hole in the reduction tube (stabbed small hole in bottle with knife), as a pressure release valve to the vacuum cleaner. Still plenty of vacuum on the pyrex dish (lid was caving in nicely). Did this for a good 5 minutes.
The result?
A really decent amount (I think?) of what looks to be pretty pure (apart from the match tip
) concentrate. I let it air cool, covered in cheese-cloth, for around an hour, until it was luke warm.
As the liquid concentrate was still pretty warm when the the below video was taken (shite upload, all stretched & rubbish) it was still a little runny:
Background sound is TV on news from UN General Assembly - Trump - what a wanker
It is now almost solid (holds the imprint of my fingerprint in its surface)
Sooo....
Thoughts? How does this compare to other peoples attempts from a similar source (vape reclaim)? Should I purge further to remove Isopropyl or have I done enough?
Also, as a purely Mighty owner - how would one best consume said concentrate now? I was thinking this, or less foul (not AVB) tasting edibles.
All advice & input is much appreciated
