vape4health said:
I see you guys are in love with this thing, it does look nice but I'm from PA with no access to oils or any of that stuff. Im not going to spray tane and high quality herb is limited for me any way, does that put me out for a Omicron or is there another easy way to get fuel for this bad boy. Thanks all, I really like the whole idea of this thing.
Interesting question. The needed 'fuel' is a concentrate. Generally the more pure THC, the better, IMO 70% is a good target. This means somebody somewhere has to separate the THC from most of the other stuff in the 'feed stock' somehow. And there's limits on how efficient that can be (some THC is sure to be left behind).
Let's try some 'back of the envelope' numbers. A gram of 70% oil has 700mg of THC. If we use prime California bud at say 16% and get 3/4 of that into the final product (a WAG) we'll capture 120 of the 160mg of THC in each gram. We'll need 5.8 grams of that bud (700/120) for the job. If we're using 'mids' at say 6 or 8% we're going to need half an ounce or so. Probably more with shake.
As to how to make that happen 'easily', how about a two step system? First pass convert to bubble hash with ice, water and screens. Dry that then do a solvent extraction from there. Most of the bulk processing is with water at low temperatures that way. I suspect for the second step Iso or 'hexane class' solvents would be a the call, and safe enough with reasonable caution??? Butane spraying around scares me.....
By far and away the easiest way is to pay someone else to do it for sure. $40 or so will buy good 'fuel' around here. Under $60/gram for THC, far cheaper (say half) than good bud. I assume that can only happen with the oil 'feed stock' coming from the biproduct of those lovely buds those dedicated growers are producing.
So I'd say 'start with figuring out where you'll get gram or so of THC in feed stock you need for a gram of 70% oil. Then we can get to the 'separate the wheat from the chaff' part.
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