Yes, all of the pics I've posted have been QWISO runs, and the most recent was my 5th run ever
My process is fairly simple, and derivative of many techs found on the web, and discussion on this and other forums. I've been meaning to make a step by step process, so here goes nothing:
1: gather supplies, herbs, jar for wash, Pyrex dish(es) for evap, a hand held strainer that can hold a coffee filter, unbleached coffee filters, 91% ISO or higher, french press instead of jar (optional, optimal, I added this to my setup for my last run, and it helped a lot!)
2: place herbs in jar or french press, and place in freezer for a couple hours (helps lock in chlorophyll)
3: place the Pyrex dish on the counter, have a coffee filter in the hand held strainer, ready to hold over the Pyrex dish.
4: remove french press/jar of herbs from the freezer.
5: pour ISO into the jar/french press, just enough to cover the herbs. Swish around for about 10-15 seconds tops. (I swish fairly roughly, to agitate the bud, but not so hard as to break the buds apart)
6: after 10-15 seconds, press down the press in your french press, to squeeze the liquid from the buds, and pour your liquid into the handheld strainer/coffee filter held above your Pyrex. (if using a jar instead of a press, I would have two strainers, place the bud into one, and use the other to push down and squeeze the liquid from the buds)
7: once all liquid is in the Pyrex, I fill my sink with hot water. Set the Pyrex in the hot water, and change water as needed, to maintain a warm bath to speed up the evap process.
8: I preheat my oven to its lowest temp, and wait for it to reach preheat before turning it off. My oven doesn't have a setting lower than 200ish degrees.
9: once all of the liquid is evapped from your Pyrex, you can place it in the oven. I put it in for about 10 minutes at first.
10: remove from oven, and scrape your oil with a blade, onto some parchment paper. once all oil is collected on parchment paper, place it in the oven to soften it into one chunk. Once removed from the oven it hardens up again like candy
From here, it's trial and error. Everything I have read, says that the purge has a lot to do with the product; heating/cooling, etc. Sometimes, after I've scraped my oil from the Pyrex, and onto the parchment, it will bubble up like mad in the oven...so I remove it, and it collapses, I put it back in, and get what you see in the pics above. Other times, its come out like that a lot sooner, other times it needs to be worked with more.
I also usually do two washes. The purpose originally was that it was nice to get the dark oil along with the good oil, to have as a backup. BUT, my second washes are starting to come out like my first washes, nice and yellow...*see pics of great white shark washes* So I may start doing three runs. A lot of the color in the end product has to do with the time of the wash. Short washes = less actives etc absorbed by the ISO, yet at the same time, less waxes/chlorophyll, etc...So I prefer at least 2 washes, to preserve quality and potency, yet to be efficient at the same time, and leave minimal behind.
I can post pics, or elaborate more on any steps that are confusing.
