andrewburgess
Well-Known Member
i'm posting this to document my experience so far and see if others have experience adding terpenes. there is anecdotal evidence that terpenes enhance the effect of thc.
i'm having good luck adding limonene to CO2 oil. nice flavor, smell and it makes the oil runnier so it works better in the vape pen. too much will force you to take smaller hits because it's a lung irritant like thc. if you add too much just expose to air and it tends to evaporate back out. tilting a clear pen and observing the viscosity of the oil mix is a crude way of seeing how much limonene it still contains. it can be added to a pen already containing oil. squirt it in. you see two layers initially (oil and limonene) but warm and shake a little and all you have is one runnier liquid.
i was happy with three drops in about a half gram of CO2 oil. YMMV.
this was in a bottom coil pen (no visible wicks). i don't know if it would work mixing in a top coil long wick pen. the wicks might grab all the limonene before it mixes.
i've added it to wax too - mixed right in the jar. the wax gets runnier. too much? leave the jar open and in a few hours its almost back to the way it was - maybe a faint lemon smell.
you can also just put a few drops on your hands, rub and put them over your mouth and nose and hit it that way. don't exhale into your hands or you blow the vapors into your eyes. for me it was a pleasant smell and there was no irritation.
since terpenes are in just about any food that has a smell, we already get varying amounts. maybe if you eat a high terpene diet already you are already seeing the effects (if they exist) - it just seems normal to you.
you can get gel caps of limonene at a health food store. i got 60 softgels 1000mg by jarrow formulas ($10? i don't remember). the label says it comes from steam distillation of orange peels. poke a toothpick in the end and squeeze.
be careful, it is FLAMMABLE. i added a few drops to a preroll and lit it right away. don't do that. the whole joint flames up briefly. let it soak in a bit and evaporate from the paper first.
i've ordered myrcene and will try that next week.
best wishes everyone
i'm having good luck adding limonene to CO2 oil. nice flavor, smell and it makes the oil runnier so it works better in the vape pen. too much will force you to take smaller hits because it's a lung irritant like thc. if you add too much just expose to air and it tends to evaporate back out. tilting a clear pen and observing the viscosity of the oil mix is a crude way of seeing how much limonene it still contains. it can be added to a pen already containing oil. squirt it in. you see two layers initially (oil and limonene) but warm and shake a little and all you have is one runnier liquid.
i was happy with three drops in about a half gram of CO2 oil. YMMV.
this was in a bottom coil pen (no visible wicks). i don't know if it would work mixing in a top coil long wick pen. the wicks might grab all the limonene before it mixes.
i've added it to wax too - mixed right in the jar. the wax gets runnier. too much? leave the jar open and in a few hours its almost back to the way it was - maybe a faint lemon smell.
you can also just put a few drops on your hands, rub and put them over your mouth and nose and hit it that way. don't exhale into your hands or you blow the vapors into your eyes. for me it was a pleasant smell and there was no irritation.
since terpenes are in just about any food that has a smell, we already get varying amounts. maybe if you eat a high terpene diet already you are already seeing the effects (if they exist) - it just seems normal to you.
you can get gel caps of limonene at a health food store. i got 60 softgels 1000mg by jarrow formulas ($10? i don't remember). the label says it comes from steam distillation of orange peels. poke a toothpick in the end and squeeze.
be careful, it is FLAMMABLE. i added a few drops to a preroll and lit it right away. don't do that. the whole joint flames up briefly. let it soak in a bit and evaporate from the paper first.
i've ordered myrcene and will try that next week.
best wishes everyone
