i want to make hash, from my girls leaves

after giving the weed a gentle stir to get it all mixed up it was time for the mixer to do its job

we mixed througherly for at least twenty mins, .... we then let it stand for about thirty mins and then stired again for about another 25 mins, in between during the mixing i occasionly gave it a gentle deep stir to make sure nothing was traped and not getting mixed

it became very throthy it looked like a dark green slush

when finished mixing i let it stand for at least half an hour, i think now i should have let it stand longer maybe an hour

we then drained slowley and very carefully the bag containing the chopped up weed squeezing every last drop, i then put the bag to one side and made ready for the first catch bag

the first catch bag was very heavy and took a long time to drain, we let it drain naturaly as much as possible, only when it got nearly empty did we give it a gentle squeeze, it felt much like a very cold and wet floppy booby heheheh,

once we got most of the water out of the bag we had our first peek at what was in there, i nearly hit the ceiling with joy.... i could see that i finerly made myself some loverly hash

this looked like a fine sludge

we worked the hash to the very end of the bag, and gently wraped some kitchen tissue paper around the outside of the bags tip containing the hash, this realy helped to dry the stuff before removing it from the bag

this is what the hash looked like just before we removed it from the bag
the drying with tissue paper on the out side of the bag realy helped, i wish i had took a pic to show how we done it, it was realy simple though, we just wraped tissue around the outside of the bag and gently squeezed, it sucked out a lot of the water,

the last bag took ages to drain off, it killed my back so my bro helped me again, we used the same process on this bag also, its yeild was lower, i did expect this, however it still gave enough hash for a few killer smokes

we spread the damp hash on a large mirror layed flat on a stable suface,

we gently chopped it and spread it out to dry, trying to insure there were no damp lumps

we left it for about 1 hour with the back door open to allow a gentle circulating breeze to help the drying process,

the pic with the smaller amount in a little plastic wrapper is what i got from the last bag, we did nothing more with this other than dry it and sprinkle it in three huge joints,

after leaving it to dry for about 1 hour we carressed it and kneeded it untill it regained its sticky nature,

i rolled it in my hands for about twenty mins it started to firm up and stiffen, it was about the size of a large marble it also became darker in colour

i then shaped it into a square sausage i think this shape will be good to work with when i make some joints off it,

i aint yet smoked this first grade hash, i am gonna let it stand for a while to try and dry it some more as it is still quite soft and bendy, a little more stiff than play dough,
however three of us smoked the second grade hash from the last bag, we smoked it as powder form, in three joints one each,
i can say with total honesty we was totaly wrecked and spent at least half an hour laughing our heads of and giggerling uncontrolably, it was brill,

it gave me excerlent relief from my pain, my friend torog i know is awaiting the results from my experiment, i can say torog do it bro, just do it, it will elieviate your pain i am sure, i am so, so happy with these results
so thanks guys for all your help, without your advise i proberly would not have done it,

i will deffinatly make some more when my next bash comes through
thanks and if you have any comments i would love to know your thoughts
........... peace and happyness to you all ....
ps cant wait for this 1st grade stuff to dry

does anybody know how long this lump of hash will take to harden

................ peace

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after leaving it to dry for about 1 hour we carressed it and kneeded it untill it regained its sticky nature,

i rolled it in my hands for about twenty mins it started to firm up and stiffen, it was about the size of a large marble it also became darker in colour

i then shaped it into a square sausage i think this shape will be good to work with when i make some joints off it,

i aint yet smoked this first grade hash, i am gonna let it stand for a while to try and dry it some more as it is still quite soft and bendy, a little more stiff than play dough,
however three of us smoked the second grade hash from the last bag, we smoked it as powder form, in three joints one each,
i can say with total honesty we was totaly wrecked and spent at least half an hour laughing our heads of and giggerling uncontrolably, it was brill,

it gave me excerlent relief from my pain, my friend torog i know is awaiting the results from my experiment, i can say torog do it bro, just do it, it will elieviate your pain i am sure, i am so, so happy with these results
so thanks guys for all your help, without your advise i proberly would not have done it,

i will deffinatly make some more when my next bash comes through
thanks and if you have any comments i would love to know your thoughts
........... peace and happyness to you all ....
ps cant wait for this 1st grade stuff to dry

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Howdy Happy,

Thanx for the interesting pics ! Thanx for taking the time to post it all,it's been very informative. I'm greatly encouraged by your report of the pain relief aspect :) I was wondering,how much trim and or bud,did you use for this batch ? Did you freeze the trim before you started,and for how long ?

Thanx for confirming that hash is good for pain relief..it seems that most folks just talk about strains of weed that's good for pain relief..but ya never hear about the effectiveness of hash or honey oil,in regards to pain relief.

Have a good one ! :D

thanks llamaman for those links, i was very surprised at how cheap they were on that site, the best price my head shop could offer me was £140 or £250 uk pounds, i wanted the tumbler becourse they looked easy, at the time i just could not find them cheap enough, however i am very happy with my 3 bag kit it cost £65 uk pounds.

hi torog mate,
yes i did freeze the weed before i processed it, i stuck it in the freezer the night before to make sure it was totaly frozen .
my original estermate of weed was far mor than i actauly used, this time i used about 2 and a half ounces of trim and about 1 ounce of popcorn bud, there was also a small top that i chucked in for good measure.

the whole job from start to finish took about 2 and a half hours, and a lot of that was waiting time,
i will say though torog if lifting is a problem then have a buddy handy, my back realy hurt trying to hold the sacks up to drain, but that was thew only prob,
it deffinatly has good pain relief qualitys, it is far better than the hash or soilid i can buy localy for £15 an 8th,
i guess if you can find a good plant that gives good med qualitys then for sure the hash that comes from it will be excerlent as all your smoking is the thc glands, i can only describe it as very sweat tasting weed in very concentrated form.
i cant wait to test this first grade stuff if the second grade was as good as it was then what must the best stuff be like, .........take care and peace to you

i do my bubblebagging in the kitchen and found you can pull a drawer out a bit then hang the bag on a corner to drain...this is where a 2nd bucket (even a 3rd if doing large quantities) comes in handy.

the stuff left at the bottom of the bucket can be dried thru evaporation leaving a crust that can be scraped and spread on j's like skuff. not the best quality but still has the flavor and works well enuff to keep, imho...

thanks del,
i can see that it would help me if i could find somthing to support the bag high whilst it drains, that was my only problem those bags do get quite heavy, and they take a very long time to drain, on the whole though del thanks for the tip on using bags they realy are first class, and i am very pleased that i bought them.

i have left the bucket containing the green water to settle since i done the extraction i will today syphon the water, as you say i am sure there will be some thing in there also, i will take some pics of this also, if there is anything of interest in the bottom of the bucket it might be worth showing this also. .... thanks and peace ....

hi all
i smoked my first grade hash for the first time last night, it has now dried just fine, it was totaly mind blowing and i got total stuffed on it, i cant believe that i have been throwing away ( most of the time ) all those loverly leaves, why did i not do this earlier.
question ... it is now dry and it smoked loverly, but why is the stuff so bloody sticky when i warm it up to put in a joint it almost reverts back to its original state, it is also difficult to crumble this sticky its just like thick glue when i warm it up
................peace to you all.....................

hi all does anyone have any answers to the above question
question, .... if it remains this sticky how do ya get it in a joint lol, i can hardly get it off my fingers, its fine untill i warm it up to crumble then it goes to glue

Incredible, great job happy and thanks for posting the pics. This has answered a lot of my questions. You've got me very excited about the bags!
thanks again and keep up the good work.

hi nosehit
the bags are great mate realy great, i was also amazed at what come from what i normaly throw away or save for hard times, the stength of the hash is just outstanding, my partner wont smoke my grass cos she recons it drys her throat, but she readily smoked my hash in a long joint, she got less than halfway through the jay and needed to lay down hehehehe, its also very good for elliviating my pain and mussle spasms, go for it mate you wont regret it, if your gonna have a lot of trim then maybe go for the 5 or 7 bag kit, i only have the 3 but my supplier assures me he can easily get hold of the extra bags should i want them,
........... peace .............

ok guys id be happy to inform and tell all the ppl reading how all theese different methods work first off iwould never make oil thats for sure its dangerous for one thing and another is once finished thereis still and always will be alcohol init still this is a concern for me so my sugestion is for the time being i would probably make hash but with a tumbler i made my own for maybe 50 bucks i live in canada so thats gotta be cheap to everyone else so if u want let me know and ill give u detailed instuctions on how to build one yourself i also have bought a set of bubblw bags i bought the 7 bag system 20 gallon size because i have an everlasting amount of straight trim leaves and stuff i mean they did cost me alot i think it was like 840 dollars but so far for the quality and stuff most definitly worth it who ever said it will take you many tries to perfect it im a person who likes the finer things so in my opinion very worth it if u have the leaf and money to do so if u want message me or leave a reply to this and ill try to get back to you with a good formula for making ice hash and now after buying and using the bags ive found other ways to do it with household items and results will be very close to the same let me now and ill fill you in on the proper procedures on making some killer stuff from your trim

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ok guys id be happy to inform and tell all the ppl reading how all theese different methods work first off iwould never make oil thats for sure its dangerous for one thing and another is once finished thereis still and always will be alcohol init still this is a concern for me so my sugestion is for the time being i would probably make hash but with a tumbler i made my own for maybe 50 bucks i live in canada so thats gotta be cheap to everyone else so if u want let me know and ill give u detailed instuctions on how to build one yourself i also have bought a set of bubblw bags i bought the 7 bag system 20 gallon size because i have an everlasting amount of straight trim leaves and stuff i mean they did cost me alot i think it was like 840 dollars but so far for the quality and stuff most definitly worth it who ever said it will take you many tries to perfect it im a person who likes the finer things so in my opinion very worth it if u have the leaf and money to do so if u want message me or leave a reply to this and ill try to get back to you with a good formula for making ice hash and now after buying and using the bags ive found other ways to do it with household items and results will be very close to the same let me now and ill fill you in on the proper procedures on making some killer stuff from your trim

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Howdy surrey,

Have you ever tried making oil with the butane extraction method ? It's dangerous too..but the butane does evaporate totally..leaving behind nothing but product..or so I hear...lol.

When you do the mixing/stirring part,do you have to stand there and hold an electric drill in yer hand for 15-30 minutes ? I was wondering if a jig could be constructed,to help with holding the drill,or do you reccomend moving the drill around,like mixing up cake batter with a hand-mixer,does a hand-mixer with beaters work ? Or is a drill with a paint-stirrer bit,best ?

I'm starting to think,a tumbler would work best,for a feller with a bad back..Happy said it was somewhat painful for him,I suppose gittin someone to help with the lifting and draining,would be best for fellers like me and Happy.

Thanx for your help ! :D

Have a good one ! :D

excellent news, chappie!
been away for a couple days and just got back to this thread...

did you hand press them while wet or let them dry 'naturally'? doesn't matter much, both come out equally fine. but if you can get to the clump of mud before too dry but after most of the moisture has drained you can form them into diff shapes (like play-doh) and when dry are quite hard. i suggest wearing those baggie-type gloves when hand pressing. paper towels placed around the edge of the clumps will also help dry it faster.

soon to be making my 3rd batch of bubblehash here too! i'll take pics of the way i do it and maybe that'll give you some ideas for next time...please do the same when ya get a chance.

did you happen to make any measurements beforehand? like weigh the trim against the yield? curious is all...i got just under an oz from 400 grams of trim and popcorn buds from the last one but didn't measure the 1st one. and yes, it is sticky! i made the mistake of licking the 'dough' from between my fingers while pressing into 'snakes' (look more like cat turds when dry) and lost a day and a half...which is why i now recommend wearing plastic gloves.

anyway, great job...




and i recommend using a paint stirrer w/drill and moving it around and up and down inside the bucket...NOT the bags. strain after the mixing into a separate bucket. saves much wear and TEAR on your bags...btw, the 5 bag system should be more than enough for most growers.

hello surrey and torog
yes surrey mate we would love to share your ideas and details on how to make a tumbler, i wanted one of those but best price my supplier could come up with was
£ 140.00 for a small one and £ 250 for a resonable size one, my bags come to about
£ 65.00 any additional bag i want will be about another £ 20/25, there must be loads of people reading this post that would like to know all the different ways to make hash, i have allready posted pics of my hash making session with my bags but if you have any more info please just pop in and post it,

yes torog the bags do get very heavy for me, they take a long time to drain so thats why it hurts, those tumblers are good mate, i would worry a little about reliability i am sure they would last but at the end of the day they are mechanicle,
yes it would be possible to make some kind of stand easily for the mixer so you dont have to hold it, i used an old food mixer it worked better than i thought it might, there was a time when i got a bit close to the bags and got a bit worried about chopping them up, but since then people on here have give me more tips, like cutting the bottom of a duplicate bucket and simply sliding in in after the bags to protect them,
either way torog this hash mate is the best you have just gotta do it,
............... peace..............