Cold Water Extraction: Ghetto Style

I'm sure everyone has heard of Bubblebags and how to make hash with them using cold water extraction (CWE). The problem is that they are quite pricey and maybe you don't try CWE because of it. But it is IMO one of the better methods of making hash because it's:
a) cheap
b) safe
c) good yield

Here is a cheap way to do it, with good results. All you need are:
1) two buckets; at least one should be 5 gal
2) bag of ice
3) filter; to strain plant material (must be big enough to let the trichomes pass)
4) coffee filters
5) blender; or some way to agitate the material
5) trim; dried

You will also see a siphon hose. Since the most of the trichomes drop to the bottom I siphon off most of the water from the bucket to save time. You do not need to do this but you will quickly find your coffee filters getting clogged from the trichs if you filter the whole bucket.

So, as you can see in the above pics, fill one bucket with water, ice and the trim. Use the blender to agitate for about 2-3 mins. Then take a break for 10 or so minutes, maybe smoke one or hit a bowl. That's what I do, usually.

Repeat the agitation step a three or four times. Then, using the silkscreen (and a colander for shape), pour the whole mixture into the other bucket. Squeeze all the water out of the plant material and discard it.

You now have a bucket of greenish coloured water. This is where I siphon off about 3/4 of the water. Be sure to let it sit a while to give the trichomes time to sink to the bottom of the bucket.

Sorry forgot pics for these steps.

When you are near the bottom stop the siphon. It's time to use the coffee filters to capture the hash. Cut the top off of a 2L plastic pop bottle. Take the cap off and turn it upside down and place the coffee filter inside. Now carefully pour the remaining water through the filter. This may take some time depending on how much water you have left

Once your water is filtered you should have a number of coffee filters containing the wet hash.

Use a blade to carefully scrape the hash onto a plate for drying. At this point you can leave it to dry naturally, or what I do is squeeze the water out with my fingers. Once it is dry then it is ready to smoke.

Usually get 2-3 g per oz of trim, takes about 2 hours from start to finish.

Enjoy!

Last picture was kinda blurry but it still looks like s ome killer shit. Toke up!:thumbsup:

Hi, I am thinking of using this method, however when you say 'trim' do you mean all of the leaves from the plant? I have a bin liner full of leaves but they are wet at the minute.

Regards

yeah you get the hang of it after a while
i had made hash using the ice water method and agitation but somebody ( my grandma snoooping in my room) thought it of mud maybe..?! and threw it out, it was a good 3 grams of it, or more.. i didnt even get to touch it yet! stupid snooping parents.
well looking on the brightside.. at least they didnt touch my green..

Anyone?

i will be using your method when i get all of my plants trimmings. yay!

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Originally Posted by pspmachine

Anyone?

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Yes, by "trim" I mean all the leaf you get after manicuring. I use everything; bud leaves, fan leaves, stems. It all goes into the bucket.

Thats the thing, I think i'm only getting fan leaves and stems, would this produce any hash at all?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by pspmachine

Thats the thing, I think i'm only getting fan leaves and stems, would this produce any hash at all?

Thanks

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Well, it depends on the amount of trichomes on the material. Generally the smaller leaves that grow out of the bud will have the most. You don't have any leaves growing out of the buds? Fan leaves may have some on the stem and base of the leaf. I've seen some very crystally fan leaves. The more crystals (trichomes), the more hash you're gonna get.

you have been stickied...

thanks for the contribution...

Where did you get your silkscreen? No art supply places in my area had any....

Well, I got it from a friend who worked as a screen printer. I admit that item may be hard to come by for some people. I'm sure you could order some online. Alternatively, you could use cheesecloth, or a very fine sieve. That screen is to filter out the leaf material while allowing the trichomes to pass, so it doesn't have to be too fine. Just fine enough to keep the small bits of leaf out of your final product.

PS I just ran out of what I got out of that run, so it lasted about a week for me. And I get high a lot, each day, all day. Pretty potent stuff. Best smoked in a pipe or bowl.

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Originally Posted by Jake Martinez

Couldn't you use bud itself or is that too much of a pain?

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For this method I'm just using the shake and trim that would normally not be smoked in joints or bowls. It's just a cheap and easy way to get a little bit extra out of a grow.

That's a great method. I was just sorting thru a bunch of pictures I have of this method. I was going to post a thread, but seems like you got stickied, so maybe I'll just add them onto your thread if that's cool. :)

IMO, using the large fan leaves is detrimental to the quality of your hash. If you use just the small leaves that are attached to the bud, you should get a more pure hash with less green material. When I post my pics, you will see the difference. One has greener water, and the other is more yellowish...less green. I suggest only using leaves with VISIBLE trichomes. :)

The way I learned it was the GUMBY HASH method. Here is a link to an awesome vid that describes it all. A little different, but basically the same. :) Good thread, Perp.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbCtKE2Ghk[/YOUTUBE]

Be cool. :D


The Fog :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by norkali

Where did you get your silkscreen? No art supply places in my area had any....

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You can try using stretched out panty hose i think its the same thing.

Green Fog - great video, especially the yields. It's good advice to leave your buckets to sit for a few hours. I tend to be a little impatient and lose yield in the process. Also cutting out the coffee filters, I'll have to try it.

Dr. Chiefer - nice suggestion

Hey Perp, any thoughts on using dry ice. Besides the fact that it would look great smoking up the place. Would it help to be even colder. . .

and what about a potato smasker instead of the cake mixer? Thanks alot for the thread. . .

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Originally Posted by FreeVenice

Hey Perp, any thoughts on using dry ice. Besides the fact that it would look great smoking up the place. Would it help to be even colder. . .

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man fuck that, pour some liquid nitrogen in that bitch, LOL just kidding

koo thanks imma try it out

Another great way is to take the trim and clippings and rub it by a silk screen lightly alowing only the yellow resin to fall through. thenk scoop all of it up and put it in a plastic wrap Really tight (suggest the wrapper of a cig pack) then take the tightly wraped resin and tightly fold a damp piece of paper around it. put in the oven for 15 min on 400 then put imediatly into fridge. wait one day and unwrap and u have urself a nice wad of hash!

Im gonna try this method right now.
I just wrote it down, Thanks perp.
Ive got several pounds of leaf and bud shake
Ill keep you posted on how it works out and maybe send you some
I live in alberta what about you?

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Originally Posted by Chongzbongz

Im gonna try this method right now.
I just wrote it down, Thanks perp.
Ive got several pounds of leaf and bud shake
Ill keep you posted on how it works out and maybe send you some
I live in alberta what about you?

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I'm in Ontario. You should get a great yield from several pounds of trim. Take some pics and show us your results!

Thanks man.
I cant get anything to collect on the coffee filter im using a 1 gallon jug.
And its reallllly brown water so i should be getting tons.
Do you know why this is?

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Originally Posted by Chongzbongz

Thanks man.
I cant get anything to collect on the coffee filter im using a 1 gallon jug.
And its reallllly brown water so i should be getting tons.
Do you know why this is?

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Nothing at all? Hmmm, perhaps your trim does not have too much trichomes on it? Or maybe your 1 gallon jug is just not enough volume. Try doing several washes of trim in the same 1 gallon of water.

Don't forget to keep it cold with added ice. If you're siphoning make sure you let it sit for an hour at least to let the trichs sink to the bottom. If you don't you will be siphoning off all the goodness.

let it sit for 6-12 hours, then siphon off the top layer ( youll see it starting to get darker ).
then pour it through several times, and post back here :)

Okay. Thanks guys.
I just sorta mixed both the ghetto style
and gumby hash method.
I let it sit from last night at @ 12.
Until this morning at 12.
I siphoned off 3/4 of the water.
Then poured the remaining water and trichs
into a 1.5L glass jar. I let everything fall to the bottom.
Then siphoned off as much water as i possible could.
I poured the mixture onto doubled up wax paper and it is now
sitting on my dining room table drying. I took a spoon and put it into smaller piles.
hoping to dry it faster. I have a ceiling fan above it and an oscillating fan about 4 ft. away from it. Im thinking it should only be 2-3 more hours to dry it.
Would putting it in the freezer help?? Answer back soon Thanks.

Yo Perp,
I finished my batch.
Heres the end results.
I got 8 g;s from 4 oz
I've already started to smoke it.
Thanks for the help man.
:smokin:

Whoa, nice chunk! Tastes pretty sweet, Ill bet.

Yea i had two 4 gram balls but ive smoked just about all of it.
It tastes alright.

I pulled a batch from the x-tractor 1000 last week. I put in 150 grams of trim, and got back 19.5 grams of beautiful blonde bubbling hash. About the size of a golf ball.

Shweet.
That things expensive though.
I used a qp of some leaf and bud shake.
More leaf than bud. But i got 8 grams of really light green hash.
Really smooth smoke. And it was all thanks to this method.
and well the gumby hash method for the last part.


perp,
I siphoned off 3/4 of the water that was left.
Put it into the jar. You think anything will come out of it??

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Originally Posted by Chongzbongz

Shweet.
erp,
I siphoned off 3/4 of the water that was left.
Put it into the jar. You think anything will come out of it??

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Depending on how long you let it sit undisturbed, the water you siphon off will not have much in it.

:rasta:My fiance and I made our own set of bubble bags and used silk screen mesh for the bottom different counts (our secret:D) for each bag which is exactly what they use, and cordera for the outside. So instead of paying like $300 we made our own and spent $25 on materials to make a 4 bag / 5 gallon pale system which works awesome! We sold a few sets also ... sewing machines are great LOL! :thumbsup: :smokin:

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Originally Posted by chronicbrat

:rasta:My fiance and I made our own set of bubble bags and used silk screen mesh for the bottom different counts (our secret:D) for each bag which is exactly what they use, and cordera for the outside. So instead of paying like $300 we made our own and spent $25 on materials to make a 4 bag / 5 gallon pale system which works awesome! We sold a few sets also ... sewing machines are great LOL! :thumbsup: :smokin:

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Nice idea. How much do you charge and will you mail some out? I may be interested.

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Originally Posted by chronicbrat

:rasta:My fiance and I made our own set of bubble bags and used silk screen mesh for the bottom different counts (our secret:D) for each bag which is exactly what they use, and cordera for the outside. So instead of paying like $300 we made our own and spent $25 on materials to make a 4 bag / 5 gallon pale system which works awesome! We sold a few sets also ... sewing machines are great LOL! :thumbsup: :smokin:

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Thats actually a damn good idea.
It saves you lots of money.
But are the results as good as they could be?
Search around theres alot of ways to make it much better.
:rastasmoke:

Chongzbbongzhave you made any yet? I am trying as i type. I will post a picture when in finished. LATER...:D

Evening all!

Am I right in thinking that, with the gumby method the trims do not need to be dried first? I know that with the gumby method trim gets soaked in water, but wondered whether drying the trims first affected trich removal??

Cheers folks :stoned:


:thumbsup:Great site. Done a lot of reading this past week!:thumbsup: