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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
hi all,
This is a simple tutorial for anyone insterested in pressing small amounts of hash, and collecting the kif. I thought I'd share the simple method I use to make mega potent, pure hash. If interested, read on. Hope you enjoy. :smokin:
Pictures with instructions will go from left to right at the bottom of each post. I have sevral pictures, so wait until I finish to give a final response.
Collecting the kif (keef)
Picture #1: The supplies: A coffee grinder, 10 grams of high quality grass, and a kif shaker<----It was originally a icing sugar shaker that I found at a garage sale. I want to grind the buds down to shake the kif, so to do so, I use a simple electric coffee grinder I got at Wal-Mart for under $15.
Picture #2: I take the 10 grams of buds, grind them down fairly fine. The buds must be dry, as "dankish" or dampish buds, will not release as many trichs (kif). It will stick mostly to the blades, getting you not very far.
Picture #3: This is the kif in the lid of the coffee grinder after the busting. This is where I got most of the kif for pressing. I then tap the top of the lid lightly and most of the kif falls from the sides. I get the remainder by simply taking a razor blade, and carefull scrapping the sides of the lid, getting most of the remainder of kif. I then tap the lid again.
Picture #4: This is the first collection of the kif I got just from busting 10g's in the coffee grinder. I set this aside for now. Enjoy a bong rip or two while going on. :D
Picture #5: The kif shaker. Again, it was suppose to be used as an icing sugar shaker, but all I did was remove the sugar screen, that had too large of holes to filter the kif, and replaced it with a piece of silk screening (silk screen has to be used to collect kif). A pair of pantyhose will work just as well, as it has almost the same microscreening fibers to filter the kif. I got the idea for the shaker from www.waytoomany.com, under the marijuana section, titled, "Do Not Throw Away Your Stems). I take the busted grass, put inside the container, screw the silk screen piece on, place the dome on top, and shake for 2min or so. The kif goes through the silk screen, and collects on the dome.
More to come.....please be patient. :)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Picture #6: After shaking the 10g's for 2 min, this is the second small pile of potent kif.
Picture #7: Final weight. 10g's of high quality and I got 2g's of even higher quality kif. Now, you can smoke the kif as is, but I find kif very sticky, powdery, and hard to handle, so I press it, and after pressing, it's called hash.
Pressing the Hash
Picture #8: The supplies: The kif, a small dime sized baggy, and a small sledgehammer. Any plastic baggy will do, I just prefer these to easier pressing and removing.
Picture #9: The 2g's of kif in the baggy. Now, this is important: When the kif is in the baggy, press it down really hard and cram it in the bottom of the baggy tight. Compress it pretty hard in the bag. If using a bigger baggy, just do the same but press it hard into the corner of the bag, and fold the big baggy up tight.
Picture #10: Take the bag and roll it up tight, like you would a joint, but much, much, MUCH tighter. Close with tape if you wish, but I didn't bother.
More to come....patience please. :)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Picture #11: Now take the hammer, and start hitting it against the floor, while holding the other half in place with you fingers, be careful not to hit your fingers. ;) Hit it about 10 times on one side, then switch to the other side, then flip the hash pack over, and repeat it, then flip back over, repeat, then one more time, flip again and repeat. You don't have to smash the kif with all your might, but give it some bang behind each hit to ensure it presses.
Picture #12: The finished pressing, about 1mm now in thickness.
Picture #13: Unrolling the baggy.
Picture #14: I now tore open the baggy from its sides giving you the final goods.
Picture #15: The final weight. The same pretty much, a little loss, but most of that .1 was stuck to the sides of the plastic baggy, so I just cleaned it off, packed her up, and had a few bong rips.
The final product is potent, very potent, not for newbies. I made the hash from 3g's of outdoor sativa, and the other 7g's was Potstar. I keep the busted up grass, OF COURSE!! as it's not toally useless. It won't be as potent of course, but it will still get you high and is still smokeable.
That's it! All done. Hope this helps some people. I call it Sledgehammer Hash. Try it and enjoy it. :smokin:
Peace.
-Chowder
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by CrAzYcHrIs
nice dude...how potent is that hash compared to regular dank weed and how much less potent is that other weed after the kif is gone from it?
Lets put it this way, when you inhale a hit of hash, it feels like 6 hits at once of dank weed. It is not commerical junk loaded with male pollen. It is very pure, and very potent.
That other weed, the potency is about the same as mid. quality smoke after shaking the kif, so yes, it does go down a bit, but I like to switch from hash to grass from day to day. Hash every once in awhile for a heady, mindfucked stone, and the grass for a chilled, mellow smoke.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
man i hope i didnt prompt you to do that...
thats a lot of typing ____but i have to say ive never seen the hammer thing
always a press...but good less expensive idea...
word!!!!!
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Awesome post man. Personally, I would just smoke the buds but great post nonetheless.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Yea dude for sure. I didnt know it was that easy. I got a 3-4 peice grinder with keif collecter on the bottom. Its gettin a tid bit full for once!
Thanks. < Bookmarked
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by sensistar
man i hope i didnt prompt you to do that...
thats a lot of typing ____but i have to say ive never seen the hammer thing
always a press...but good less expensive idea...
word!!!!!
Ha ha! No, you didn't prompt me to do it. I've been meaning to do it for quite some time, and seeing as that I was wide awake at 5:30 this morning, I figure I'd whip up some hash and snap some pictures.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by darkside
sticky it mods.
Thanks! I appreciate that. :cool:
I'd love for this to be a sticky mods. :)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
email P4B, i requested my resin sticky, so i'm sure you'll have to make the request too.. but i'm sure he'll be more then happy to do it for ya :thumbsup:
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Smoke the buds, trimmings for hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
email P4B, i requested my resin sticky, so i'm sure you'll have to make the request too.. but i'm sure he'll be more then happy to do it for ya :thumbsup:
Thanks for the suggestion Slipknot. I just e-mailed him, so time will tell. :)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
I can't believe this thread is already dead. :(
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Beautiful thread! You did a great job, and this really should be stickied!
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
I can't believe this thread is already dead. :(
oh its not over...hahaha
so i have a grinder and theres a good amount gathered up from lots of dank bud, and im wondering if there is a more efficient way to press it...like smaller amounts, without actually buying a kief press. i think it would be sick to have some dime-sized chunks
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by ghettoBlunt
oh its not over...hahaha
so i have a grinder and theres a good amount gathered up from lots of dank bud, and im wondering if there is a more efficient way to press it...like smaller amounts, without actually buying a kief press. i think it would be sick to have some dime-sized chunks
yep, you can actually roll it up in plastic like he did, but put newspaper around it tightly, saturate the newspaper in water, then put it in the oven for 10 minutes on 175degrees. take it out, and use a rolling pin. but you must press hard. the hashish will be much more pressed. you actually have to "break" it. i saw this on a video on youtube ;). i might try it sometime.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Yes, you can use the oven method as well but it isn't needed. I'm always worried I'll just burn up the kif in the oven, so I just press it as is.
Still waiting for this to be a sticky mods. ;)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
you can use the left-over weed to make brownies
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
I most certainly could make brownies if I wanted to. Not a bad idea. :thumbsup:
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Complimentary handjob for you Nochowder! :)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
So where's my handjob? ;) J/K
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
excellent guide dude.
karma +! ;)
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Hey Chowder, great guide.
I was curious why you don't add any heat to the kif when you make the hash?
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by BobBong
Hey Chowder, great guide.
I was curious why you don't add any heat to the kif when you make the hash?
Wow. I'm glad to see this made it as a sticky. :)
I don't use heat because I find it isn't really needed. Using the pressure with the hammer creates slight heat because of friction. The blows from the sledge are more than enough to make it press and compact together. Adding heat like with the oven just takes more time, and doesn't increase potency any, and also I find the less you tamper with the product, the better chance it has to staying pure.
Glad you like and I'm honered this made it. :smokin:
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
Wow. I'm glad to see this made it as a sticky. :)
I don't use heat because I find it isn't really needed. Using the pressure with the hammer creates slight heat because of friction. The blows from the sledge are more than enough to make it press and compact together. Adding heat like with the oven just takes more time, and doesn't increase potency any, and also I find the less you tamper with the product, the better chance it has to staying pure.
Glad you like and I'm honered this made it. :smokin:
Hmmm I was just curious because whenever I make hash with kif i add heat by flaming it with a Bic lighter because it changes the actual compound of the hash. Instead of pressed kif, it becomes hard like a rock and almost like a much darker hash.. I'll post pics!
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
damn thank you so much for this.. me and my friends decided that we should make hash outta the kif that we have.. im glad that i know how to do it now..
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
very sweet, im about to pick up a new ounce on monday and once it gets down to my last 10 grams i gonna try this.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
do you know how to make bubble hash?
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
excellent thread,thanks 4 taking the time to share it with us all
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
Recently I have made hash both with heat and without heat and have found that the heat makes it stick together better. I wrapped the kief tightly in plastic wrap and newspaper, soaked in water, then put in oven for about 10 minutes @190 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm not sure if that's the best temp, but I got a great piece of hash after heating, although either method will work.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by BobBong
Hmmm I was just curious because whenever I make hash with kif i add heat by flaming it with a Bic lighter because it changes the actual compound of the hash. Instead of pressed kif, it becomes hard like a rock and almost like a much darker hash.. I'll post pics!
You do it almost the same as me, when you add the heat [Lighter in your case] it turns the trichomes darker because of the oxydisation.
:D
Nice guide for the hash making noobs :D
And nice pics too
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
how much do you rekon that hash would sell for in your area?
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by KottonMouthKid
how much do you rekon that hash would sell for in your area?
I couldn't tell you bro. I moved here just over a month ago and I haven't come accross any hash yet, so I have no clue how much it would be,
Back in Alberta though, when it was around, it cost $15 a gram of dark brown bubblehash. It was soft, very soft stuff.
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Collecting kif and pressing small amounts of potent hash.
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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
I couldn't tell you bro. I moved here just over a month ago and I haven't come accross any hash yet, so I have no clue how much it would be,
Back in Alberta though, when it was around, it cost $15 a gram of dark brown bubblehash. It was soft, very soft stuff.
that was sortof what i was thinking
have you tried this with mids?
im trying to figure out if the mids produce as much kif?