Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
-Why to compress the ground weed?
I read somewhere that an easy, and from the sound of it, ancient way of bringing the oils that are inside the plant to the outside is to take two hot rocks and mash and grind the weed. It essentially just makes hash oil with plant matter still in it. I read somewhere on this forum that someone made hash by taking the kif and beating it with a hammer until it was an oil I assume. I just combined those two processes because in my mind it would just be more efficient and time saving to do an extraction with the weed already processed a little.

Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
-Does 20 minutes of simmering in alcohol is enough? I "reflux" the weed in alcohol for one entire hour... by "refluxing" i mean i put a dish covering the jar with alcohol, so the evaporating alcohol condenses there, and comes back to the jar. Doing so, its possible to heat it for long periods of time without having to add more alcohol to fill the space left by the evaporated alcohol.
the way you did that would probably be better, I was afraid I would hurt it or lose potency recooking for a long time. So next time I'll do it your way.

Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
-Why to wait 24 hours until the next step?
I just wanted to be 100% sure the alcohol had time to work, even though it was heated to speed up the process, I just wanted to make sure.

Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
-Does 30 minutes of isomerization is enough? When i do it with hash oil, i need at least 2 hours to get a "decent" amount of isomerization... once i did it process for several different times, and get this (aproximate) results:
Started with 100% indica (Ind):
With 1 hour of isomerization: about 50 Sat/50 Ind.
With 2 hours: about 70 Sat/30 Ind
With 3 hours: Indica effects were almost unnoticeable. And it seems some THC started to decompose.
The amounts are estimates on the feeling of the high i get with the oil. They are completly subjective. But i think they have some use.
BTW, calling the process isomerization is somewhat erroneous. None of the cannabinoids is actually an isomer of THC. The reactions that actually happen are hydrogenation, enolization (sp?)(enol to cetone), and such...
I did get high, the amount of "isomerization" I did might not have done anything, like I said, I was just starting small because I'm not sure when I'll start to destroy the very chemicals I'm searching for. My chemistry knowledge isn't that great, I'm learning as I go. Alot of things might can be done better in my process. All I did was combine the things I've read and do it my own way. I will be more than happy when someone takes my way, and perfects it even further. I like this teamwork, haha.

I did get high, so I didn't destroy anything. I haven't actually compared it to the other ways of making it yet, but I know it works. The dosage I used was about 1.5 or 2 tbsp...I'm using an unmarked eyedropped, so I'm just guessing about how much would fit in there. It was a very nice high. I had the feeling if I doubled the dosage I'd be physically paralyzed, just laying on the floor drooling while my mind was zipping around somewhere out in space. I had some slight visual things going on, I can't quite put a finger on the explanation...I guess fuzzy, vibration...something of that nature I guess, alot like if I had taken a xanax bar and smoked a blunt or something, except the mind high was more intense. My body was noticeably changed, my vision a little different, and other than that I was verily stoned to say the least haha. I know there could be more though. The more could be where I puke everywhere and wish I were dead, but I felt there was more I could reach nonetheless.
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