Bubble Bags vs. Silk Screen for hash

[Zcomp]

I've used pantyhose.

Zcomp Reviewed by Zcomp on 12-06-2007. Bubble Bags vs. Silk Screen for hash What's your opinion? Rating: 5

[Opie Yutts]

if you were to get a simple silk screen how fine should the screen microns be? or how big should the screen holes be?:rastasmoke:

If I remember correctly it was around 90, 110, and 130 micron. Anyone? Is that about right?

[Opie Yutts]

Well I was in the ball park, maybe I was thinking of kief screens.

8 Bags for the utmost in quality and versatility.
This kit includes the following bags: 25 micron; 45 micron; 73 micron; 90 micron, 120 micron; 160 micron; 190 micron; and 220 micron; plus a pressing screen and storage pouch.

and the 4 bag kit:
This kit contains the following four bags:

220 micron Work Bag: This bag is used to mix the plant material with water and ice

160 micron Contaminant Removal Bag: This bag will remove small bits of leaf matter, dust and other contamination from your Bubble. The material captured in this screen can be used for cooking.

73 micron Crystal Catching Bag: Your best herbal extract will be found in this bag. If your plant matter is of a very high quality, you might even get Full Melt Bubble in this bag.

25 micron Crystal Catching Bag: For strains with smaller crystals, this bag is the one. This is the smallest pore size on the market and will make sure that absolutely no crystals escape.

Now if that don't answer your question I don't know what will.

[Opie Yutts]

I've used pantyhose.

And what micron were they? Ha.

[fosomker]

Yes the good bags are 25 -220 microns and you can get silk screens that are 305 lines an inch, but I am not sure how many microns that is because I am not sure how big the lines are. If the lines are as big as the gaps they would still be .0016 or 1600 microns.

I know that I have made poor mans keif with just a blender and a gold reusable coffee filter, and hell it got me pretty high. I plan on making some pills with it so it does matter to me if it is graded keif.

I was looking to get one of these and try it for only $25.
Aluminum 20x24" 305 Yellow Mesh

[DurbanStone]

I'm getting the 8 bagger, I think it's a good price.

[Opie Yutts]

quote = fosmoker
but I am not sure how many microns that is because I am not sure how big the lines are. If the lines are as big as the gaps they would still be .0016 or 1600 microns.

This will either help or add to the confusion:

The number of threads per inch can tell us approximately how fine the detail that a mesh can reproduce and how much ink will be deposited on the substrate. But, it also helps if we know how thick those threads are. So, most meshes are identified with a second number giving us thread diameter. A typical mesh designation will be something like "230.34". The ".34" gives the thread diameter in microns. A micron is a thousandth of a millimeter and is pretty much the standard unit of measure in referring to thread diameter, mesh opening, and ink deposit.

So if you know the diameter of the thread and number of threads per inch, you can figure out how many microns the openings are.

And there's more:
When Things Really Start to Mesh - Part I of two on understanding Mesh in Screenprinting

[Zcomp]

And what micron were they? Ha.

I'm pretty sure I got the 220 micron pantyhose (lol). Didn't make the greatest hash, but they looked very fashionable.

[fosomker]

So I think I figured it out to be ~96 micron if the lines are 34 micron wide or I just got too high.

[klondike_bar]

bubble bags are MASSIVELY expensive. i cant find em any cheaper than 150-350$, evn online and on ebay!

presumably its reduculously purer and therefore smokes better, potentially "bublling" when it burns b/c its vaporizing. (hence bubble hash)