it'd be very hard to get it wrong, it's so easy! the worst that can happen is you get spillage from one layer into a lower one...oh well, just rescreen it! and the bags will last many years and many lbs of high grade chunks if taken care of (washed after use and dried before storing is about it...i run mine thru the washing machine on gentle cycle and air dry). no chems, just water and ice (i've found smaller cubes work best). the water should be just above freezing (hurting kind of cold) and with about 15-20 minutes of mixing the ice, water and greenery in a bucket it's time to start screening. that's about it! as far as color, the 1st batch i made from trim and loose buds from the outdoor grow last summer and harvested at 10% red trich's and came out blonde...2nd batch i let em go until appx 90% had turned and got the red. both fine and similar in potency but flavor is abit heavier in the red...like duh, eh?

as far as drying, i just squeeze out as much water as possible while forming it into a 'snake' then finish drying in the open on a paper plate. then wrap in foil and the mason jar and into the fridge...it does finish quite hard when dry but easy to shave off slivers.

oops, just saw kanman's info...basically the same. one thing i'll add tho is...do your mixing in a separate bucket. do NOT mix inside the bags as they will get beat up by the blades. doing it in a separate bucket allows you to really get rough with the flowers without causing harm to the bags . the 2nd difference i see is i pull the bags out one at a time when doing the screening. when you get yours you'll figure it out. there's probably a couple dozen ways of getting to same end anyway and with bubblebags you can always do a do-over...

damn, got carried away here. my apologies...