Quote Originally Posted by austintexican
Hi rsjrv99, thanks for responding

Could I please get some clarification on those steps? It seems they are as follows:


  1. Initially bake the herb in the oven at 225F for 5-10 minutes.
  2. Mix herb with Everclear, then heat the mixture in the top pot of a double boiler (alcohol @ 100-110F) for about a half hour
  3. Strain mixture into a mason jar
  4. Warm the jar in the d-boiler to evaporate the remaining alcohol (assuming there is also water in the top pot to prevent cracking the jar)


Is this correct? Also, what is your initial Everclear/herb ratio?

Thanks!
Yes you are correct, this is exactly what I do to the dot just in case

1. Bake ungrinded herb at 225 for 5-10 minutes
2. Grind into fine powder while still warm, turn grinder upside and grind thoroughly if it has a passthrough
3. Get a small thick glass mason jar made for canning, preferably one with a securing lid, and dump 3 shots of everclear into it (I've used 3 shots for 3.5-14g, 5 shots for 14g-28g)
4. Turn stove on the lowest possible setting (i set it to where its barely teetering between LO and Off, you barely want to heat it)
5. Add water to pan to create a double boiler
5. Dump powder product into glass mason jar with everclear, stir, secure lid tightly
6. Place glass mason jar into water bath, leave for 30 minutes, pick jar up and stir lightly (do not remove lid) frequently
7. Turn stove off, allow to cool down for 30 minutes even though it is not that hot.
8. Strain through cheesecloth into another container
9. Dump filtered alcohol into a container you can scrape, such as glass (I use a glass baking pan) where the alcohol will only be a very thin film, allowing the greatest amount of surface area
10. Place near a window, wait until fully evaporated, then use razor place to scrape resin off pan

You can use any amount of alcohol, technically the more the merrier since there will be more alcohol molecules to interact with, the only downside is you will have to evaporate it for longer. When I first did an extraction, I used the entire 750ml over everclear for 14g, it worked excellent but took forever to evaporate fully.

I hope this helped!