There are many solvents used to make hash oil. Among them are butane, naptha, isopropyl alcohol, and ethanol alcohol, which is food grade drinking alcohol. This thread is concerning only the ethanol alcohol extraction of the essential oils (hash oil). The other toxic chemicals are not feasible for me and i don't care how many people say all the bad stuff is evaporated etc. I don't care and I will never use those chemicals as long as I live unless I learn a lot more about chemistry and have access to pharmaceutical grade solvents. Anything short of that it is out of the question.


Now to the main question and discussion point of this thread. I know the main reason people knock using ethanol as a solvent is because it also extracts some of the other water soluble alkaloids or ingredients like chlorophyll, etc. and creates a darker green less pure (thc percentage wise) finished product.


But.... Since chlorophyll is water soluble and thc is not, why can't you just do a water wash on the cannabis plant material for a couple days to extract the chlorophyll and various other impurities and then strain that and then do the ethanol extraction on the remaining plant material after that.


This, in theory, would result in a purer finished product, which I'm sure would probably still have a slight green color to it unless you really let it soak for a long time. It would also remove most of the pesticides and other shit that might be on your bud. I only buy organic veggies and hate all the chemicals floating around in the modern world. And also I just had severe surgery and want to use this for medicinal purposes. It doesant make sense to me to use toxic chemicals on something your trying to use for health purposes.

Sorry to all you people who like to use the chemicals to make your hash oil. I'm not telling you it's wrong. I just don't trust it. I know butane is quick and makes very nice looking honey oil. But I've also heard that even after a full purge there can be trace amounts of heavy metals left over, I don't have sources and this may not be true. But hearsay like that is enough to deter me. You will never convince me. I will never use those toxic chemicals on anything that is going in my body no matter what.


I haven't seen anything on this specifically on the Internet even after scouring it for days for this specifically so I figure it warrants a thread. The closest thing to this I've seen is a post I read on the 420 magazine website about water curing bud, but not on making hash oil. But it seems like pretty much the same concept except the bud is still used for smoking afterwards and not extracted to make hash oil.



So I guess my question is: has anyone had any experience with this type of method or know anything concerning this? I'm relatively new to making oils and am just curious. And am also wondering why this method hasent been used to my knowledge, because it seems so simple and straightforward. It also eliminates the use of any toxic chemicals. So why hasent anyone done it? And if they have why isent it everywhere on the Internet? Because this makes the chemical people's arguments why the chemicals should be used completely useless if it is as true and as feasible as it seems to me... But I'm not a chemist or anything so I might be missing something. I don't think so though.

If this is true the only benefit I can see for using toxic chemicals that aren't pharmaceutical grade is the speed of the extraction process. And I'm sure you could still get a little higher thc content with butane or something. But it's not enough to be worth poisoning myself. At least to me.

Any feedback or input would be greatly appreciated. Ill be doing an extraction this way on an ounce of some good herb either way.
Jack Charles Reviewed by Jack Charles on . Water wash before ethanol extraction of cannabis oil? There are many solvents used to make hash oil. Among them are butane, naptha, isopropyl alcohol, and ethanol alcohol, which is food grade drinking alcohol. This thread is concerning only the ethanol alcohol extraction of the essential oils (hash oil). The other toxic chemicals are not feasible for me and i don't care how many people say all the bad stuff is evaporated etc. I don't care and I will never use those chemicals as long as I live unless I learn a lot more about chemistry and have Rating: 5