(DO NOT USE A GAS STOVE YOU WILL BLOW THE FUCK UP THIS IS A VERY FLAMABLE MIXTURE REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH)
(DONT USE GAS STOVE EVERCLAER IS HIGHLY COMBUSTABLE AND YOU WILL BLOW YOURSELF THE FUCK UP)
These methods are dangerous so if you try these please be safe and cautious when doing them I wouldnt smoke or anything like that you would be suprised how easy it explodes.


Amen to all of that! :thumbsup:

Know the boiling point and flsh point of any solvent you plan to use. Alcohol boils between about 172f and 190f, depending on purity. Butane boils at ~31f. I don't remember the flash point of either off-hand, but they are close, as I recall. That means that although the butane vaporizes faster, it has more temperature latitude to work with. I do butane extractions outdoors, only. (Butane is really close to propane in the way it behaves and it's yield when ignited. So pretend you've got a bomb between your knees when you're using it . . . .) Alcohol is an indoor/outdoor activity because it requires real heat -- like a stove -- to boil.

When I do butane, I do it at night when the temp is below 30f. I throw everything I'll use for the job in the chest freezer for a while and really chill them. That way the "natural" state of things is below boiling, and I can control the butane. Once I have my extractor all assembed, I put the jar of butane in a kitchenaid mixing bowl of water (like a double-boiler. any water temp above freezing will do, under 40f will keep the internal pressure down) and the scant heat of the water boils the butane. Since an extractor is a closed system, you can evaporate and condense the butane safely (well, more safely than just spewing it out into the air) and repeatedly, letting it drip for hours thru the weed till it drips clear.