Bubble bag question

[Foreigner]

@AzSeaindooin420

I do the 220, 160, 90, 73, and 45. First two are just my work bags to keep it clean of plant matter with 3 grades of good hash

Yes this is a good move too and I do pretty much the same I just omit the 90 and the 73 bags and let it all fall into the 45 and collect in one go.

[NoCal]

How are you guys cleaning your bags?

@Foreigner

I just omit the 90 and the 73 bags and let it all fall into the 45 and collect in one go.

Smart man… would have saved me a decent amount of time on my first run. I ended up combining everything in the 45-159 range anyway…

[Foreigner]

Aw shucks .

I still think it’s a good move, especially for your first time, to put in that extra work. The information you give yourself will allow you to figure out what works for you.

I’m glad I did it. Would I do it twice? Nope.

For cleaning I use alcohol. The freezer might be better but I have no room in there with all the French fries and severed heads.

[NoCal]

@Foreigner

For cleaning I use alcohol.

This is what I was thinking… ty

Also, wish I had planned for it taking a lot longer than expected… and swapped my stirring arm more often.

[BudLarfy]

Yup they sent the drying screen

[HeadyBearAdventures]

Past 90 micron, the incidence of broken trichomes and non-capitate stalks increases, so the quality can begin to decrease, consider it a point of diminishing returns; your total mass of concentrate increases, but overall quality decreases. 25 micron is generally recognized as trash and used for cooking or topicals.
Pretty sure that our own reincarnation of Frenchy Cannoli can fill in some blanks:

Hash Making Revisited

I’ll be demonstrating the whole technique now! Making the freeze dried bubble, then pressing it into rosin. Curing that etc. I tried a first press in the 25 micron sack and came up with something yummy! [DSC05584] [DSC05585] [DSC05586] So of course the plan is like this: Freeze the green buds. Make the bubble hash like normal, but use acceleration to push out the water. Take the hash ball and chop it into tiny bits then pop it in the freezer on a piece of parchment. A week later, take it out…

You’ll find microscopy, and a full explanation of his process here

[HeadyBearAdventures]

@Foreigner

For cleaning I use alcohol.

Reiko was saying the other day that it’s important to use ethyl alcohol instead of isopropyl to protect your bags. Basically 180 proof everclear

[BudLarfy]

My set comes with 73 and 25. No 45 bag. I’ll prolly use all 5 bags the 1st time so I can see for myself before I consider stream lining the process.

[Foreigner]

I agree, isopropyl does beat up the bags pretty good but high proof drinking spirits are prohibitively expensive and I gave up my still long ago.

[BudLarfy]

I’m going with Dewalt & a paint mixing paddle. Separate bucket.

[NoCal]

Just double checked mine… I have the same a 73. I think that was the largest yielding bag if I remember right (I don’t )

I’m going to give the drill a go next time too. You doing this today?

[AzSeaindooin420]

That’s my exact set up, 5 gallons at a time

[BudLarfy]

Should I be thinking alcohol on the 1st run or just for long term after it gets stained or something? I figured just cold water rinse and hung dry.

[BudLarfy]

That’s the plan

[JoeCrowe]

In order to clean the bag I just freeze it and then smash the remnants to dust. It can take a couple of rounds, but you can smoke the dust mmm good stuff!

[NoCal]

@JoeCrowe

In order to clean the bag I just freeze it and then smash the remnants to dust.

I need to go read your thread… lol. This is a great idea.

Since you’re here… any input on the type of alcohol used if it comes to that? iso or ethyl? is the answer in your thread?

[BudLarfy]

Love it. More zen and natural than solvents

[Jetdro]

Im so lazy now and not in a hurt for product so i just run 160/120/73…only keep the 73

[JoeCrowe]

Ethyl alcohol would be the best. Isopropyl damages nylon! My last bubble bags, I would rinse the work bag in cold water, but never… ever cleaned it in solvents. The bags start to smell like hash after a while like seasoning a wok.

[HeadyBearAdventures]

@BudLarfy

alcohol on the 1st run

I’m going to answer, but please understand that my response is purely from research and watching Frenchy Cannoli. Folks like Joe Crowe are actively doing this process, so give adequate weight to their input!
Frenchy rinses in alcohol after each pull so that the micron mesh doesn’t “clog” with residual material. That way the bags are as efficient from the first wash to the last.