Hash Porn! Post your Concentrates!

[Jetdro]

Set heat at 207
To get the hang of it, DO NOT USE A BAG, just use parchment paper
Make up a 2 gram piece. You MUST pre flatten it BEFORE pressing to get good results.
Can do that a lot of ways, I use a big 10 pound rubber hammer, lol.

Place the 2 grams in a piece of parchment. Fold it over, place on floor or hard surface, bang it a few times with the big rubber hammer to smash it. You want to ball it up with your fingers. YOU WANT the smallest footprint you can get, how the pressures get high. You want that 2 grams wadded up tight the size of a quarters width or so. Tall and narrow.
No rubber hammer…place the bud in parchment, then in book, then stop on it!!! Make it flat.

Open it up, clean off any loose particles, they will run your pull and contaminate if you do not.

place the 2 grams in center of paper. center that on your 2 plates, NO BAG!!! Set at 200-207 to start.

When you place the parchment into the plates, lower the plates till they just touch and START to squeeze. Let them sit there a bit (heating up the bud) without any pressure to speak of on them.

Maybe 25 seconds or so, THEN start to press. SLOWLY add in pressure, SLOWLY!!! You want to take a good 30 seconds to ramp up to pressure.

Watch at the paper, if you see it bubbling out, hold yur pressure. When it stops add in a bit more pressure.

On my press I set the heat, place bud in the paper, lower my plates and let it just 'lay" on the bud for a good 20-30 seconds. Mine is manual, not hydraulic , does not matter same deal. Start to apply pressure. I take a good 45 seconds or so to reach my full press power. Then hold another 45 seconds or so.

Total press time is like 1:30, NOT counting the 20-30 second PRE HEAT with just the plates weight on them.

Must keep constant pressure. Once you start in, slowly increase it , never let pressure off.

You can do 3.5 grams or so in a bag like you show. I use 120 micron. Same deal, you want to mke it as small a footprint as you can. IF YOU SPREAD it out…you lose pressure!!!

Google bottle tech pressing. It just means: Take the micron bag, fold it’s sides in, fill with 3.5 grams, then close top same way, making a cylinder…NOT A FLAT PACKAGE like you showed.

Imagine it looking like a roll of life savers!!! About that width(maybe BIT MORE) AND THAT HEIGHT.

You want it to smash down evenly (why you pre smash it) and compress into a small round spot!!!

That should get you started. D not understand something, just post back up

[MBVapester]

I got a 2”x4” prepress so the higher I can stack it the better? Willing to try a zip in that.

[Jetdro]

You want the micron bag STANDING UP VERTICAL, not laying down.

Idea is small footprint to squish

Watch this

[ReikoX]

Jabba’s Stash flower rosin. Pressed at 85°C for 4:00.

[Jetdro]

So, what happened, did you get better pulls? Inquiring minds want to know???

[MBVapester]

No just tried another time and poor. Been in trim jail and now won’t be back to try till later in weekend.

[Jetdro]

It is very strain dependent too! Some will pull big numbers of nice goo, others pull hardly anything.
Make sure your bud is at 62% or so when pressing it. Too dry, you shall get little returns. 62 Boveda pack in a jar for 2 days before you press does the trick.

Hope you get there, sure you will, it is a learning process .

[Jetdro]

Made a little today

[ShiskaberrySavior]

Looks like enough for a small army to get high or a reg stoner a couple days ! Sure is tasty bet it smells nice too.

[Jetdro]

Yes, that will last me a long time. I do not dab much anymore, lost interest, but I love to “coat” my joints with this.
It tastes very nice. In person, in the sunlight, it looks like root beer color with gold streaks in it!

[KarmaFPS]

https://i.imgur.com/2iSeP5x.jpg(image larger than 700 KB)

First extraction ever. NL branch that snapped, about 3g pressed at 210F for 190 seconds in a 90ug bag, probably around 700PSI IDK my press doesn’t have a pressure reading.

[Foreigner]

Hi everyone! Here’s my first go at old school black hash. I haven’t seen any since my 20s and am happy to say i got several different grades but they all smoke awesome.

Also - happy to be back - I was online when the original site shut down many moons ago

[Foreigner]

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[crazaer]

I’ve got a hash concept I want to run by you aficionados.

It’s based on a post using this technique:

$80 Dry sift tumbler. DIY

I found these parts. [image] [5 pound vibratory tumbler] https://m.harborfreight.com/5-lb-metal-vibrator-tumbler-67617.html?utm_referrer=direct%2Fnot%20provided 3 gallon bucket. Bungee chords to hold lid in place. 4 eye screws for bottom, 4 for top. (Used to hold the bungee chord into place! ) The EZ-strainers are here http://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=fs5xQTY5 These with ranging micron sizes 75, 100, 200, 400 micron.

BUT instead of a vibrating tumbler, I make an attachment and hook up my jigsaw to a loop around the buckets to shake them. Should be okay, right?

Then, I was thinking to press out rosin with something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Dulytek-DM800-Personal-Heat-Press/dp/B07JMYBLPF/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3CYOEQM7FP7E7&keywords=dulytek&qid=1574012482&sprefix=duly%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-5
or this:
https://www.amazon.com/Dulytek-DM1005-Manual-Press-Machine/dp/B07HJGR4RK/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3CYOEQM7FP7E7&keywords=dulytek&qid=1574012482&sprefix=duly%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-6

I have never dabbed, but I’m curious about it, and can’t bring myself to pay dispensary prices.

[Foreigner]

Those presses look good but if you’ve never dabbed before I’d pick up a gram and try it out before investing in gear.

Regarding your shaker - I think your idea will work but the jigsaw might be difficult to control shaking speed.

You really don’t want to shake too hard so here’s an idea. Take a bucket, fill with flower, securely attach a micron screen of your choice and shake gently for a bit

[crazaer]

@Foreigner

Those presses look good but if you’ve never dabbed before I’d pick up a gram and try it out before investing in gear.

Very good idea @Foreigner ! I’m debating whether the press is necessary for me. I just want to cut down on the amount of flower I smoke, while still getting the benefits. Before people jump on me, yes I also make edibles.

@Foreigner

Regarding your shaker - I think your idea will work but the jigsaw might be difficult to control shaking speed.

It’s a fairly deluxe bosch with multiple speed and oscillation settings. It doesn’t have a lock, though, so if I need to shake it for a long time at low speeds I could just zip tie the trigger.

@Foreigner

You really don’t want to shake too hard so here’s an idea. Take a bucket, fill with flower, securely attach a micron screen of your choice and shake gently for a bit

I’ve seen the dry-ice bag shaker technique, too, but I don’t really need super-clean extract if it’s going to get pressed. I’ll definitely try this first, though.

[Foreigner]

If you want to press a little rosin just for fun then get a hair straightener and some parchment and shoot for around 200f and press as hard as you can.

I used to make dry sift with an embroidery hoop, some micro screen, and a little rubbing.

Speed settings will help a lot. I wouldn’t consider making bubble without a variable torque drill.

[Jetdro]

Neither of those press’s will make you happy if it turns out you like Rosin. Both have low pressures for pressing.
I use a low end press with 1 ton of pressure, and would suggest that would be the absolute lowest you would want to go.
I want more pressure and will end up taking my plates and the heaters from this rig and put them on a Harbor Freight 100 buck 10 ton or so press.

As above, get a cheap hair press and make a bit of rosin to sample. Rosin is very strong, not something to smoke all day long, and not everyone likes it…ok, almost everyone likes it…lol.

The hair press is a PIA but you can see if you like it, best way to start off. Spend 30 bucks or so to see if you like it. IF so, then you can either build your own press or spend 400-500 bucks for a decent built one.

JMHO

[Mr.Sparkle]

i will concour about the low pressure of those, im running a “roux” screw style press at the moment and my next upgrade is definitely going hydraulic and probably 4x6 plates as the more i can press at once the better, but will be diy setup… in time though in time.

[Jetdro]

Im just gonna remove my 3 inch round plates and heater setup and bolt it up to a Harbor Freight piece:

What I have now:

What I will get: