Bubbleman has always said that the microplane will shred the trichome heads and not to do it. Matt Rize uses a microphone to make what he calls ice wax using the microplane.
My guess is the microplane shreds the trichome heads, then that oil acts as a solvent releasing more oil, etc. I would call it ice wax not rosin only because rosin implies heat and pressure.
good call on the ice wax lol that’ll be a new one to people. Yah it does look like the trichome heads…leaked out goo…and became one with it. Except here’s the thing, in the past I never micro planed it, instead letting the pool form naturally underneath the hash. I am thinking there is something water soluble in there that leaches out after a bit then solidifies when it dries. It’s an idea based off the image of the single trichomes I made on the slide. Ever notice there is a “ring” of crud that encompasses the trichomes, it was left behind after the water evaporated. Or…or listen to this one…The trichome heads get burst open on some of them in the hash making and the terps leak out into the water then makes a goo with the trichomes? hmmmm gonna have to enter guru meditation on that one, see what happens after system reboot. <-- amiga joke.
You know also I can image that hash I micro planed see if it did shred things. Oh wait, I quick dried that as well. Probably not good for data, too many variables. Going to have to study that idea individually. Thanks for the feedback!
I know in high enough concentrations, terpenes can be a solvent. You could be onto something there.
Well I am very interested in your micro planing “ice wax” and there is something that I am wondering about it…
My understanding about making rosin (no experience tho) is that depending on the heat /pressure you can change the characteristic of the rosin, like making it more fluid vs more of like a fruit roll up like you have @JoeCrowe.
Do you think there is a way with your micro planing process to make it more or less viscous?
I’m hoping I can get something more fluid out of that process somehow so I can try to inject it into a vape pod.
it comes out like toffee, or wax like. It won’t flow unless you heat it.
here’s a photo of how see-through it is in a single layer.
Do you think if during your ice wax process you tried to grab it off the parchment a lil earlier you might be able to get it while it’s more fluid?
I’m not giving up lol
I’ve had hash with very different viscosities from the same batch. From very stiff to almost liquid. They were all treated the same.
I don’t know why. They are all good, just different.
These are from the same batch:
I have no idea how to make the process repeatable.
it’s actually quite gloopy before all the water is gone. It’s like a slow-flowing gloop I would compare to a cornstarch and water mixture. It gets a little clumpy too in areas where it’s thick.
In the past usually that happened when you “case” water in it like trying to dehydrate something but there is nowhere for the water to evaporate on the surface. My example is a hot pepper where you leave it whole and toss it in the dehydrator. The skin traps the moisture inside so it can’t evaporate very well and the insides turn to mush. That’s my theory based on experience of trying to dry shit out. Here’s the hash example. If I get the lump of hash out of the bags all fresh and make it into a patty. Then I take it and slap it in the dehydrator at 70C there is the strong possibility of casing it into a blob instead of dehydrating it into a hard patty. I’m not sure if my terminology is spot on, but I read that kind of thing in the instructions for my dehydrator. You can see what happens at 70C if it’s micro planed - it blobs into some bubbly texture but not waxy. I’ll have to water plane some then put it in the dehydrator next, see what happens.
By the way, I believe you said you could take the washed bud and get something like 30% of it to oil or something?
How would you do that?
oh yah I make the hash then I take the mushed up buds and spread them out to dry on a screen. Once they are all dry I make quick wash iso out of it. This time I am going to do a depletion batch, see what I can extract.
Usually I fire the bubble waste buds into the compost. They make excellent organic materials.
What’s a quick wash iso? Is this like a rick Simpson?
yah I think that’s what they call it, simpson oil. You wash the buds for 60 seconds then filter and distill.
What micron filter do you use?
Can you use one of your hash bags?
first I filter through a permanent coffee filter then I filter that through 2 non bleached paper coffee filters. I have built this entire crazy contraption to do it all for me by the 20 liter jug it looks like a huge sand egg timer.I got like 10 liters in that sucker I put two filters over the end of the carboy then invert that let it drip into a funnel into another carboy. I started out with 3 glass pickle jars.
Picture? Dude, thanks for all your help and responsiveness, you are truly the man!
Thanks for sharing here on this site!
It’s nice to know that what your saying here comes from tried and “tested” methodology.
The more i read from you i am getting a picture (and it aint pretty 
jk ). im sure your a wealth of info and with all that preemo hash you have smoked prolly forgot more than you could teach here lol. Keep it coming brother. 
