Excellent idea. I will try that.
After the second re-ducing, its better, but there is still liquid separating out when the coconut oil solidifies.
I think you’re onto something with that. Next time, I will wait till Im all done getting the alcohol out before adding the soy.
it’s likely because rick simpson is canadian and everclear isn’t available in most of canada. i think you can order from US but it’s expensive. Alberta has a 190 grain alcohol but idk if they ship out of province. and i read somewhere ontario LCBO has it but requires prescription… i think maybe lab supply stores? quebec has it readily available tho iirc.
so what’s the difference between GD and RSO? green dragon is a liquid for drinking? my experience with RSO was an oil most people smoked but i think lots of people ingest it also
GD is a tincture for ingesting. If you reduced it all of the way, it is then RSO which is also usually ingested.
ok thanks because i likely can’t access 190+ grain alcohol so i’m wondering what my best solvent option would be for ingestion. i’d love to switch to caps only. and is the reduction process safe to do inside if using iso?
The key issue as far as safety is how you handle the vapors that are given off when the alcohol evaporates out of the mix. That vapor is highly flamable.
IF you have VERY good ventilation, are very careful of sparks, open flames, etc, then it should be ‘relatively’ safe to do indoors. Ventilation is the key. You need to move that vapor away and preferably outside.
A lot of it has to do with how much you are doing at a time. If you’re only reducing a few ounces of alcohol, then its not that big a deal unless you set the container on fire. On the other hand, if you are reducing liter at a time or more, then thats a lot of vapor that could potentially cause a serious explosion.
I used an electric skillet outside on the deck for the main reduction. After filtering through a coffee filter, I put the alcohol mix in a container in the skillet then add water to the skillet and turn it up till it boils the water. Then wait for the alcohol to evaporate. You will need to top off the skillet every 1/2 hour or so with more water.
Once most of the alcohol is gone, you could finish inside relatively safely - which is what I did.
Time to build a Still!
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If you passively reduce, there’s little to no danger because the evaporation rate will be so slow, unless you flame up right next to it, or do it in some enclosed space and sparks happen, well, you get the idea. Be smart, well ventilated area like @anon32470837 said if you’re using heat.
To be realistic, its not that easy to create just the exact, perfect ratio of vapor to air in a room sized space, that will explode.
I remember several different Myth Busters episodes where they went to all sorts of trouble trying to blow up a house or a room by filling it with some sort of flammable vapor - gasoline, bug spray, etc. Turns out you need just exactly the perfect ratio or nothing much happens. The larger the space, the more difficult it is to get a “good” explosive mix all through the space.
That said, there is always the chance you will get “lucky”!!
The biggest risk by far is probably the liquid alcohol in the container. Alcohol burns with a very hard to see, faint blue flame. You can accidentally set the container on fire with just a static spark and not even know it until that flame sets something else on fire.
GD is made with non-toxic grain alcohol. So you can ingest it without boiling, or at any stage of reduction.
Street level RSO is usually made with toxic Isopropyl alcohol. That’s why it has to be purged from the final product, which here in Canada is customarily 5’ers (5g) of hardened hash oil.
are you able to get grain alcohol in your area of canada? i’m thinking since i want to ingest it i might be better off infusing coconut oil but i’ve heard it’s a less efficient extraction than using solvet
As I understand it, it is taken sublingual.
Not legally. I have a local moonshiner who will make me some but the 190+ proof stuff is expensive( $50 per Liter).
We’ve always used isopropyl, until recently.
I would not suggest using ISO for ingestion. You can make the Green Dragon or RSO with lower proof grain alcohol.
Yes, yes and yes.
Don’t ingest Isopropyl Alcohol.
My bad, I should have been more specific.
I meant we’ve always used Iso for hash oil.
Not for edibles.
I used to infuse regular cooking oil for making brownies. Using alcohol is several times more efficient as far as getting the good stuff out. The GD I have made is far stronger for the same amount of weed.
Well we know most oils can be used as a carrier “olive, coconut, butter”, and if your consuming it whether alcohol based or not it’s really just a change in delivery method.
Saying that i’m like you in that everclear isn’t available in my province, but i have and do make my own liquor every now and then. But when making edibles or oil infusions “which i don’t do often” i use concentrates “oil/wax” to make them as it removes a lot of that pot flavor compared to traditional methods.
Now here the thing, myself making those oil/waxes i somewhat regularly use methanol as the extraction solvent just cause its cheap and easy to find locally such as your local cnd tire or hardware store as “methyl hydrate” which 4 liters is about $10-12 bucks. I just make sure to evaporate off all the methanol when i make my waxes/oils, as by itself methanol is poisonous. It’s the first thing that comes off your still if your making your own liquor. But if you understand that it’s also naturally in any beer or wine you will find on the shelf and that any minute leftovers in your oil/waxes is insignificant in comparison to what say a glass of wine would have then there is no issue in using it as an extraction solvent.
I just take those oil/waxes and mix them back into my heated carrier oil whether butter or coconut oil or whatever.
OK, so, I ordered 20 liters of 180 alcohol and grabbed the worst looking pound of flowers. I am going to translate @ReikoX magic recipe to Spanish for my Mexican friends and we are gonna try it!!! A lot of people ask for this here believe it or not. Wish me luck!!!
Good luck, I suggest you try a small test batch just to get the feel of it before doing a whole pound. 
Hey @Viva_Mexico I did an ounce
Wasn’t strong enough so I had to reduce further,
Even if you use too much everclear you can always reduce it more.
The wife of a good friend emailed me Friday to thank me for the Green Dragon for the sleep it brings.
I must turn to our host on this thread and say thank you @Reikox!
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