Jesus Christ……do not use a hair dryer on 190 proof lol…….any heat applied on the solution will cook off the terps and other medical properties in the solution this rendering it sub par and not TRUE full extract……exhibit some patience and let it naturally evaporate…….a trick I use is to pump extremely dry air into my tent and that helps get rid of water
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Budders blunders | Page 4 | Welcome To Chuckers Paradise This is a video of me 75% into a gd run……I had 4. 2.5 gal bags stuffed to the gills that went in this batch….2 of which were solid white widow bud
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Since oil and water do not mix the water is already gone, it is the alcohol mixed with the oil that I am removing. The only way that ever worked for me was to mix it back on broken up weed and let sit or a very thin layer with a strong vacuum. Even that I have to heat to get it to a thin layer. Wish it worked like you say, hasn’t for me. I do limit the heat to what I can hold in my hands. I have had some uncapped room temp for months and it still retains alcohol no matter how dry the environment. Heat, Light and Time are all factors on terps. The more you can reduce these and still remove all the alcohol or other solvents, the better the end product. I prefer a regent grade ethyl ether or even better a Co2 extraction, But do the best with what I have.
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I don’t know what you use,but the everclear I use is 95%. When you are makeing gallons at a time theirs 5% h2o2 in ever bottle so it adds up. Iv noticed when useing a fan in the past that the alcohol evaporates faster than the water and what’s left was a lime green mess that was impossible to get an accurate dose on becuase the water doesn’t like the oil. Maby t/hats what was left over?
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High y’all, has anyone used one of these particular distillers to get the last bit of alcohol out of the weed and coffee filters?
I always hate to see how much much seems to be left after straining.
The one that @ReikoX showed is just a little bit out of my price range 
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I think @Mr.Sparkle and @SaintAliasKnife are using something similar.
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Thanks, I hope they reply…squeezing a potato ricer is getting old, and hardly works, lol!
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yeah you can use them , or just use one to make alcohol like i do then your not as concerned about saving every last drop and if using one of those for crude extracts you can boil off and collect your alcohol though they do run hot so you just have to be aware of that and stop early and evaporate that last bit otherwise .
though if your talking about getting it our of your bud after soaking you do realize your leaving behind all the oils and resin in the process… really only squeezing for that unless the goal is to save only the alcohol
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You might be interested in the Source Turbo machine.
https://www.extractcraft.com/product/source-turbo/
Pricey but good reviews
Cheers
G
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I’m not interested in recovering the alcohol, just the goodness it’s stripped. Everclear is cheap here!
That is what I’m talking about, and you’re right, I don’t understand the part about what I’m leaving behind. After sitting in freezing alcohol for a couple of months with intermittent shaking, I figured there wasn’t much left I’d want. But I did think the alcohol that was left in the weed and filter paper, and doesn’t drain off, had some stuff I’d like.
We just do the strained alcohol as a tinc, no processing. Works great. If I’m missing out on something I’d love to know… I don’t mind getting higher!
yup, @ReikoX is correct. I have this one: Vevor 1.1gall thingie.
So far I have reclaimed 2 runs and I almost messed the first one up by waiting too long. Basically you want to pay close attention to the amount and strength of the alcohol you put in. This way you can keep track of what’s inside from the output…
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That’s the one Reiko showed, I think. The pricey part is a sticking point, lol!
He had mentioned putting a jar full of alcohol soaked weed that had been drained through paper coffee filters, along with the paper, in his Turbo 5000, and getting all the alcohol out of that mish mash with no squeezing!
Maybe I’m wrongly thinking these distillers are the brass ring for that. Just a no trichs left behind kind of thing, lol!
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I apologize, from most of the replies, I don’t think I phrased my question in a comprehensible way, or all you all are way more fucked up than I am, lol!
I’m a bit baked on some Space Monkey at the mo… but I’ve got no idea what that means.
I’ll come back tomorrow, reread, and try this again 
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Yeah unfortunately there is gonna be some left over in the bud and coffee filter just part of it, all you can really do is wring, press, or squeeze it out.
The trick is to follow up with a quick rinse of that material with fresh alcohol, which will pull/push alot of thats left over out.
Also for extracts you only need a couple minutes with alcohol just to let you know
and your fellow sure hes reclaiming the alcohol with that turbo 500 still, but the resin remains in the leftovers
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Ok, now I think I get it. I was thinking the alcohol and stripped goodies were vacuumed out of the mash and filter paper. The rinse sounds like a good idea, and I’ll eat more Wheaties and keep squeezing!
I help some cancer/chemo patients with the extracts. They don’t seem to get as much relief from the quick washes. I don’t know the science, but it seems the long soaks in the freezer give these folks much better effects. Sort of like a liquid entourage effect… all the chlorophyll, lipids, waxes, whatevers may add up to more than just getting high?
Sorry to have been so dense about this Thanks for the reply 
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If you decide to be lazy, you can do this with a cheap vacuum pump and a buchner filter.
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Ha, I don’t have to decide to be lazy… it’s my fate!
…and, I have a Buchner filter! Thanks
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Will I ever get to this? Thought of having a glass ‘jar’ with another suspended in it by a wire frame and a heating element on the bottom or around it to heat up the liquid. Seal the top and possibly pull a vacuum off it. Around the big jar a bucket of ice water to condense the alcohol. Not sure how much of the alcohol will be lost through the vacuum system though.
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I’ll bet that could work! It’s just seeming so much simpler to freeze, forget, strain, and chuck 
I use that one, it works well, but it is slow so I do stripping runs first before going for max alcohol.
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