Good evening everybody...At least it's evening where I'm at
Hope ya'll be having a great day. I know I have been having one...First off, I did something really exciting, but more on that in a week or two. Just you guys remind me I need 2 tell you something (
@Antonio_DutchPassion)...Ahum...Let's continue...
I received my new e-nail today. Actually a rebuy, as I owned one previously, but broke the glass
It was actually cheaper to buy a complete new set then it was to buy a new glass and heating element sepperate...
Ok, so that's that. Now I was messing around with some White Widow today, not that she was completely dry, but it needed to be done. More on that when you remind me in a couple of weeks.
But I was left with some bud, which was to little to put in a jar to cure and to much for me to smoke in one sitting.
So I decided to smash it into some fine rosin...First, I zeroed the scales with the empty pouch on top. Almost exactly 7gr. in one baggy....
Preheated the press to 86°C / 187°F and put the pouch in between the plates. Then put some pressure on it, but not quite the maximum. Let's say about half the pressure I'm ultimately going to give it. Now I leave it for 2 minutes and whenever 30 seconds have passed I put more pressure on it until I'm about 3/4 the max.
Now I leave it there for another minute to stabilize and until the first rosin starts to ooze out...The camera catches this better then my eyes can see, but then I do it by the sound it makes. When it starts sizzling I know it's time for me to put on more pressure.
And that's what I keep doing. I hang my right arm on the lever which pumps the thingumajig and let the weight of my arm dictate the pressure. As time passes and more rosin oozes out the pressure drops and the weight of my right arm is again enough to lower the lever and so put more pressure on it again.
I rinse and repeat until 6 minutes in total are up as this gives a nice flow...This was done at 86°C / 187°F...Now I raise the temperature to *** 108°C / 226°F and repeat the 'hang the arm on the lever' until another 2 minutes have passed.
Nice clear rosin is starting to ooze out from in between the grease paper.
I end up with this. As you can see the paper is quite full with rosin...I could go another press, but I feel I got the best from it. The more you press the lower the quality will be and since I'm only doing this for myself I dictate the rulez and only dab first press...
Time for a well earned break...Fresh rosin in my new e-nail. Which I primed before I hit the nail of course.
Mhmmm....Tasty...
Ok, so after cooling the rosin down a bit I managed to collect it all and dropped it into a zeroed scale with a small silicon jar. 0.7gr from 7gr of weed is not bad, not bad at all
Close-up of the rosin. Stupid scale reflecting my flash...
Better...
Well...Let's say I'm plastered for the moment and hope you all enjoyed this post. I know I have
Regards,
Bob
***Edit***
While reading my post I saw I made a temperature mistake. The 86°C / 187°F was ok, but the time I raised it, it should have been to 98°C / 208°F and not 108°C / 226°F. Stupid mistake to make...