Extraction RosinTech Smash review - great press

[Mañ'O'Green]

Getting the right size prepress makes all the difference in a good pressing. I built my own 1.25 x 1.75 inch. It holds a little over 3 grams of bud for my 3x4 plates. It leaves about 3/8 inch all around the puck on the plates when pressed. I do not use bags for flower. I have found that with the right prepress they just are not needed. I was wasting to much rosin stuck in the bags and if you press too hard to get it out it just blows the bag. It is also time consuming to load them. If I plan to use the rosin for chocolate bars I press @ 210°F/2.5 minutes for the best yield; usually between 16% to 24% depending on the strain. Then if I want to make vape oil out of the rosin I press @ 185°F/5 minutes. I get a better terpene profile with the lower temperature but at a cost of about 10% on the Yield compared to pressing at the higher temperature.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

looks lush moonrocks sure look party time
i did a few sample bud presses with travel hair straigteners and cried at the yield,and scratched my head over the pucks i was left with
pressed some kief in a coffee filter 49% but thats 0.5g at a time small fry.

 

[McDee]

Great questions bud!! To be honest I have been running almost only kief on the press and 25 and 45 bags both press awesome. I dont pay attention to yields, but double press kief bags is close to 50% return on the one run i payed attention.
when i run some bud, i will tag you in...planning on running some flower and trim to see how it does. I really need to get or make a prepress.
I would also like some information on optimal sized bags for flower. Anyone @Global Moderators @CannaZone Tier 1 @CannaZone Tier 2 @CannaZone Tier 3

Ran another batch today...nice stuff!!
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I got Dabpress prepress for like $45 on Amazon. Nice prepress 2"x4". I think they have bigger, but this is perfect for 3"x5" press plates.

 

[F.N.]

I'm going to start and press Kief. This is a great thread on getting you going motovation wise. Dam there is some nice shots of delectable and very desirable ROSIN.

 

[hunter2348]

Just pressed some fresh cut Colorado cookies return not bad

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[Weed Warrior]

Getting the right size prepress makes all the difference in a good pressing. I built my own 1.25 x 1.75 inch. It holds a little over 3 grams of bud for my 3x4 plates. It leaves about 3/8 inch all around the puck on the plates when pressed. I do not use bags for flower. I have found that with the right prepress they just are not needed. I was wasting to much rosin stuck in the bags and if you press too hard to get it out it just blows the bag. It is also time consuming to load them. If I plan to use the rosin for chocolate bars I press @ 210°F/2.5 minutes for the best yield; usually between 16% to 24% depending on the strain. Then if I want to make vape oil out of the rosin I press @ 185°F/5 minutes. I get a better terpene profile with the lower temperature but at a cost of about 10% on the Yield compared to pressing at the higher temperature.

thank you very much for the quality info bud...appreciate it.

 

[bakedpwn]

Whats the name of a pre press? Hand press? I see them in videos but im not handy so i dont know what they r called. I plan to get one of the block molds for bud before u press to make it a nice brick.

 

[bakedpwn]

I always thought u could just use ur press for pressing the molds

 

[Dudeski]

I always thought u could just use ur press for pressing the molds

You can use a small hand clamp to prepress

 

[Dudeski]

thank you very much for the quality info bud...appreciate it.

That pressed kief looks wicked! Are you going to run any bud soon?

I'm going to try and make vape juice, so I'm on a reading binge.