Extraction SoH's 1st Time Dry Ice Hash Attempt

[Son of Hobbes]

Hey everyone, I had a good amount of trim sitting for awhile and finally decide to go after it and make some hash. In the past I've always used bubble bags, which definitely works, but I find the process to be very time consuming, messy, and not always happy with the yields (plus if you've ever used an 8-bag system, you know what a BEAST those last two fine-micron filters are in terms of waiting for them to drain!)

So I found @Grim Reefer guide on making dry ice hash, I've seen multiple guys do it in the past (using those INCREDIBLY expensive bubble bowls) and the results were just amazing, and now that I've seen it done, I honestly don't think I'll ever do hash runs any other way.

Speaking on those bubble bowls, absolutely not knocking them (aside from price) especially since I haven't used them, but after using bubble bags on a 4 gallon square bucket, it seems there's a VERY low-cost alternative that works just as well.

But hey, talk is cheap. So let me SHOW you. I took pictures chronically the adventure and I'll throw in my "tips/observations" at the end for things that I personally am going to try different next time (and maybe if some experienced fellas have any advice, they would be more than welcome to chime in!)

First I prepared my area for the sifting. I used a glass insert from one of my coffee tables to catch the kief. I had this grand idea that I would use the rubber mallet to smack the bucket, hoping the vibration would help shake the kief. That... just didn't work At all. But hey, any roving fingers heading towards the hash pile would be in peril of a good smashing, that's for sure!

Here are the bubble bags (iPower brand, around $30 shipping included on Amazon for an 8 bag set.)

Here's the trim I used. Mix of big fan leaves, leaves dropped off the plant, sugar trim, and the jar is full of airy/larfy buds I didn't want to smoke.

The bucket used is about 4 gallons and square. I found the square buckets to be the EASIEST to use 5 gallon bubble bags on, they fit very well and you don't run into the material binding on the top bucket lip (like sometimes happens on the round 5 gallon buckets.)

I filled the 4 gallon bucket up about 1/2 way with the recently frozen trim, so it's about 2 gallons worth of plant material.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Here's an example of some of the "larf" bud that went into it:

Here's the dry ice. I bought this from a local grocery store chain (big chain,) it's actually a pretty common item for most large grocers if that helps anyone find it. It's NOT cheap. I bought two packages of it total for around $27.00 USD, I only needed one package for the 4-5 gallon bucket. And it goes a long way and lasts a long time, the dry ice was still in the bucket over 8 hours after doing it.

I saw in Grim's pics his dry ice came nicely pelletized, this was just one big brick. Hey, black rubber mallet came in handy after all! Took a flathead screwdriver and mallet to it and chipped it up.

Want to become a magical mystical wizard? Blow on the dry ice! Don't play around too much though; this is some SERIOUSLY cold stuff. Wear protection for your hands!

You are alllll under my spell now! You.... WANT to give me your bank routing #'s... no go? Shucks.

Here's the first bubble bag used.

I was so disheartened after shaking this bag, it was the first bag it's my first time trying this.

Shake shake shake, and NOTHING.

"Oh God. I fucked this up. I just took ALL that trim, and I just fucked this up. What did I do? What did I do wrong? I hate the internet. I hate that grim reefer guy. Why? Why god? WHYYYY?!?!?!"

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After getting nothing out of it, I jumped to the bubble bag that I knew Grim started with in his guide:

Annnnnnnd.... shake shake shake?

YESSSSSSSS! It was looking iffy but @Grim Reefer totally redeemed himself Look! Look at this glorious mess!

Kept shaking, kept shaking, and it kept COMING. I actually stopped after a bit, the returns started to diminish, but I could have shook on this filter for at least another 30+ minutes and gotten another good pile. Let me just say, my arms are KILLING me today, oh man. Not a motion most people typically find themselves doing over and over lol.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

In the end, I used 3 bubble bags total. Next time I will attempt to use all 7 (not the big workhorse filter, I don't know if that's necessary for this.)

Here is the largest micron bag used:

A finer micron size:

And this below was the finest micron size I used:

I'm still blown away by the amount I pulled from this:

A few closeups on the results... oh uhhh... I uh... have a cat man. You'll see that in pretty much EVERY picture I EVER post. I assure you as much cat hair is removed as possible. Someday we'll keep mister kitty out of the grow space, but until then...

Here's the finest grade:

And the least fine grade:

And there you have it!

 

[Duggy]

Maybe I should stop wasting so much trim and make some hash... looks really nice...

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Thanks brother! I actually have another small bag of fan leaves and a TON of stems that I was going to try running through with the last bit of dry ice I have. It's MUCH less bud material and more (what I consider) crap. But if pulls an amount, then another reason to save pretty much everything!

 

[dcat0921]

Ok so I've been wanting to give this a try myself and have a question... Besides smoking it what else can you do with this? I don't smoke much, use my grows to make meds for others, so can you use this to make oils or anything?

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Ok so I've been wanting to give this a try myself and have a question... Besides smoking it what else can you do with this? I don't smoke much, use my grows to make meds for others, so can you use this to make oils or anything?

Discussing this in live stoners, and I'm 100% with you. I had no intention of using this for smoking. I'll be doing some canna capsules with it for sure, using coconut oil and 00 size capsules (you can find them on Amazon or other online retailers pretty easily, just empty gelatin capsules (and kosher if that's your thing lol!) I also have a bottle of vegetable glycerin that I'd like to make a tincture with, I think @Bromeo has some good recipes for that if I remember correctly.

May try to rosin press a bit, I only tried rosin press once and I failed at it, so I'm doing something wrong. But, would like to give it a shot.

Also may try some Everclear/Iso baths with the lowest grade hash to remove as much of that "green" plant matter that is all over.

I have another small bag of trim and a big bag of stems that I was going to run through with the last dry ice block, this time I'm going to let the material sit in there for a lot longer before the initial first shake and I'm going to attempt ALL bubble bags/micron sizes and see what I can sift. It's much less bud material this time around so probably not nearly as impressive lol.

Have you ever tried canna caps, dcat?

 

[Grim Reefer]

Sorry i didnt mention in my guide that the finer bags dont seem to give much yield. Looks like you did a great job man. I look forward to seeing how your experiments turn out.

 

[dcat0921]

Discussing this in live stoners, and I'm 100% with you. I had no intention of using this for smoking. I'll be doing some canna capsules with it for sure, using coconut oil and 00 size capsules (you can find them on Amazon or other online retailers pretty easily, just empty gelatin capsules (and kosher if that's your thing lol!) I also have a bottle of vegetable glycerin that I'd like to make a tincture with, I think @Bromeo has some good recipes for that if I remember correctly.

May try to rosin press a bit, I only tried rosin press once and I failed at it, so I'm doing something wrong. But, would like to give it a shot.

Also may try some Everclear/Iso baths with the lowest grade hash to remove as much of that "green" plant matter that is all over.

I have another small bag of trim and a big bag of stems that I was going to run through with the last dry ice block, this time I'm going to let the material sit in there for a lot longer before the initial first shake and I'm going to attempt ALL bubble bags/micron sizes and see what I can sift. It's much less bud material this time around so probably not nearly as impressive lol.

Have you ever tried canna caps, dcat?

Never tried the caps but I know my gf purchased some for us to try. Just haven't used them yet.
We have the magic butter machine and use it to make coconut oil and tincture using everclear (reduce it down to FECO most times) but I've never tried making anything with this.
I know my trim and popcorn buds make a pretty potent end product when using the machine but just wondered if this method would be any different/more potent.
Have several friends with cancer and others with just severe pain that love our vg tincture and FECO so just trying to see what else we can do for them. Might have to give the caps a try as we will be running some meds this weekend.
Maybe I'll save my current batch of trim until I harvest a few more grows then give this a shot. I have the bags just haven't used them yet.

 

[briman]

let your hash get good and dry then the stuff needed:
hair straightener
parchment paper
unbleached coffee filters
infrared temp gun to dial it in!
grip clamp for the right pressure!
plug in straightener and temp to 200-215*F(NO MORE)
let your hash get good and dry
make a couple pouches out of the coffee filter
add enough hash to the packet with a bit of room to spare and fold over all corners, place in parchment and slide it between the plates, close the iron, gently to flatten it, then put the clamp on it and squish it down for 10 seconds until you hear a good sizzle. undo the clamp, take the packet and throw it in another piece of parchment and squish it again, with the whole process taking a few seconds in between squishes. While its warm, get a dab tool and collect the rosin, pulling the tool toward you. If the rosin cools, its a bugger to get up. You can lightly heat the tip of the tool on the heat plate of the iron, for a second and it will pick the rosin up pretty easy. If you want, I can come over and show ya...one for Hobbes, one for me....and repeat!