![]() It was incredible fun using all of this equipment together and I made incredible messes day after day. Ethanol extraction was performed using low temps under vacuum with equipment like in the DIY vacuum still posts. Bubble hash kief collection was done using 5-gallon bubble bags with a “bubble machine” from Bubblebagdude. Dry sift activities used a brandless 4-screen set (60-90-110-200) purchased from Amazon. I worked with a variety of equipment here. If I can achieve these results with average materials it just becomes better and more important with higher quality materials. The goal isn’t to use the best material to make the best fire ever seen by man it’s to show how normal people, using achievable processes, can use this ecosystem to maximize the quality of the material they have as well as achieve a very high degree of cannabinoid pickup efficiency. My ethanol extraction skills are pretty well developed, but my rosin and hash techniques are more in line with a typical home hobbyist which is who this post was created for. I used average materials for the most part and tools easily accessible by the home cannabis concentrate enthusiast. ![]() The singular point here is to showcase the overlap between complementary processes, especially for the average person crafting at home. Ethanol extraction when done properly can produce some of the cleanest and most potent concentrates around, but it can also play a key role in cleaning up and adding efficiency to rosin and hash making processes. What will follow are various process scenarios to show exactly what happens when these different processes come together in a complementary extraction ecosystem. In other cases the very top grade kief will be smoked/dabed, squish the slightly lower quality tiers, then throw away or make low quality infusions of the rest not realizing that with the proper techniques what they’re leaving behind as waste can still be made into a nice extraction. Top-grade bubble or dry sift is sometimes used to make incredible rosin. The interconnectedness of hash and rosin is pretty simple to see. This is important to keep in mind because comparing different extracts, like an incredible concentrate that took weeks to create, with an incredibly small yield that required lots of extra equipment, to something made on a kitchen countertop in a few hours is not a fair. Third, each of these methods require extra steps, efforts, time and equipment to take them to the epitome of quality. Second, yield is sacrificed for the highest quality extractions, leaving behind still valuable semi-spent material that can be processed a second time. First, to create the very highest quality extractions the simple rule of “fire-in, fire-out,” meaning you can only make high-quality extracts with high-quality material, applies equally across the board. These methods can produce both very high or low quality concentrates depending on a few considerations they have in common. Let’s get down to the hash, rosin, and ethanol ecosystem. HASH, ROSIN, AND ETHANOL EXTRACTION ECOSYSTEM We have many great ways to approach and use the cannabis plant so it’s important to look at the entirety of the big picture all applications, all uses, and all processes are important to consider to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the precious and valuable cannabis resources we have. ![]() I’ve been looking forward to putting this project together to display how the most safe and effective cannabis home processing techniques overlap and work in a beneficial and complementary ecosystem allowing each technique to shine while also lending a hand to improve another. Despite cannabis’ beautiful example to us all, when it comes to extraction I continually see division, arguing, and an ocean of bad information working against the health of the community as a whole. Cannabis has helped so many, it’s inclusive for all people and often offers healing where nothing else can. The plant itself has brought people together throughout history and with recent advances in science has proven to be a quintessential center to our health and wellbeing. By Troy : (in general use) “a complex network or interconnected system.” From Oxford Languages and GoogleĪnyone getting as far as this post already has a positive relationship with cannabis and knows that the plant emanates positive vibes. ![]()
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