i don't really agree with those temps that AI is giving you.. if i were you i would experiment and play around with the temperature. not telling you what to do but not all press' are made equal and what works for some isn't the best for others. i stay below 180° right now my press is set at 170 for the particular strain i've been pressing for a few weeks.
you're doing nothing wrong i just suggest you experiment and try different recipes. there is always room for improvement when it comes to concentrates.
some of those first episodes of hash church were pure gold on info if they still exist on youtube. those guys invented this stuff and were pioneers at it. i used to get up early on sundays just to watch hash church live!!!
here's some of what i just did on my press a few minutes ago...
i tried out a new bag.. i think these were fifty cents a piece.. i stuffed in a branch of buds very tight. tight like you're trying to stuff an entire large families sleeping bags all in one bag!!! my thumb will end p sticky when i'm done..
now Steamroller is biting his tongue right now but i always cut the top off my bags because they're too long for my smaller plates... 12 grams made it in, i rarely weigh it anymore because what i get is what i get.. just for your info..
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my battery died right near the end of this video but there is enough there where you can see just how slow i press.. and do as i say and not as i do, i didn't wait for the warm up period. i was testing these new bags so i was hard on it..
my 300lb homemade monster..... artwork came from Bandit!!!
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i tried to capture all the important stuff in this video, i tried to be quiet not sure if it picked up the sound of the resin starting to flow..
the end result is the bags are a hard hell yeah pass from me.. held up to almost 2800 pounds before a slight blowout. thats more than i ever press with, again i was being tough on it to test.
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so like 12 grams in and like one and half out... as for the leftovers... i like to collect my chips until i have a pile and then i unwrap them and grind up the chips in a pulse blender and then decarb it for a little and use it for edibles. just about a gram or so of left over chips will tear me up something fierce!!!!
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so i know you didn't really ask but thats about as detailed as i get about how i go about it. others do it different... i really don't think there's many wrong ways to squish buds!!! if it gets ya high then winner!!! the rest is all relative.. good luck and have FUN!!!!!!!!