Things I find interesting,cute,odd & confusing

[Zen_seeker]

I'm looking at buying a Rosin press to make my own carts. This was the first video I've seen that showed how to do it. You question the viability of this method......I know Knot.....So I go look more..lol.....another video of the same technique was used. It looks simple, no additives just rosin and heat. Is there something I'm missing? .....lol......other than that. I watched this one and it shows the same method.. I put this press in my cart. Not a lot of reviews on it and a couple say junk but others say it works fine...any thoughts?

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I’ve been wanting one for a couple years now but the cost to get setup and started is pretty high.

Every time I make hash in my pollen press and oven some juice gets caught in a corner or oozes out. Reminds me of what Bandit and Stoney are able to do.

One day maybe.

 

[Stoneyluv]

I'm looking at buying a Rosin press to make my own carts. This was the first video I've seen that showed how to do it. You question the viability of this method......I know Knot.....So I go look more..lol.....another video of the same technique was used. It looks simple, no additives just rosin and heat. Is there something I'm missing? .....lol......other than that. I watched this one and it shows the same method.. I put this press in my cart. Not a lot of reviews on it and a couple say junk but others say it works fine...any thoughts?

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i'll try it.. i am just not confident that just heating the rosin is what refines it. i have all the things to give it a try so i will.

the only limiting factor i see with that press is the size of the plates. i feel limited at my 3" so that 2.3 kinda worries me. without a bag that size might press 2 grams of flower at a time. not sure how much in a bag, i use the small 1.5" bags and still over squish my 3" wide plate sometimes. without a bag i can go 3.2 grams of flower and it will fill my 3x5 plate. the size of the ram or hydraulics doesn't matter that much, pretty much any hydraulic jack puts enough pressure to squish buds. i overkilled mine but that was because i wanted a gauge on it.

but if just heating it up to 180° for a day or two refines it than i'm all in.. i wonder what happens to the impurities in the rosin to make it so translucent?? they're trying to tell me that just heating it to 180 for a day changes the composition of the rosin and keeps it from drying hard the next day? i gotta see this for myself.

i could go on and on why i don't think it would work but before i do i will give it a try in the next couple days.. i'm almost out of squish so i gotta press more anyway. and it's not like i don't have a toaster oven just inches above my press and all....

 

[Stoneyluv]

I’ve been wanting one for a couple years now but the cost to get setup and started is pretty high.

Every time I make hash in my pollen press and oven some juice gets caught in a corner or oozes out. Reminds me of what Bandit and Stoney are able to do.

One day maybe.

i actually started out with a hair straightener and a wood clamp. a vise even works better... it would cost ya like $25 and you could have it anytime you want.

 

[Zen_seeker]

i'll try it.. i am just not confident that just heating the rosin is what refines it. i have all the things to give it a try so i will.

the only limiting factor i see with that press is the size of the plates. i feel limited at my 3" so that 2.3 kinda worries me. without a bag that size might press 2 grams of flower at a time. not sure how much in a bag, i use the small 1.5" bags and still over squish my 3" wide plate sometimes. without a bag i can go 3.2 grams of flower and it will fill my 3x5 plate. the size of the ram or hydraulics doesn't matter that much, pretty much any hydraulic jack puts enough pressure to squish buds. i overkilled mine but that was because i wanted a gauge on it.

but if just heating it up to 180° for a day or two refines it than i'm all in.. i wonder what happens to the impurities in the rosin to make it so translucent?? they're trying to tell me that just heating it to 180 for a day changes the composition of the rosin and keeps it from drying hard the next day? i gotta see this for myself.

i could go on and on why i don't think it would work but before i do i will give it a try in the next couple days.. i'm almost out of squish so i gotta press more anyway. and it's not like i don't have a toaster oven just inches above my press and all....

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When I put my kief in the small press block I have I put it in the oven for 15 minutes or so. Then I take it to my vice and squeeze. Half the time I go a bit too far and it squirts out a seam. Often this hash will stay sticky and not get fully hard. Oven’s preheated to 180*.

 

[Zen_seeker]

i actually started out with a hair straightener and a wood clamp. a vise even works better... it would cost ya like $25 and you could have it anytime you want.

I’ll see if I can find a vid on it. Sounds easy but messy. I’ve only used a bit of rosin or butter/diamonds my sons grabbed from a dispensary.

 

[Stoneyluv]

alright guys, some Golden Goat squished and in the oven. it's bouncing between 168° and 183°... it's a shitty oven.. i assume i let it go for at least 24 hours until the bubbles stop if i listened correctly. we'll see what happens..

 

[Pipecarver]

alright guys, some Golden Goat squished and in the oven. it's bouncing between 168° and 183°... it's a shitty oven.. i assume i let it go for at least 24 hours until the bubbles stop if i listened correctly. we'll see what happens..

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Very nice, from the video's I saw it said to have the lid screwed on tight. I'm not sure how that will effect the resin but both video's said the same thing. If it works for you that'll be what I need to justify buying a press

 

[Stoneyluv]

Very nice, from the video's I saw it said to have the lid screwed on tight. I'm not sure how that will effect the resin but both video's said the same thing. If it works for you that'll be what I need to justify buying a press

oops, i missed that part. haha

did you happen to catch for how long? was it 24 hours minimum then until bubbles stopped? or was it just until bubbles stopped and might not even take the 24 hours?

how do you currently smoke/vape concentrates? i mean i wouldn't wait till i could make carts to get a press.. even if this doesn't work in the cart i'm still smokin it!!! haha

 

[Stoneyluv]

When I put my kief in the small press block I have I put it in the oven for 15 minutes or so. Then I take it to my vice and squeeze. Half the time I go a bit too far and it squirts out a seam. Often this hash will stay sticky and not get fully hard. Oven’s preheated to 180*.

very very similar.

Very nice, from the video's I saw it said to have the lid screwed on tight. I'm not sure how that will effect the resin but both video's said the same thing. If it works for you that'll be what I need to justify buying a press

so in a short and exciting answer: Yes, this method works 100%. you guys saw what i did.. crude and rude and not much effort. but yeah it works. i put five grams in that dab jar and put it in my terribly unsteady oven and after a day i sucked it into a syringe and loaded some in a cart and it vapes, holds flavor, and gives big huge clouds.



it got dark which i fully expected.. after loading the cart and 3ml backup i have this left over to dab with...



i'd like to try again and put luv into it.. better consistent heat with a good sealed lid and good quality cart.. i used a cheapo that i didn't care about and it's not ceramic.

one step they didn't show is you may have to heat up the cart a little in the oven to get it to start wicking, i did.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Very nice, from the video's I saw it said to have the lid screwed on tight. I'm not sure how that will effect the resin but both video's said the same thing. If it works for you that'll be what I need to justify buying a press

What type of jar and lid did they use? Anything I have that’s glass has a plastic lid or rubber seal around the lid so not oven safe.

This is interesting enough to try at least once. Unfortunately we tossed our toaster oven decades ago when we got rid of things we no longer use.

 

[Zen_seeker]

very very similar.



so in a short and exciting answer: Yes, this method works 100%. you guys saw what i did.. crude and rude and not much effort. but yeah it works. i put five grams in that dab jar and put it in my terribly unsteady oven and after a day i sucked it into a syringe and loaded some in a cart and it vapes, holds flavor, and gives big huge clouds.

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it got dark which i fully expected.. after loading the cart and 3ml backup i have this left over to dab with...

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i'd like to try again and put luv into it.. better consistent heat with a good sealed lid and good quality cart.. i used a cheapo that i didn't care about and it's not ceramic.

one step they didn't show is you may have to heat up the cart a little in the oven to get it to start wicking, i did.

That’s really cool you were able to test this.

If it’s already squished what’s the point of baking it for a day, to break it down further so it’s more liquidized?

I’ll have to see if I can find a video I don’t need an account to watch.

 

[Pipecarver]

oops, i missed that part. haha

did you happen to catch for how long? was it 24 hours minimum then until bubbles stopped? or was it just until bubbles stopped and might not even take the 24 hours?

how do you currently smoke/vape concentrates? i mean i wouldn't wait till i could make carts to get a press.. even if this doesn't work in the cart i'm still smokin it!!! haha

I think they said 24hrs or close to 24. until the bubbles stopped forming. I smoke like chimney 10-15 J/day 3-4 at back to back. Then a hit or 2 off a government sold vape at $50/gram....fkin yikes but they are 99% THC and hit hard. I'd like to make my own. I bought a 2 Gram cart off the Natives a few days ago and its shit $40-2 grams but feels like 50% shit after smoking the gov stuff.

I've been looking at the presses but they get far to expensive fast. I'm not paying no $1000 bucks for a press but I don't want cheap crap either. I was looking yesterday which of these would work best.......Canadian pricing.

 

[Pipecarver]