ok, heres the pics and what i did,
1, i got one of them big brita filter jugs and removed the top part and filter which left me with a big ass jug.
2, i filled the jug nearly to the top with water then placed it in the fridge on coldest setting,
3, i filled several ice bags with water and put in freezer,
4, i then got 1 big jar of trim to run a quick test on hash making this then went in the freezer.
5, i then got myself a hand whisk which is like 2 whisks and a handle to turn by hand, so instead of just holding one whisk this spins round when you turn the handle, didnt want to risk using electric one in case it mashed the plant matter up to much, so i used this hand whisk type blender thing,
6, i got 2 x 2ltr pop bottles to pour the mixture into after blending,
several hours later this is what i did,
1, i removed water jug from the fridge.
2, i then used 1 bag of ice cubes and placed them in the water in the jug and put back in the fridge
3, i took the trim out of freeze and pulled it out the jar and put it on plastic so i could cut up any big sticks.
4, with the trim all cut of i then pulled the jug out the fridge and started stiring the trim into the jug of icy water.
5, once all trim was in (just 1 big jelly bean jar full, the £20 size jars about 1ft high and as round as a can of pop) i then slowly started whisking and slowly got a bit faster and faster.
6, once the ice had melted i gave it good going over with the whisk to make sure i removed any trichs from the leaves and stems.
7, i added the next bag of ice cubes and carried on whisking,
8, when i thought it was all whisked up and trichs removed i then used a strainer to pull out the floating green matter i then put all the green matter onto the plastic after squeezing all the water out.
9, instead of throwing the trim away i decided to rinse it a second time and glad i did, but this time i used cold water out the fridge and split the trim up into 2 piles, i then placed each pile into a small glass sugar type jar, i filled with water and put the lid on,
10, i then gave all the jars a good shaking and was amazed at how much more trichs i could see coming off, i then emptied the jars into the strainer and let it drain into the big jug, i then dipped the strainer below the water level but not enough to let the trim come out the strainer, i kept lifting it up and down and this worked water through the trim in the strainer, once i was sure it was well rinsed i removed the strainer and through the trim out,.
so now im left with a big brita filter jug full of murky brown looking liquid and i could all ready see stuff settling on the bottom and floating around, so i placed the whole jar in the fridge and left for 2 hours.
when i took it out of the fridge i could clearly see it had pretty much all settled to the bottom as it was covered with a nice layer of trichs, so i used a small cup and started to take water out of the jug, when i got down to about half way i realised i had no way of removing the trichs from the bottom of the jug,
so after some thinking i thought ill stir it all up again and then pour in through a funnel into some 2ltr pop bottles, so i stirred up and poured it into some pop bottles, then rinsed the jug and funnel to make sure i collected every last trich i could,
so now im left with 2 x 2ltr pop bottles filled with like a brown liquid,
i then put these pop bottles in the fridge and left over night with the fridge on its colded setting, when i woke up and opened the fridge i took out a yoghurt and it was frozen solid, luckily the bottles where in the door so was not high up in the fridge and was not frozen,
so after throwing the yog in the bin i carefully pulled out the bottle and placed them in the sink, now because i moved them i stirred up the trichs slightly in the bottom so the bottom 2 inches was a bit cloudy, so i got sharp knife and poke a hole in each bottle above the level where the trich rich mixture was,
so i poked a hole and undid the lid and this then slowly let the water out the bottle but left the trichs in the bottom, i let it pour into a coffee filter to catch anything that did escape.
so once i was down to the last 2 inches of liquid below the hole i cut i cut the bottle so i was left with the bottom of the bottle,
i placed these in the fridge again to totally settle so i could then filter off the rest of the water leaving me with a wet trich mixture in the bottom, i was not impressed with the coffee filter method and wont be using that in future as its to slow and the trichs that come out of the bottle when i drained it was stuck to the filter and after drying it was impossible to get it out the filter, so i wont be using filters but the method i used did not need filters,
i carefully took them out the fridge and used a syringe to suck out the water from the trichs,
now these pics below are what i was left with, this was from just 1 jar of trim, it took a while and i would not like to do all my trim in one go as it would just take way to long so ill do a jar every few days,
now the pics below show the hash from the one bottle that is now drying, i got all the water out and let it dry in the bottom of the pop bottle, once it was dry enough i scooped it out and placed it on plastic and its now going to dry for a few days, the other pic gives you some idea of what i did to get the hash, i left it in the bottom of the bottle so you could see what it looks like and how i went about getting this hash,
not to sure how much i got but im pretty impressed considering its from just 1 jars worth of trim, but i guess its because i dont keep any trim with no visible trichs.
this first pic is all the trich from the bottle with less trich in it, as you can see its slightly wet still so will be dried for a few days then pressed into a block, i wont use any until ive done this with all the trim so i can see how much i get and find out if its worth doing or not,
i did find i had a small amount of green mater in the hash but maybe this is because the trim was crispy dry, i did not whisk it to much as the bits never got to small like they would if you used a blender, but it has a very nice blondey colour to it,
below is the other 2tr pop bottle, this is how it looked after i cut the top of the bottle off, i did not want to risk pouring it into anything else as the trichs would just stick to the inside of the pop bottle so i cut most of the bottle off, i found by doing this it left nice little cups for the trichs to settle into, then once dry i just used a tea spoon and scooped them out with ease,
so these pics are of what is left in the 2nd 2ltr pop bottle,
what i did for the very last part is after i cut the top of the bottle off this stirred up the trichs in the water so i then put it back in teh fridge and placed a screwdriver under the one side so when the trichs settled they all went into the one corner of the bottle, so it filled 2 of the cups or legs of the bottle with the 1st mixture and this last one will fill 3 by the looks of it, so this last bottle of trichs is still in the fridge and ill let it settle and remove the water and let it dry.
enjoy