Dry Ice Hash, Can anyone Advise How to Store

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Fladawg01

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I made some Dry Ice Hash today, first timer. Roughly ended up with about 42 +- grams worth. Can anyone advise on the following:
1) Do I need to freeze it for storage?
2) Do I need to dry in air for any time? Seemed pretty powdery and not sticky except for a few small balls.
Currently I pressed it into small jello shot plastic cups and pressed it down well, but it is far from compressed. Sits in a dark shelf that is around 62 degrees and dry.
I have an infuser coming that does decarbing as well this week and if correct I need to decarb first and then do my infusions after correct? Or can I just use it as it is? This was all screened with a 120 screening bag. Again any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
 
Fladawg01 said:
I made some Dry Ice Hash today, first timer. Roughly ended up with about 42 +- grams worth. Can anyone advise on the following:
1) Do I need to freeze it for storage?
2) Do I need to dry in air for any time? Seemed pretty powdery and not sticky except for a few small balls.
Currently I pressed it into small jello shot plastic cups and pressed it down well, but it is far from compressed. Sits in a dark shelf that is around 62 degrees and dry.
I have an infuser coming that does decarbing as well this week and if correct I need to decarb first and then do my infusions after correct? Or can I just use it as it is? This was all screened with a 120 screening bag. Again any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
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I use a simple screw press, works very well, and yes, I leave the hash to 'dry/set' for a few days at room temp
Otherwise, you can use a baking sheet and a rolling pin to press it, then shape it
I only decarb for edibles
 
Fladawg01 said:
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
Do you make oil with this by infusion and use it for edibles or just put in natural?
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Mostly smoke/vape hash and use the leftover shake to decarb to make butter for edibles
If I make a hash bhang or something, I use hash as is
 
Can I ask, is it literally like a Dry Ice Supplier you go to, or do you get it from the back-unit of some kind of produce packer?

I need to find a different route as I'd rather sift than bubble if I am honest.
 
MidgeSmith said:
Can I ask, is it literally like a Dry Ice Supplier you go to, or do you get it from the back-unit of some kind of produce packer?

I need to find a different route as I'd rather sift than bubble if I am honest.
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Check with some of your welding gas suppliers, some of them sell it here

I use the cold winter to my advantage
 
MidgeSmith said:
Can I ask, is it literally like a Dry Ice Supplier you go to, or do you get it from the back-unit of some kind of produce packer?

I need to find a different route as I'd rather sift than bubble if I am honest.
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Double check if they sell it in any of your local grocery stores. I’ve bought it at krogers like next to the ice cream before.
 
MidgeSmith said:
Can I ask, is it literally like a Dry Ice Supplier you go to, or do you get it from the back-unit of some kind of produce packer?

I need to find a different route as I'd rather sift than bubble if I am honest.
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It's actually a legit Grocery Store Chain where I am. It is also food grade so no other BS in it. I guess it all depends where you live and if the stores sell quite a bit of it. Until I walked by the cooler one day, I never knew I could get it at the store I visit.
 
MidgeSmith said:
Yeah they don't where I am,...
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I thought that you were somewhere in the US after reading some of your other messages.

...plain old ice is easier and cheaper I guess.
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I have not made hash from regular water ice nor from dry-ice but based on what I have read using dry-ice is a faster method. Might cost more but it gets the job done quickly and supposedly gets more of the trichomes, etc loose and ready to be used.

Thanks for the suggestion though guys!
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The grocery stores around here that have dry-ice are the larger supermarkets that are part of a multi-state or national chain. The freezers the stuff is stored in will be up near the cash register and check out lanes.

One more suggestion is to use your web page browser and then go to google or any other search engine. Let your fingers do the walking and type in:
"dry ice near me" or "dry ice near (name of nearby big city)".
 
Ah, yeah, I'm not in the US no, though for access to things like this it would be so handy!

Bubble is a bit of a faff compared to sifting for sure. As you say, if you know a guy at a place that uses it, you'd no doubt get it locally, but it's still pretty unusual here.

Hey anyway, I just Googled again and you can get dry ice, online, shipped next day for around £5/Kg all in, which seems reasonable enough! I may even give it a shot this month. It'll be a less lossy process while it's cold outside :)
 
for a dry ice run what 2 bags would you use :
73 micron
160 micron
are my thoughts now - the73 to catch the resin and the 160 for the stalks (trichome)
Oh yea maybe the 220 for cooking
thoughts ? please
was thinking of not using dry ice and just small pebble instead of ice - this is the way "sam the hash man) (podcast) does it a good shake "dry shake" like they do over seas - don't think there is dry ice in the asian thai mountains ?
 
I only used a 120 if I remember correctly. No need for the 73 or lesser mesh, and I don't see the need for a higher mesh. But this is just my thought process. IMHO a 160 is really fine, and anything less than 120 is too open allowing greenery. I don't do stalks or stems, only sugar leaves and any greenery after wet trimming is left. No large fan leaves or sticks!
 
Man thanks !! you are right 120 it is . NO green - guess I'll shake it for 3 min and then shake again ? or just go 4 minutes at first and that's it then y the 220 for cooking Thoughts ?
 
safeman said:
Man thanks !! you are right 120 it is . NO green - guess I'll shake it for 3 min and then shake again ? or just go 4 minutes at first and that's it then y the 220 for cooking Thoughts ?
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Just keep shaking until you see very little left. I did mine over a black cement mixing tub, so I could see it all. But I did mine for probably like a 30 minutes on and off. It's work!
 
Some really great info about trichome size on the 2nd post in this thread ( click the green here )

Thread 'Mesh vs Micron'
Mesh vs Micron


Think they recommend 160 microns for sifting
 
Fladawg01 said:
Just keep shaking until you see very little left. I did mine over a black cement mixing tub, so I could see it all. But I did mine for probably like a 30 minutes on and off. It's
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that's it go to shake, shake tomorrow ___thanks to all whom chimed in = Pease
Fladawg01 said:
I only used a 120 if I remember correctly. No need for the 73 or lesser mesh, and I don't see the need for a higher mesh. But this is just my thought process. IMHO a 160 is really fine, and anything less than 120 is too open allowing greenery. I don't do stalks or stems, only sugar leaves and any greenery after wet trimming is left. No large fan leaves or sticks!
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yea a 73 is to catch a the heads for rosin a 120 catches all 3 parts of the trichomes (bulbous, sessile and stalked)
 
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