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Man, I feel ya there. The odor can be "challenging".
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Man, I feel ya there. The odor can be "challenging".
Megahome Water & Essential Oil Making Distillers,
theres still (pun intended) some aroma and needs to be in a ventilated area but its not near the smell
Hi smokedareefer
Have you used the Megahome distiller for making oil? It says it's limited to wine making only and not to be used with alcohol concentrations over 50%
Budnoob's last post said something about traveling. He'll be back around. If not, we'll hogtie him and drag him back for updates on how he's doing and the rest of the family.
Talk about smell....I was making oil yesterday while a friend was on the roof cleaning my gutters (there are small oak trees sprouting in them LOL), and when he finished he came to the door and remarked on the smell he kept getting on the roof. Apparently the "aroma" was escaping through the roof vents.
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we have run at least 5 batches through the still.
making 3 oz batches using 1.75 liter of everclear per, we'll loose about 1 cup per batch, with approx 1/2 of that being boiled off in the double boiler.
before dumping the filtered liquid in the still, i fill the collection container and put a piece of scotch tape on the container with the top of the tape at the liquid level.
then watching during the distillation process for when the level in the collection container reaches about 1/3 up the tape there will be approx 1/2 cup of product left in the still to pour into your double boiler.
after 5 batches this still has paid for itself.
we have run at least 5 batches through the still.
making 3 oz batches using 1.75 liter of everclear per, we'll loose about 1 cup per batch, with approx 1/2 of that being boiled off in the double boiler.
before dumping the filtered liquid in the still, i fill the collection container and put a piece of scotch tape on the container with the top of the tape at the liquid level.
then watching during the distillation process for when the level in the collection container reaches about 1/3 up the tape there will be approx 1/2 cup of product left in the still to pour into your double boiler.
after 5 batches this still has paid for itself.
You lose 1c when you use a whole 1.75L bottle? That's cool!
I picked up a used distiller, much like the megahome, from a local secondhand shop. We were out with some friends and I happened to notice it and thought, "that looks an awful lot like one of those distillers." I think they were using it to distill drinking water. I talked them down to $40.
I also discovered that I CAN get 190 proof Everclear locally. Apparently when WA changed it's laws a couple years ago this product became legal. Unfortunately, it's $75 for a 1.75L bottle. I think I can beat that if I have it shipped, but I'm still gonna work with my buddy. We played poker Friday night and he was telling us about his new 55g still.
Hiker,
the megahome i have has been modified to put out less wattage (350).
using a heat gun the temp in my still reads about 160 deg f. or the boiling point of alcohol.
i'm guessing the water still you have will be around the boiling point of water 212deg f. what difference that makes i'm not sure.
(your oil my be partially decarbed before it hits the double boiler) we need a whole lot more info and numbers about this thing called decarboxylation.
were paying $40.00/1.75 liter bottle.
A proper decarboxylation process is 250 degrees. I start off at 190-200 degrees so all the alcohol is gone. As soon as that is done I kick it up to 250. When the oil is completely flat it is finished. No set time limit as ambient temperature comes into play.
looking at the skunk pharma chart i read that it takes 27 min at 252 deg f to reach full decarb.
Mooco, are you saying that simply hitting 250 deg with no movement your decarb is finished?
dosen't the time it's been at 250 dictate the percentage it's been decarbed?
Hi Motoco
Let me first thank you for such a big help and useful info. I 'm sure you must have saved many lives by now. God bless you!
I have a question here about the plant. I have got the Sativa plant (it's really hard to get Indica here) and I'm planning to prepare it for my mother for her throat tumor. My question is the plant I have got is a bit dusty and is not very clean, I read somewhere that the buds/plant/starting material needs to be dry before the washing (with solvent) begins but can I clean the plant with water first so that the dust/dirt is washed away and then I wash them with the solvent(I'm using 99.8% IPA) or should I not do that? Please reply.
Also, if you can answer, Are you based in So.Cal?
Congratulations on winning Member Of The Month - October 2014 420 Motoco!
Looks awesome under your name bro.