Magnus8's Canna Cream, Body Butter & Canna Lotion Study Hall

[Magnus8]

I figured out my problem. Have I ever told you that I'm seriously mathematically challenged??? I always tell Felonious that I need his math skills for figuring out stuff like percentages, fractions, decimals, etc. I can do basic math but that's it.

So, anyway, supergroomer's original recipe called for 1.3 ounces of beeswax for 3 cups of oil and my first mistake was measuring it by volume rather than by weight. My second mistake was counting it in ounces and not converting it to grams so Mr. Google says that 1.3 ounces = 37 grams (roughly) and I now know that there's no way I added 37 grams of beeswax to the oil mixture, which leads me to my third mistake -- when trying to fix my mistake, I took Magnus' advice below under advisement and started adding more beeswax in small quantities to get it to work but Felonious just measured the 300 gram bar of beeswax I bought and found out, it's now at 275 grams so therefore, I've only added 25 grams of the 37 grams I was supposed to add. We've now realized that I screwed up the measuring so have now added the additional 12 grams to bring the total to 37 grams, which is where we were supposed to be all along.

My third mistake is that when I thought I was adding the correct amount, I was ignoring the decimal and therefore 1.5 grams became 15 grams so I thought I was adding the correct amount when in fact, it was way too little.



Oh well, hopefully it will all come together now that I think I know what I'm doing. I'll keep you posted.

Glad you figured out your difficulties, HashGirl!!!

And if it still doesn't meet your satisfactions, then simply add a bit more beeswax at a time, like I mentioned before. Hope this helps. I'm not the math wiz in our home, either. Ginette is. So she usually has to figure out all the figures, so to speak.

 

[Magnus8]

I love this guy!

You would make a fantastic teacher Magnus. Great thread I'm looking forward to reading every day. What a fantastic attitude and professionalism


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Hi DeVille,

You are so kind with your praise. I appreciate it so very much. In fact, I do enjoy teaching. I've had several teaching jobs during my life and always enjoyed them immensely. One was teaching film production, and the others were teaching video production. A lifetime ago...

I only hope to be of service to anyone who needs it. And I hope that everyone will understand when my back gets so bad that I cannot even take up my responsibilities here. Because it does get that bad sometimes, though it hasn't in a while now. I just hope everyone understands when I'm in too much pain to sit long enough to type responses back to everyone. But should a time like that arrive, I'll let everyone know that I need a break.

Why am I even talking about this now? I'm such a dork.

 

[Magnus8]

Good afternoon, Cannafan.

Here's my potato peeler after I tried shaving my beeswax :

Here's what I ended up using instead:

Hi HashGirl,



I didn't realize that was the kind of potato peeler you were using. I thought she was using a cheese grater, the kind with four sides on it and that has different ways of grating your cheese. THAT is the grater I used to use, and it works quite well, though you do have to watch out for your knuckles!

Try this trick. Heat up your beeswax for a bit in the microwave first, not enough to melt it, just enough to soften it a bit. It'll be much easier to grate down after that.

Cannafan -- that's a tip for you, too!

 

[Magnus8]

Checked out your Facebook page Magnus. Beautiful soaps!

Do you make the soap cutters yourself? I can swear I saw guitar tuners and strings

Should be easy enough to make

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Thanks so much for that compliment, DeVille,

I'm very proud of the soaps I used to make. And they all smelled so damned good, too!

No, I didn't craft my soap cutter my self. It's called, appropriately enough, a "Bud Cutter" named after they guy who makes them, whose name is Bud. He's quite famous in the soapcrafting industry, and to own one of his budcutters is to own a real work of art and craftsmanship. I love my budcutter.

Maybe I should make soap with cannabis in it? Do you think that would sell? Of course, all the good stuff would be washed away momentarily. But many people don't care about that. They just want to know that their soap has this particular ingredient in it...

Or bath bombs? There's an idea for you, Cannafan. If you need a recipe, Ginette has a great one for bath bombs that you could include cannabis in it. I seriously doubt we'll get back into the soapmaking business, so you're welcome to the recipe.

Oh, look at the treats we talk about in this Study Hall, eh DeVille?

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Thanks so much for that compliment, DeVille,

I'm very proud of the soaps I used to make. And they all smelled so damned good, too!

No, I didn't craft my soap cutter my self. It's called, appropriately enough, a "Bud Cutter" named after they guy who makes them, whose name is Bud. He's quite famous in the soapcrafting industry, and to own one of his budcutters is to own a real work of art and craftsmanship. I love my budcutter.

Maybe I should make soap with cannabis in it? Do you think that would sell? Of course, all the good stuff would be washed away momentarily. But many people don't care about that. They just want to know that their soap has this particular ingredient in it...

Or bath bombs? There's an idea for you, Cannafan. If you need a recipe, Ginette has a great one for bath bombs that you could include cannabis in it. I seriously doubt we'll get back into the soapmaking business, so you're welcome to the recipe.

Oh, look at the treats we talk about in this Study Hall, eh DeVille?

That sounds great. I tried bath bombs and fizzies a couple of times. They turned out okay...as you said...loved the smell!
Made one for the ex that had Pine needle oil scent in it so he could soak in it before deer hunting. (his idea, I just had the materials on hand from when I made hunters' soaps)

If you want to PM the recipe when you have time, feel free. No rush at all, I know you are one busy instructor and author.



Edit: my scrub bars are still too soft, so I'm doing the same as Hashgirl and working on that beeswax percentage. I'll get there.....eventually. LOL

 

[Magnus8]

And now I'm going to get off the computer and read my new cookbooks -- one that Cannafan recommended to me.

Those look like fun. I was just telling Cannafan how I've been dreaming up new recipes for cannabis lately, since I really want to start dosing with edibles whenever I get some.

I was even coming up with a new recipe for cannabis sour gummies, since there's a ton of videos online for regular gummies with cannabis, but none for sour gummies with cannabis. I don't know why. I love sour gummies.

I was going to ask if anyone's tried homemade cannabis gummies and whether they were like real gummies, then I remembered that this was supposed to be a LOTION and CREAM study hall.



I am SUCH a DORK, aren't I?

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Those look like fun. I was just telling Cannafan how I've been dreaming up new recipes for cannabis lately, since I really want to start dosing with edibles whenever I get some.

I was even coming up with a new recipe for cannabis sour gummies, since there's a ton of videos online for regular gummies with cannabis, but none for sour gummies with cannabis. I don't know why. I love sour gummies.

I was going to ask if anyone's tried homemade cannabis gummies and whether they were like real gummies, then I remembered that this was supposed to be a LOTION and CREAM study hall.



I am SUCH a DORK, aren't I?

Sounds like you are having fun with your DORKness.
I'm going to PM some info on the gummies in a bit.

 

[HashGirl]

You may be a DORK but you make me and you try to help as much you can and when you don't know the answers, you ask for help and in my books, you might be a dork but to me, you're a dork who totally ROCKS!

Those look like fun. I was just telling Cannafan how I've been dreaming up new recipes for cannabis lately, since I really want to start dosing with edibles whenever I get some.

I was even coming up with a new recipe for cannabis sour gummies, since there's a ton of videos online for regular gummies with cannabis, but none for sour gummies with cannabis. I don't know why. I love sour gummies.

I was going to ask if anyone's tried homemade cannabis gummies and whether they were like real gummies, then I remembered that this was supposed to be a LOTION and CREAM study hall.



I am SUCH a DORK, aren't I?

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Hi HashGirl,



I didn't realize that was the kind of potato peeler you were using. I thought she was using a cheese grater, the kind with four sides on it and that has different ways of grating your cheese. THAT is the grater I used to use, and it works quite well, though you do have to watch out for your knuckles!

Try this trick. Heat up your beeswax for a bit in the microwave first, not enough to melt it, just enough to soften it a bit. It'll be much easier to grate down after that.

Cannafan -- that's a tip for you, too!

I'll be trying that the next time I have to shave some down! Great tip.

 

[Magnus8]

You may be a DORK but you make me and you try to help as much you can and when you don't know the answers, you ask for help and in my books, you might be a dork but to me, you're a dork who totally ROCKS!

You are very kind, HashGirl.

And I appreciate it.

To no end.

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

 

[Magnus8]

I'll be trying that the next time I have to shave some down! Great tip.

That bit of advice actually came from the wife-bot (Ginette). She says HI to everyone, btw.

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Alot of useful info on here im always ready to learn some new stuff.

anything that occurs in nature cannot be unnatural!

 

[Cannoisseuras]

I wanna make some coconut oil I have 31 grams of trim I want to use but dont know if I would be worth it or weak

anything that occurs in nature cannot be unnatural!

 

[Magnus8]

I wanna make some coconut oil I have 31 grams of trim I want to use but dont know if I would be worth it or weak

anything that occurs in nature cannot be unnatural!

What do you want to do with your coconut oil? How do you want to use it?

 

[Lady Cannafan]

I'm just going through my strains this morning, planning my spring grow here. Part of my plan is to grow a few with specific terpene profiles, the smells that will compliment whatever essential oil or fragrance of concoction I will be making.

I want to grow them all! But....I don't have the time or space indoors. LOL

 

[Magnus8]

I'm just going through my strains this morning, planning my spring grow here. Part of my plan is to grow a few with specific terpene profiles, the smells that will compliment whatever essential oil or fragrance of concoction I will be making.

I want to grow them all! But....I don't have the time or space indoors. LOL

I've got nine strains coming in the mail (3 freebies), combined with the seeds leftover from my last grow, that makes 11 strains. I, too, want to grow them all!

I've got a 5x5x6.5 tent plus a 2x4 closet and 2 lights. I probably have the room. I just don't have the damned money for nutes!

 

[HashGirl]

I know I have that problem, too. There's so much I want to try but seeds are expensive and I already have more meds than I need (although I wish I had some sativas to get high from -- I think my tolerance is higher after using cannabis as medicine and so stuff that used to get me super blasted, I get nothing from now but I'm a little afraid to up my dose).

I'm just going through my strains this morning, planning my spring grow here. Part of my plan is to grow a few with specific terpene profiles, the smells that will compliment whatever essential oil or fragrance of concoction I will be making.

I want to grow them all! But....I don't have the time or space indoors. LOL

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Would that work or be to weak

anything that occurs in nature cannot be unnatural!
The Birth & Evolution Of A Dragon

Unknown Strain From Seed - First Time Grow

 

[Radogast]

I know I have that problem, too. There's so much I want to try but seeds are expensive and I already have more meds than I need (although I wish I had some sativas to get high from -- I think my tolerance is higher after using cannabis as medicine and so stuff that used to get me super blasted, I get nothing from now but I'm a little afraid to up my dose).

Why would you be afraid to up your dose of cannabis?

It's not toxic.

I can see the need to avoid a dosage where you lose your s^h^i^t, but if your tolerance is high, that's not really an issue. Getting super-stoned is not going to reduce the medicinal value of the cannabis. I've never heard of increased usage developing a medicinal tolerance, just a euphoria tolerance.

One way to lower your tolerance is to switch strains, (another is to take a lolerance break, but that's not recommended if you need cannabis as medicine. )

 

[Magnus8]

I want to basically make butter but heard oil is better this is what I want to use then I want to use the oil for brownies

anything that occurs in nature cannot be unnatural!
The Birth & Evolution Of A Dragon

Unknown Strain From Seed - First Time Grow

Please Cannoisseruas, please don't think I'm being rude. I'm only trying to help you by directing you to the correct thread where they might be able to help you. But you are basically trying to make Cannaoil as a substitute for Cannabutter, for using in either recipes or dosage for some medicinal uses, right? You might be better off asking your questions in the room where they deal with that sort of thing, where they make Cannabutter Canna Coconut Oil all the time. Here, we are concerned with infusing different kinds of oils like Sweet Almond Oil and Grape Seed Oil for making lotions and creams to spread on the skin to relieve pain. Really, we don't concern ourselves with making Cannabutter or Canna Coconut Oil for using in edibles or medicinals at all.

The link for that thread is here:

The Cannabis Kitchen - Cooking With Cannabis

Although someone who makes Cannabutter or Canna Coconut Oil all the time who ALSO comes to this Study Hall may feel capable of answering your question in a private message. If not, please don't hesitate to ask your question in that other room. I am quite confident that someone there would be capable of answering your question easily. Here, I have not got that confidence in myself to know anything about Cannabutter or Cannaoil for cooking and dosage of it for you.

If you find, after asking your question in that other thread, that no one there is qualified to help you, then please, by all means, contact me in a private message and I will try to research the question privately for you so that you may have your question answered. I just truly believe that someone else much more qualified will be hanging around in that other room and that they will be more than willing to help you.

Wishing you all the best in finding answers to you queries,
Magnus.