This is actually round two of our portable E-Cigarette tests, with profoundly different results. In round one, we tested an E-Series e-cigarette using glycerin tinctures and subsequently with cannabis acetate oil.
Our E-Series was of insufficient watts to vaporize oil directly, and required a carrier menstruum like glycerin or propylene glycol. We conducted our experiments using glycerin, which we directly extracted the cannabinoids with, as we were never able to directly mix glycerin and cannabis oil concentrates.
That limited the potency that we were able to achieve, and while the E-Series produced medicinal effect, it was not impressive, so we switched to cannabis acetate, suspended in enough ethanol to allow saturating the wick, which we then allowed to flash off.
E-Series
Test panel members frequently used the word, "Wow" to describe their experience, because although the cannabis acetate is probably no more potent than the oil it was made from, it passes the blood brain barrier so much more quickly, that it just arrives, instead of the effects coming on.
We were pretty happy with the medicinal effects produced by the cannabis acetate, but as not many folks can produce it or lay hands on any, we decided to put the project on hold, until someone came up with something with enough wattage to vaporize straight cannabis oil extracts, or we had more time to devote to developing our own.
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Where to you get your denatured alcohol in such large quantities?
Why denatured alcohol ? You cant drink that!!
With making stem oil dipping it with the strainer into the denatured alcohol... like Skunked Out asked previously... how do you evaporate the denatured alcohol? With a fan or cooking it off? Thank you for this awesome site.
Also would Food grade Vodka at 192 Proof be acceptable to use for making stem oil? As opposed to denatured alcohol. Forgive my ignorance when it comes to solvents...
I have found that if you want to strip off the bark it's best to do it right after you Cut the plant. otherwise I need to take a knife to it. I have a bunch to work with. I was saved large branches and small ones. However I believe the are the ones right around the buds. I'm still recovering from harvest I haven't done anything yet. I'm keeping them cold because some Stems do you have an older
For the sand idea, instead, of a concrete mixer. Try a restaurant or institution potato peeler. The peeler portion, is reusable, it's steel shot, in various sizes; if memory serves me well, and again reusable.
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Shaving the stems and dis guarding the rest could allow for more efficient processing. Gaining the valued surface area of the stem and dis guarding the rest.
If used as a topical the denatured alcohol has no effect on the skin
thank u so much.I really appreciate it.Thanks,i found this article..
how do you get the denatured alcohol out of the stem oil?
I was curious where I live one of the only things I can find is denatured alcohol is it possible to use this in the winterization process while making BHO
why is the cornstarch necessary when making cannacaps?
Just makes the oil more stable for carrying around.
Not true. A lot of people try to go as high as they can on the battery volts. Try an atomizer with a lower resistance.
You might get try getting a higher wattage e-cig such as a Provari, which is a variable voltage e-cig. They go up to 6 volts (you tested at 3.8 volts) and are heavy-duty metal.. Just Google Variable Voltage E-cig for many different ones. Provari is probably one of the more expensive at around $200.00 USD.
Hello, I am trying to find some hemp oil for my husband. He has prostate cancer caused by agent orange from when he was in View Nam. The cancer has now spread to his spine. We live in Georgia where hemp is still illegal. Can you tell me how I could obtain some? I am willing to travel anywhere in the U.S. to do this. Thanks so much.
Hi Karen! If you can get your husband to Portland, Oregon and obtain his OMMP card, we will provide him with an oil regiment for free. As our resources are currently stretched with the cancer patients that we're already carrying, the oil would be from donations, not our special high CBD strains that we typically start new patients on, so building tolerance rapidly may be an issue. Does your husband currently use cannabis and do you know what his tolerance is like?
Hello, I have a question regarding your use of Denatured Alcohol for stem oil. Can you advise techniques to purge (evaporate) all the denatured alcohol, and also for sourcing product, what denatured alcohol to look for (I know some use different "'denaturants'"). Thank you
We prefer Methanol or Isopropanol as the denaturing agents and do not wish any bitterants added. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterant & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatonium.
Can anyone tell me if i need to decarboxalate before i use isopropyl alchohol to make oil
No you don't and can extract oil with Iso without regard to decarboxylation. It is polar and so are the carboxylic acids.
I use coconut oil and water in a slow cooker, just as I do when making root balm. Breaking the stuff up isn't easy, so I just boil the oil out of it!
Yeah, coconut oil works slick, doesn't it?
This site is great, much respect. Any advice on a recipe for capsules? I've heard of the coconut oil but what's my best bet?
We mix about 3 grams of virgin unrefined coconut oil with each 10 grams of cannabis essential oil, and then mix in enough cornstarch to turn it into silly putty, about 22 grams. That makes about a 29% mixture, which we stuff into gel capsules by hand, using a gram or grain scale, and it takes about 350 grams to equal a 100 gram dose.
Hello. I have a question about the encapsulation, please. You said it takes about 350 grams of the mixture to equal a 100 gram dose, but did you mean to say milligrams? I assume so, since nobody would want to take 100 grams of RSO at one time. ? The 350 (milli)grams is the resulting weight of the filled capsule, correct? How many of the capsules you speak of does it take to equal a single dose of 1/3 gram? About three? That would be 300 mg RSO, which is just under 1/3 gram, right? Do you know the correct proportions to make it so that each capsule (say a size 0 or 00 cap) would hold 1/3 of a gram of RSO (since that's the recommended dose taken three times a day to equal one gram a day)? Thank you. :) I'd just like to mention to your readers that if they're wanting to avoid toxins that they should buy non-GMO cornstarch or use another one like arrowroot or potato starch or something. GMOs are right on the top of list of things to avoid when you have health issues (and even if you don't, just as a preventative).
I do mean milligrams when it comes to dosage, though I use grams when describing mixing by weight. An 0 cap holds close to a gram, so a 350 milligrams will not fill it. 300 milligrams of active ingredients at a 28.6% concentration, would take 1050 mg, which is pushing in on an 0 cap, but would fit easily in an 00. One ploy might be to increase the cannabis essential oil in the mix and lower the coconut oil. 300 milligrams of a 30% mixture equals ~ a gram. IE; 300 mg essential oil, 70 mg coconut oil, and 630 mg corn starch, Another is to increase the coconut oil and corn starch filler, so as to fill an 00 cap. The coconut oil slows down how fast the liver breaks down and flushes cannabinoids out of our systems, so ostensibly this would be the best ploy. Looking at estimated dry powder capacities, the 00 is 47% larger than the 0. Capacity of course depends on material density, which changes as you modify the formula, so some trial and error may be required. If an 0 cap holds around a gram of the 28.6% mixture, an 00 should hold around 1470 mg. Since the cornstarch is about 63% of the mix, or 926 milligrams, the coconut oil required would be 544 mg. Might I suggest that you mix up a small amount at those ratios, to determine stuffing density, and tweak from there? Good point, for brothers and sisters with corn gluten alergies, you can use rice flower. It is just a filler to stablize the oil so that it stays put.