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Butane hash oil (BHO) extraction: Difference between revisions
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# Freeze your filled tube in your freezer in an air-tight container (this minimizes condensation) for a ''minimum of 2 hours''. | # Freeze your filled tube in your freezer in an air-tight container (this minimizes condensation) for a ''minimum of 2 hours''. | ||
# Once frozen, put on the protective gloves and mask and remove the tube from the freezer. Proper protective wear is imperative. | # Once frozen, put on the protective gloves and mask and remove the tube from the freezer. Proper protective wear is imperative. | ||
# Prepare the pyrex tray that will be used to catch the butane extract. Place the pyrex or glass dish in a '''WELL ventilated space''' This step is vital to ensuring a safe and explosion proof extract. | # Prepare the pyrex tray that will be used to catch the butane extract. Place the pyrex or glass dish in a '''WELL ventilated space''', which is only truly achievable outdoors or under a fume hood. This step is vital to ensuring a safe and explosion proof extract. | ||
# Begin pouring the butane into the tube filled with [[cannabis]] from the small vent opening on one end. The butane should flow through the material to the bottom end and be collected into the pyrex dish. The tube will become very cold or frozen and impossible to hold without heat-resistant gloves or test tube tongs meant for extreme temperatures. | # Begin pouring the butane into the tube filled with [[cannabis]] from the small vent opening on one end. The butane should flow through the material to the bottom end and be collected into the pyrex dish. The tube will become very cold or frozen and impossible to hold without heat-resistant gloves or test tube tongs meant for extreme temperatures. | ||
# Continue to pour the butane into the tube until the exiting butane lacks color and runs clear. | # Continue to pour the butane into the tube until the exiting butane lacks color and runs clear. | ||
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# Repeat the final five steps as many times as necessary to fully purge the oil of impurities. | # Repeat the final five steps as many times as necessary to fully purge the oil of impurities. | ||
<gallery> | <center> | ||
File:Ground Flower | <gallery caption="" widths="200px" location="center" perrow="4"> | ||
File:Packed Tube | File:Ground Flower.jpeg | Ground Flower | ||
File:Frozen Tube | File:Packed Tube.jpeg | Packed Tube | ||
File:Butane Evap | File:Frozen Tube.jpeg | Frozen Tube | ||
File:Vacuum Chamber | File:Butane Evap.jpeg | Butane Evaporation Process | ||
File:Purge | File:Vacuum Chamber.jpeg | Vacuum Champer | ||
File:Final product | File:Purge.jpeg | The Purge Step | ||
File:Final product.jpeg | Final B.H.O. Extract | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
</center> | |||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||