Rum n'Roisin

[Bad de Grasse]

So, Lidl’s doing hair straighteners for £4.99, couldn’t resist. Roll of parchment from local mini mart on the way home sorted.
Everything went just like on YouTube…great! ... scrapey, scrapey, scrapey & left with a lentil sized lump of goo.
Haven’t got a proper dabber so bonged it..mmmmmmmmmmm yeah, spose...not much taste... deffo works, but ultimately…meh
Good fun, but probs won’t bother again coz it too much faff & a rum do. My 2p

[Sheska]

Watch out with the parchment paper. John Barfelo made a video about it recently. Turns out that heat + the pressure causes the parchment paper to contaminate your rosin. Search for him on YT, can't link right now, at work on phone.

[Bad de Grasse]

Yeah did wonder about that. I assume parchment must have some sort of wax/non stick additive, but whether it's harmful to your health or not, I don't know? - it is sold for baking after all. But I suppose lungs are more delicate than the stomach.

A couple of surprising things I found was 1. the lack of taste transfer when I was expecting it to be huge. I get better flavour from my 3 vape machines. 2. It gave me a very long lasting & what I can only describe as a sedative stone (bit like valium), which I would associate more with a CBD effect than a THC high & I was expecting the opposite. Could have been the weed I was using I spose (boring UK Cheese I think), but quite a different effect to when I vape or smoke it.

[Nuggz]

You wanna do it at a really low temperature (90-130 celsius), to preserve terpenes. If done right, flower rosin is the most deliciously flavorful cannabis preparation that one can smoke

[Bad de Grasse]

Yeah, my cheapo hair straighteners only have 1 setting - 180. Guess I'll never know...

[OneHighMofo]

After the Rosin fuelled adventures in Amsterdam with DeleuksteNUGS16 back in December (thanks again man). I've been bitten by the bug and have been playing around with Rosin too.

I'm currently waiting for my third set of Toni and Guy hair straighteners (thanks for the speedy replacements Amazon - here's hoping it's a faulty batch NOT that i've been standing on them *ahem* ). I've been pressing out flowers and have to say I'm very happy with the results, I've found that it's a great means of making lovely clean oil that is 100% full melt and a very efficient method getting of high to boot - despite the low yields per gram when compared to say Bubble hash.

I'm finding that the dabs are super long lasting, re-dosing every few hours has kept me nice and crispy since my first press on NYE.
I've also found them exceptionally powerful when stacked together quickly doing a full G's worth in quickly (3-4 dabs in succession) had me on my arse for a couple hours.

I'm essentially getting between 5 and 12/13% yields dependent on strain (I'd expect 10 - 20% with an ice water extraction). That's with 3 individual 10 second presses per flower with the plates heated to around 120/130 celsius according to my IR temperature gun.
So far it seems that the 2nd and 3rd presses are just as tasty as the first; with no change in colour or consistency (so far).

The flavours are awesome, but it's definitely strain/quality dependent - some tastes survive the transfer better than others. Although I do detect a very slight note of something toasted and pop-corny in just about everything I've pressed, not unlike the taste/smell of ABV. It's nowhere near as strong as ABV but it's there. I'm thinking lower temperature presses might cure that.

I'll definitely be trying the lower temp settings (and presumably longer pressing times???) when my third set arrives tomorrow!!
If I bust this set too - a cheap t-shirt press is only a few groats more on Amazon.

These are the straighteners I'm using although I got them nearly half price during December for whatever reason.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00O ... ge_o04_s00

[Nuggz]

OHMF,

Have the heating elements been blowing out on your irons? I managed to break one of mine by standing on it but that was by standing and slipping on it awkwardly, causing the two tongs two sprawl outward in opposite directions and ultimately the plastic-casing around the hotplates to crack. So in that instance it was quite obvious how/why the product was broken. But as far as the heating element, I haven't noticed any functionality issues. Of course, that could be cause my only means of gauging the operating temperature is the digi-display on the iron itself, but whatevs!

Also my iron only goes down to 130 celsius on the display selection, so as I said I just get it to 130, turn the iron off, and then wait anywhere from 15-30 seconds, to what it cool down to 130 > x degrees celsisus. And then I start pressing, with a rapidly increasing level of pressure first with my hands (and eventually entire body wait behind them), and then I stand on the bitch, making for a total pressing time of about 20-35 seconds.

[OneHighMofo]

OHMF,

Have the heating elements been blowing out on your irons? I managed to break one of mine by standing on it but that was by standing and slipping on it awkwardly, causing the two tongs two sprawl outward in opposite directions and ultimately the plastic-casing around the hotplates to crack. So in that instance it was quite obvious how/why the product was broken. But as far as the heating element, I haven't noticed any functionality issues. Of course, that could be cause my only means of gauging the operating temperature is the digi-display on the iron itself, but whatevs!

Also my iron only goes down to 130 celsius on the display selection, so as I said I just get it to 130, turn the iron off, and then wait anywhere from 15-30 seconds, to what it cool down to 130 > x degrees celsisus. And then I start pressing, with a rapidly increasing level of pressure first with my hands (and eventually entire body wait behind them), and then I stand on the bitch, making for a total pressing time of about 20-35 seconds.

Not 100% what the problem is tbh. They just seem to stop heating up properly. I haven't even cracked the case - the unit itself is manufactured from either really sturdy plastic or some type of plastic coated metal cos they feel really durable and they're nice and flat so are the perfect form factor for putting pressure on safely without frying a finger (or toe). I think maybe I'm crushing an important component of the heat sensor perhaps? Who knows - I'm thinking I might in invest in the t-shirt press anyway. I really like the efficiency of the method, the stealthy nature is a bonus and I'm digging the harm reduction too. Works pretty good vaped in the Mighty too. A tiny tab goes a looong way.

It looks like we're pressing for a similar length of time ultimately - I'll give it a go with your method of one long press. I can't remember what the minimum temperature is now - think it's lower than 130°c though, and the plates are pretty much consistently 25°c lower than the temp on the screen according to my IR gun so I reckon I'm pressing at around 110 / 115 / 120°c. I've tried at around 145°c too (170 / 175°c on the dial) - didn't get much more yield though and the result was darker and less tasty.

I was chatting to one of those guys we met in Eerste Hulp about their methods - he was talking about using titanium mesh screens instead of 25u silk screen as a contaminant catcher. Gonna give that a go too I have the materials on order from Amazon and a buddy with a metal folding rig so I'm hoping to get a little durable mesh pouch rocking.

So far the best results by strain have been (all from 2g of flowers)

God Bud - 0.14g (taste transfer 7/10)
Papaya - 0.18g (taste transfer 8/10)
Lemon OG headband - 0.175g (tt 7.5/10)
Shoreline - 0.072g (tt 9/10)
Red Diesel - 0.24g (tt 8/10)

[macky]

Been pressing bubble hash with Rosin tea bags,they come package of ten different size.Warning!!! This rosin shit addictive I got smashed buds all over the house

[monster420]

OHMF,

Have the heating elements been blowing out on your irons? I managed to break one of mine by standing on it but that was by standing and slipping on it awkwardly, causing the two tongs two sprawl outward in opposite directions and ultimately the plastic-casing around the hotplates to crack. So in that instance it was quite obvious how/why the product was broken. But as far as the heating element, I haven't noticed any functionality issues. Of course, that could be cause my only means of gauging the operating temperature is the digi-display on the iron itself, but whatevs!

Also my iron only goes down to 130 celsius on the display selection, so as I said I just get it to 130, turn the iron off, and then wait anywhere from 15-30 seconds, to what it cool down to 130 > x degrees celsisus. And then I start pressing, with a rapidly increasing level of pressure first with my hands (and eventually entire body wait behind them), and then I stand on the bitch, making for a total pressing time of about 20-35 seconds.

Rosin Technique is steam distillation, heat press is steam distillation ...

ask the troll, he nows it all

[Nuggz]

Monster420

Congrats, gotta say, thought you were even fatter than that. Good for you...

[monster420]

Monster420

Congrats, gotta say, thought you were even fatter than that. Good for you...

so who is the troll now ?

[Nuggz]

so who is the troll now ?

Nope! Just a good ole fashioned asshole