As the title says...this is a method of Qwik washing bud/leaf in isoprophyl alcohol to glean the trichomes and turn it into a smokable product.

This method combines manual shaking and some planning ahead to ensure that the process is completed in ***UNDER ONE MINUTE***

The reasoning behind this is that the longer the iso stays in contact with the pot the more chlorophyll that is imparted into the final product. The more chlorophyll, the greener/darker the product and the greener the taste.

When done correctly, Qwikwash iso oil will be *golden to reddish in color*

These are the products/ingredients you will need:

1 large glass vessel w/lid
91% isoprophyl alcohol
a piece of silkscreen or other FINE (60 micron or less) mesh
a pyrex glass baking dish
marijuana-the more trichomes present the more oil you will end up with

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Lay out ALL items neeed and do a quick rundown of the process BEFORE adding the alcohol to the marijuana!

First....Place broken bud/ground marijuana in glass vessel

Uncap all bottles of iso and have them ready to pour into glass vessel w/ marijuana

QUICKLY pour in the alcohol. Use enough to COVER the marijuana in the vessel. Put the lid on.

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!!!! 15 SECONDS ***ONLY**

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Now open the lid and place the screening/silkscreen over the opening..... (I couldn't take a pic of this, obviously)

now turn the container upside down CAREFULLY over the pyrex baking dish...catching the liquid in the dish.

Now pull the cotainer away from over the pyrex dish and try to catch the remaining pot in the screen so you can SQUEEZE the alcohol out that remains. Be CAREFUL not to drop any leaf matter in the liquid. (if you do you can strain it but it is an extra process)

The oil on first appearance will be (or should be) gold to red in color.....

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I then place the pyrex dish on a heating pad/propogation mat and let the alcohol evaporate fully. This takes a few days usually. I do it outside on the patio and cover the mat/dish with a large tupperware to keep dirt/crap out.

As it evaps it reddens....YUM!!!

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Once the alcohol evaps fully, I then place the dish in a double boiler and reheat the oil until it bubbles. I bubble it for 10 minutes or so to insure that I got the iso all out. If you like, a second wash with GRAIN Alcohol will cleanse the oil a bit further and will ensure that all of the iso is gone.

What you SHOULD be left with is a gold to reddish (usually reddish) oil that is very strong in potency and in smokable intensity. Get GREEDY and this will put you on your KNEES in a cough fit. Be reserved and you will find a nice ride..fairly intense for some...and a taste that IS the essence of your buds. YUM.

You WILL be spoiled!! Be forewarned!!

One final CAUTION.....as with other extractions it is IMPERATIVE that you carry out all extracting OUTDOORS and AWAY FROM FLAME. 91% iso is HIGHLY FLAMMABLE and NO FLAME SHOULD BE USED IN THE EXTRACTION PROCESS!!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Be safe. Live to smoke a joint laced with hash oil tomorrow.....

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.... i think i've been keeping the iso and bud mxiing together for too long...

This looks easy enough. I should give it a try...

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It's all about being QWIK, lj ian....that's for sure.

The somewhat popular "blender" method takes too much time, IMO. It also cruches the bud up very finely..and that may allow contamination. I can make the same thing (black goo) by putting my weed in a Mason Jar with the iso and FORGETTING about it for 24 hours...then evap the alc. Gets ya stoned to the bone...but...um...you miss the REAL taste of the weed and it tastes green.

Wheras black/green oil smells green,, red/gold oil done properly will have a somewhat "nutty" smell to it. The burn on this stuff is about as heavy-duty as pot-smoking gets...

my wife says she gets "tunnelvision" from it and usually stays away! LOL

hmm...wake and bake time. Oh baby!

very cool.................

Btdt, nice method, and I agree the key to success is not to mix too long.
You are a true wealth of inforamation.

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yeah i did the blnder thing for between 1-2 minutes...and yeah my hash is kinda green (still real spicy tasting and good stone, but i know there'[s more contaminents in there than i really want.. it still ain't bad though)

thanks for the advice buddy!

If ya aren't happy with what ya have...or ya wanna experiment..you could get some iso or grain alcohol and RE RUN yer goo a second time..quickly.... (and you can save *most* of what you have now by doing a very fast wash in one jar and another wash in a second jar...)

But spicy? Hmmm...that DOES sound good!! I KNOW you KNOW it works...green or not! LOL.

Hey...who brought the SLEDGEHAMMER? WHAP!

seriously... i've just been falling asleep randomly during the day after i get home from work... i know its the hash's falt

yeah this is my fourth batch of iso hash i've made...
and i've just been using a couple ounces of good commercial and getting a much better smoking product by doing this, IMO

but i'm plenty happy with what i have.... next time i'll try and do it a bit better (its only been getting better each time, so i have hope)

"HEY IAN...WAKE UP MAN...."

Just making sure....LOFL!!!!!

thanks for the laugh bro!

Haha!!!
no i'm fine now, i'll prolly wait a few hours to toke on the hash today...


... or maybe not, i haven't even smoked yet and i've been up for 45 minutes!!! ... loading the bowl...


oh, and bt, i'm guessing that if we can get the 99% ISO then thats what we should use... the purer the better, right?

well my idea to the green taste would be to fermented the leave mass first, so to cure it in some form first, water curing is here the first thing to cross my mind and after this is done you can let the stuff sit in iso until kingdom comes without any chlorophyll in it since this is gone already. what about that one?

just my 2 cents on this topic

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sure, a 99% iso is way better then cheap 91%, so if you can get this go with it!

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You can even use 71% iso, folks....it will just take longer to evap because there's more water in it that 91% and water evaps slower than alcohol.

You can try that method, green, but water curing to me is like flat beer...

it may still get ya f*cked up...but geez...where's the *true* taste of the bud?

I grow GOOD bud..and I search, sample, and barter to get the clones/seeds to do it...so to me..it's completely anti-productive to drop my dope in water and kill the orange, blueberry, cherry, spicy, or hashy taste the bud has as a naturally occuring flavor.

But to each their own, I suppose...

Another great thread, btdt.

Its a sticky now.

good read..thanks for posting ill try this in a few weeks..

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