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BHO + Torches

BHO Extraction          Hydrocarbon extraction uses gasses like butane, or propane, to strip essential oils and other compounds from the plant matter. For instance, if lavender is stacked in an extraction tube and butane is applied down the tube, the essential oils of the lavender will be stripped out and traveled down with the butane. After that the oils need to be separated from the butane.          The mixture is then put into a vacuum oven that slowly removes any remaining solvents, in a process called purging. The form that the oil takes is dependent on the temperature, the type of vacuum that’s used, and the amount of time and pressure on the oil. This results in either shatter, wax, sugar, or butter. • Plant material goes into the glass tube • Butane is blasted through the plant material • Butane is a solvent that strips resin glands w/ any of the medical properties of the plant • The oil and butane mix are filtered into a shallow pan • The mixture is then purged (ideally using a purging oven) • This evaporates the butane leaving just the essential oils Torches          Our premium torches are butane fuel burning tools used for a variety of applications. Metalworking, Jeweling, Plumbing, Cooking, stripping paint, thawing frozen pipes, for camping, and even in the medical field, and much more. Our premium butane is perfect for our high-quality torches and lighters and BHO extraction.          There’s also a variety of household uses like fixing overgrowth in your driveway, torching weeds works well, and no harmful chemical killers involved. Torching wood or metal to give a vintage look. Freeing sticky nuts and bolts can help because the heat causes the metal to expand and the rust to crack loose. For anyone living in the north where frozen padlocks can be a problem, a quick heating of the padlock should allow it to work properly, but make sure you wait for it to cool down before testing it. Searing the tops of steaks or deserts is also a very useful part of hand-held torches.                                                                                 Our butane products are ultra-refined for maximum care and performance. Butane is used in such a large variety of professions, tools, and applications. Refilling lighters, to extracting essential oils, butane is extremely versatile. https://safagoods.com/pages/bho-torches-blog

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BHO shatter

This is a cannabis extraction with solvents, since gas is needed to dissolve resin and drag it out. Gas can be butane, dimethyl ether, propane or CO2, although its result is not the same with each of them. The definition of the term adapted to cannabis would be something like BHO that breaks, that is, rigid, crystallized and hard. This is one of the first types of BHO finishes, since until then most users consumed it as a viscous and unhardened oil. BHO Shatter technique The best way to make BHO Shatter is with a closed circuit machine and a vacuum oven connected to a pump, for safety, speed and for its ability to restore the gas. We put the weed in the corresponding chamber, close it, turn on the gas, wait a little bit and then recover the gas. We take out BHO and put it in the vacuum oven on a pyrex tray or similar, turn up the temperature to 98.6º F. (37º C.) and switch on the pump. This way we get the Shatter texture without doing anything else, in some cases it takes a day and in others it may take up to a week. How to make BHO Shatter with vacuum But not everyone can afford to invest thousands of dollars in equipment for cannabis extraction, so we’re going to explain how to make Shatter in different ways. The technique to get the texture of BHO shatter has more to do with the purging than the way of extraction. In this post you can learn how to make BHO in an easy way, once extracted the ideal is to eliminate the gas with a temperature that does not reach 113º F. Read the full article

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Advantages of rosin machine

Rosin has zero solvents

For medicinal patients who want a pure medicinal plants extract, the choice is obvious.

Medicinal plants extraction methods such as RSO, BHO and CO2, have a lengthy purging process. Where solvents must be removed from the final product, otherwise, they will leave potentially harmful residuals.

Solvents are a popular method for extracting concentrates. This is mainly because they’re cheap and easy to get hold of.

You can avoid these health risks with your own rosin press machine, that uses a solventless extraction process.

It’s safe to press rosin

It’s completely safe to extract concentrates with a rosin press.

Solvents such as pure isopropyl alcohol and butane are highly flammable, so extreme cautions need to be taken when using BHO, RSO or any other solvent-based medicinal plants extraction process. These methods of extracting medicinal plants concentrates are best done in a laboratory, not at home.

We’ve heard of too many horror stories with people attempting solvent-based extractions at home. There’ve been reports of serious accidents, fire, burns, hospitalisation, damaged property and even death! All these risks are eliminated when using a rosin press.

The rosin press is quick and easy

Other extraction methods such as BHO have a lengthy 120-hour purge time required to safely remove the solvents.

However, Eco Farm rosin press machine is by far the quickest and easiest method for extracting concentrates.

You just load your flower/bud or hash into a micron bag in-between greaseproof paper in the press, slowly apply some pressure and collect the rosin. Then you’re ready to start vaping, dabbing or eating medicinal plants concentrates in no time. It really is that simple.

With a little practice, the entire rosin press process can take less than two minutes and we will teach you how on this website.

Check out how to press rosin at home using a hand-crank rosin press to see how I squish rosin like a pro.

Pressing rosin is cheap

Other than the initial cost of the press, some greaseproof paper and bags you’re good to go.

Whereby with butane or CO2 you need air and pressure-tight rigs to blast wash the flowers with the chosen solvent. You then need a vacuum oven to safely purge the solvent from the solvent/oil solution produced by the wash.

This is costly in both time and money spent on equipment needed. Not to mention the ever-present health risks and fire hazards that come with using solvents already mentioned above.

As we know: failure to fully remove the solvents will result in a harsh and potentially dangerous contaminated concentrate.

Pressing rosin requires none of this. One of the main benefits of pressing rosin is that it’s cheap to get started in comparison to these other extraction methods.

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Crumble is a type of BHO (butane hash oil), also known as honeycomb. The production of this wax begins much like shatter, however it is purged for a long time in low temperature in vacuum oven and whipped out during purging period. This results in softer consistency, yet is still brittle enough to crumble in the hands. Like other cannabis concentrates, crumble is higher in potency than flower, kief or hash

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Vacuum drying oven commonly used to process cannabis extracts like BHO Residual solvents like Butane are evaporated in the vacuum chamber and are then pulled out of the chamber by the vacuum. This leaves behind a purified oil extract and greatly reduces the risk of fire when using solvents like Butane… https://bit.ly/2J8VOMr

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Solvent-Based Products

BHO

Butane hash oil (or BHO for short) is a solvent-based extraction that utilizes butane as a solvent. BHO offers a variety of end products with high potency including budder, shatter, wax, sap and more. Typically speaking, flower or trim is placed in a receptacle tube while butane is forced through, essentially stripping the plant matter of its cannabinoids. The material is contained while the gas is released, hence the term “blasting,” which is commonly used when referencing the process. Butane was one of the first solvents used in concentrate extraction and is the common culprit of open-blasting induced explosions. Because of its low burning pointbutane is extremely volatile, which is why it is unsafe to use outside of a closed-loop system.

CO2

CO2 extractions use temperature and pressure to effectively extract elements of the flower or trim. Facilities with advanced technology and machinery can experiment with supercritical carbon dioxide methods, which keeps CO2 at high pressures. In other words, extractors can finely control the rate at which cannabinoids and terpenes are extracted. Many advancements have been made recently in the equipment used for CO2 extraction, with high-end models nearing one million dollars to own and operate. These machines use computer interfaces to calibrate diagnostics and fine tune the desired extraction parameters. Depending on the equipment used, CO2 extractions can have multiple receptacles for slurry, resulting in tiered grade products that can easily be separated and used for different purposes.

PHO

Similar to BHO, cannabis extractions using propane are called propane hash oil (or PHO). Although this method usually demands higher pressure, it also requires a lower boiling point, which means better terpene preservation and faster/more effective purging. PHO offers end products similar to BHO, such as wax, budder, shatter, live resin and more. Propane has risen in popularity for solvent-based extraction in recent years and is generally considered a cleaner final product than BHO. Propane is slightly more expensive than butane,but is worth the additional cost for extraction artists seeking to boost their concentrate flavor, consistencyand overall value.

Alcohol

Typically speaking, cannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis flower, trim or hash dissolve fairly easily in alcohol (specifically isopropyl alcohol or ethanol). This method of extraction is also considered one of the safer options, but requires exact temperature control for optimal results. Extraction using isopropyl alcohol is also known as “QWISO,” or quick-wash isopropyl alcohol. Conducive to its name, this process can be completed rather quickly and easily using minimal equipment. However, not many licensed facilities use isopropyl alcohol, as the more popular alcohol solvent is ethanol. Ethanol is a fairly expensive solvent to use for extractions, but it has an extremely high recovery rate. That means it can be used for extraction, and be recovered afterwards through rotary evaporation or another form of solvent reclamation.

CO2 Oil

CO2-extracted concentrates in the form of an oil have become increasingly popular over the years. This supercritical fluid extraction is created with large amounts of pressure and carbon dioxide and is seen as an incredibly effective method to separate plant material to produce an amber oil.

Wax/Budder

Arguably the most well-known type of dabbableconcentrate, wax is made by blasting plant material with a solvent using a closed-loop extraction system. The resulting slurry is heated at low temperatures and whipped vigorously to remove all residual solvent. Because the product is whipped by hand, it gains airy peaks that are similar to whipped topping. Wax is generally drier and more crumbly than its counterpart budder.

As stated above, the finished product resembles a “whipped” consistency and ranges from a variety of amber shades complete with a milder aroma and flavor profile. Budder is essentially wax with higher moisture content. The consistency of budder is oily and malleable, while wax is crumbly and more solid. Budder contains a higher moisture content because it is whipped less than wax.

Live Resin

Live resin is made the same way as wax, however the starting product is fresh frozen plant material. By using cryogenically preserved plant material, the finished product has robust, exceptional terpene and cannabinoid profiles that resemble the qualities of the live plant.

Live resin is known for its excellent flavor and resemblance to the aroma and taste of the live plant. It ranges in color from light amber to yellow-gold and has a moist, shiny looking exterior with a strong, rich smell.

Shatter/Taffy

Shatter is made by blasting plant material with a solvent using a closed-loop system. The resulting slurry is collected onto parchment paper and placed in a vacuum oven for solvent purging. After “burping” the slurry (this helps release as much solvent as possible) a few times the shatter starts to take shape and slowly spreads across the paper. Times in the oven can vary anywhere from 45 mins to a full day to achieve optimal consistency.

Sometimes during the process (depending on the starting product), the shatter might not purge correctly resulting in a very “taffy-like” concentrate, reminiscent of salt-water taffy in texture. While shatter is typically stable and easy to handle and snap, taffy is closer to budder in its consistency and stability.

Pie Crust/Honeycomb

Pie crust is made by blasting plant material with a solvent using a closed-loop extraction system. The resulting slurry is collected onto parchment paper and placed into a vacuum oven for solvent purging. After the purging interval, the concentrate patty is pressed to promote faster nucleation, turning it from a shiny shatter looking substance to more of a cookie crumble, honeycomb look. The final product delivers an amber color with a strong aroma and overall flavor.

Rick Simpson Oil

Rick Simpson Oil (or RSO) is a very popular and highly potent decarboxylated concentrate extract that is consumed orally. It utilizes pure light aliphatic naphtha to remove resin containing the cannabinoids, resulting in dark, viscous products with THC levels up to 90% and an earthy flavor. This particular form is often used for medicinal purposes, as made famous by Rick Simpson who cured (or at least controlled) his cancer thanks to RSO. 

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A Brief Idea on the Universally Accepted Vacuum Oven

The vacuum oven is accepted throughout for both scientific and industrial purpose that is accomplished inside a heat treating airtight vessel. The entire heat treating phenomenon can be done under vacuum or in controlled low atmospheric pressure. This process inside the BHO vacuum oven alleviates different surface reactions making the experiment more successful.

Made-Up Of:

Vacuum ovens are mostly made up of aluminium shelves, oil filled vacuum gauge, stainless steel tube and compression fittings, pad heating technology and vent valves.

Functions:

Majorly used for the functions such as drying, quenching, baking, curing, brazing and soldiering, sterilizing, aging, foundry and melting, preheating, hot pressing, curing, firing, heat treating and sintering.

Features:

The BHO vacuum oven is universally accepted due to its purpose and high-grade equipment that are right for both laboratories as well as large scale industries. The following features make them best to use:

·Provision of higher vacuum, holds vacuum longer, and requires minimum maintenance.

·Has a cooling system with carts, shelves and racks.

·The vacuum oven is fitted with logging options, recorder, alarm and timers.

·It is made study with an explosion proof construction.

·The absolutely new 5 side pad heating technology maintains excellent temperature uniformity and increases the heat rate by 25%.

·Easy-to-clean interior increases its durability.

Advantages:

The work process of vacuum oven is quite interesting that happens inside an airtight vessel. The heating process takes place inside the vessel allowing drawing of vacuum inside the vessel. The entire process is performed under precisely controlled atmosphere and its advantageous are mentioned as follows:

·Prevents occurring of surface reactions such as decarburization or oxidation

·Removes contaminants from the surface such as traces of lubricants and oxide films

·Helps in the addition of substance to surface layers of work

·Removal of dissolved contaminants from metals is done by the means of degassing

Applications:

Other than the ones mentioned above, the BHO vacuum oven has many more applications, such as:

·Aging Tests

·Chemical Resistance Studies

·Desiccating Process

·Dry Sterilization

·Drying of textiles, paper, and rubber

·Electronic Process Control

·Moisture Determination

·Out Gassing of solids and liquids

·Plating Process

·Vacuum Storage

Vacuum ovens are made up of different kinds of material considering the temperature requirement that uphold the entire process with breaking down. Therefore, if you are ready to perform some multifarious facilities in your research field and get ready to know more about the product and their usage.

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Are Weed Vape Pens Safe?

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Are Weed Vape Pens Safe?

In early 2014, I got my first weed-oil vape pen. It was elegant and silver, with a rechargeable battery that screwed into a transparent cartridge filled with amber-colored marijuana concentrate. I had never liked the feeling of vaporizing actual pot – it wasn’t strong enough, and usually just left me lightheaded – but an oil cartridge attached to an electronic cigarette was different. Each hit got me just as stoned as a puff off a joint, with none of the smoke. It was like a revelation.

I had tried marijuana concentrates before – a year before I got the pen, I “dabbed” some hash oil and got so messed up that I had to flake on plans with a new boyfriend, thus essentially ending the relationship – but this was different. It was just so darn convenient, and so discreet. Unlike pipes or blunts, a weed vape pen creates virtually no smell. Suddenly, I could sneak a few hits in the bathroom during a concert or comedy show, or quietly get high in the back of a bar while the rest of my friends downed shots. I started carrying the thing with me everywhere I went. Vape pens felt like the future.

At the same time, I felt suspicious about the stuff I was inhaling. What was in it? How was it made? It was almost impossible to find a working phone number or email address for any of the nascent companies making cannabis oil in California, so I went to weed festivals like Chalice and High Times cups to try to talk to the people who made and sold this stuff for a living. While stoners waited in line for free dabs, I would make my way to the back of a booth and try to figure out who was in charge. In this way, I initially spoke with over a dozen people who made cannabis oil for a living.

I learned that the majority of the vape pens on the market contained a type of concentrate known as butane hash oil (BHO), though stores were selling it under a variety of names. It had all been made in roughly the same way, though –by stuffing the pot that was too moldy or ugly or weak to sell into steel tubes or PVC pipe, fastening a filter to one end, and then releasing cans of lighter fluid to flow through the pipe, over the plant matter, in order to squeeze out every last drop of mind-altering THC. Some people had already started using advanced extraction equipment to make hash oil, but most self-styled “extract artists” were just doing this in their basements or backyards – a dangerous endeavor that’s led to hundreds of fires and explosions across the country in recent years. 

What dripped out at the end was a slab of bubbling oil that looked a lot like snot, which was then “purified” to some extent, perhaps by putting it into a vacuum oven, soaking it in ethanol, or – in more amateur cases – by throwing it in the freezer or over boiling water. Since all of this was (and for the most part still is) unregulated, the resulting product varies in consistency and appearance, depending on who made it and how. Pot shops and drug dealers started marketing butane hash oil based on its texture, as though each form was a different product. Soft, fudge-like hash oil was called “budder.” Brittle, glass-like stuff was deemed “shatter.” Golden powder-y clumps were called “crumble.” Pretty much anything thick and yellow was known as “wax.”

Cannabis concentrates come in a variety of consistencies. Vince Chandler/The Denver Post/Getty Images

When I started talking to scientists about what was actually in the concentrated marijuana that I was vaping, I quickly became alarmed. So many of the sick people and stoners I knew who used vape pens were convinced that vaping was safer than smoking. It felt easier on the lungs, at least, and seemed somehow less dangerous. But according to the handful of chemists who were familiar with the product, there were several reasons to be concerned.

“The market is flooded with substandard products that have questionable safety,” says Jahan Marcu, the Chief Scientific Officer at patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, and has a PhD in molecular pharmacology. “These companies are doing their safety testing on the public and their loved ones.” 

That being said, we have no idea how bad or how serious any of these health threats might be. Because cannabis is still federally illegal, and the only legal research that can happen with the plant must use low-quality pot from the University of Mississippi, there has been almost no solid research and no clinical trials about electronically vaping marijuana oil. All of the health data we have regarding the potentially dangerous byproducts of vaping relate to eating these chemicals or being exposed to them in a factory-like setting – not to heating them up with an electrical coil and taking them directly to the face. It’s possible that vaping known carcinogens is totally fine! But the contents of vape cartridges are barely monitored in most states, and what we do know is pretty concerning.

So now, the really scary stuff. First off, when vape pens first became popular, there was some concern around inhaling butane leftover after the extraction process. For cannabis oil companies, this was one of the easiest problems to fix: most residual butane can be removed in a vacuum oven, and a lot of legal states now limit the parts per million of butane that can remain in cannabis oil. Additionally, in the past few years, several vape companies shifted to using supercritical extraction machines that use CO2, instead of butane. This eliminated the second potential safety issue: the chemicals that get put into lighter fluid to help it flow through pumps. About one percent of lighter fluid is not actually butane, and some of those chemicals – including neopentane and hexane – are known to be harmful to human beings in certain concentrations.

Next, some scientists told me they were worried about cannabis oil containing concentrated cuticle waxes – the shiny layer of lipids on the outside of most plants. Smoking burns these away, but vaporizing does not, so experts like Steep Hill Lab’s Kymron deCesare have told me they worry about these waxes collecting in your lungs and forming granulomas that could later cause health problems. At this point, there’s only anecdotal evidence about what these lung problems might look like, and how bad the consequences could be, but a lot of cannabis extraction companies now remove the cuticle waxes from their oil in a process called winterization. Oil that has been winterized is less viscous than oil that still contains waxes.

A safe room for making live resin butane hash oil at a facility in Denver, Colorado. Vince Chandler/The Denver Post/Getty Images

But guess what? You can’t just look for vape pens with thinner oil, because if it’s not very viscous, there’s a good chance it’s been cut with some kind of additive or synthetic flavoring. Marcu wrote in 2015 about the potential dangers of proplyene glycol and polyethelyne glycol — two chemicals that get put into both nicotine and hash oil vape pens. A study from 2010 showed inhaling propylene glycol can exacerbate asthma and allergies, and multiple studies have shown that proplyene glycol and polyethelyne glycol break down into the carcinogens formaldehyde and acetaldehyde — especially when vaped at high temperatures.

In fact, the strength and heat of your vape pen battery seems to matter a great deal. A recent study from chemists at Portland State University found that the hotter that hash oil gets, the more carcinogens will be released.

Then there’s the question of what else was on that weed to begin with. The chemicals that farmers use on pot to eliminate mites and mold and mildew, and those that make their buds denser, are basically invisible but are known to kill brain cells and cause cancer. These pesticides and plant-growth regulators are on pretty much everything you’re smoking, but scientists suggest they are most harmful in higher concentrations – meaning pesticides on your pot are not as bad for you as pesticides in your concentrated cannabis oil. Again, California’s vape pens will not be fully “clean” for at least another year, and black market vape pens will never, ever be lab tested. Even in Oregon, which has the strictest set of pesticide regulations in the nation, a recent investigation showed that unclean products are slipping through the cracks and making it to dispensary shelves. It’s just impossible to test every single individual product before it gets to consumers.

I first published details about the safety issues with hash oil over two years ago, and I still get asked by strangers whether I myself use the stuff. The truth is I do – I have a vape pen in my purse right now. For a while, I tried to be vigilant about finding pesticide-free cannabis oil. Since I personally know a lot of farmers and vape pen manufacturers, this didn’t feel like it was going to be hard. All I had to do was find people that I trusted, who assured me there were no harmful chemicals in their products, and I would be set. Except that then an employee would leave a company I trusted – a company I had endorsed as safe to family and friends – and admit that after their former employer nearly lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis to mites or some other pest or problem, the supposedly “organic” company had coated rooms or greenhouses full of pot with nasty chemicals. This exact conversation has happened to me multiple times.

So guess what? Your vaping safety is a total crapshoot. You don’t know what’s in the oil you’re vaping, and you don’t know how it’s going to affect your health. But at this point, I’m of the opinion that if vaping works for you, then fuck it. Go ahead and vape. Certainly I am – and considering all that I know about what goes into the pens I see on the shelves at my local dispensary, that’s a little nuts. 

Then again, maybe this is all temporary. In a few years, we might have full legalization, input from federal agencies like the FDA and the EPA, and fully functioning regulatory systems that ensure safe vaping for all. Here’s hoping. 

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Why The Rosin Revolution Is Real

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More often than not, the word “revolution” is used hyperbolically—i.e. very few things are legitimately revolutionary. Rosin extraction is an exception to the common misuse of this very powerful word.

The entire cannabis industry should take note: Rosin’s revolution is underway and will profoundly impact patients, consumers and businesses. Now emerging from relative obscurity in a concentrate market dominated by BHO, rosin is no longer confined to the realm of hobbyist’s hair straighteners and repurposed shop presses.

With the evolution in rosin press technology, rosin can now be produced on a commercial scale cheaply and safely. It comes as no surprise to many that concentrated cannabis products, such as shatter, wax, pre-filled vape pens and related extracts are in incredible demand across the country. For example, Colorado saw a surge of  over 125 percent growth in concentrate sales between Q1 of 2015 and 2016, which is likely to be replicated in other maturing markets.

Patients and consumers alike are finding out that concentrates typically act as very potent medicines and offer unparalleled relief, flavors and experiences. On top of all of this momentum, rosin is uniquely poised to become product of choice and preferred extraction method by many.

The bottom line is that rosin is the cheapest, safest and easiest way to create full melt, dab-friendly cannabis concentrates.

Demand for Rosin Will Increase Exponentially

Rosin is on track to become one of the connoisseur’s primary concentrates of choice and a big part of the extraction product mix of nearly every cannabis business operation for the following reasons:

Rosin is 100 percent free of solvents, so it is certain that health conscious consumers will seek it out, perhaps exclusively. Additionally, contaminants and pesticides aren’t removed in the rosin extraction process, so product testing yields transparent source-material results, further increasing rosin’s potential value.

Rosin is just as potent as BHO and other concentrates by cannabinoid percentage, typically in the 70 percent range, but has also been known to test in the high 80 percentage range and beyond.

Rosin extraction is extremely safe with absolutely no risk of explosion, ignition or serious bodily harm that are possible with flammable solvents.

Rosin is significantly cheaper to produce compared to solvent-based extraction methods, often with comparable yields. The startup costs required for extracting rosin are dramatically less than any solvent-based, closed-loop system.

Rosin is often extracted from premium quality material, not questionable bulk trim. Terpene preservation in rosin is also very high, and some rosin has been tested at nearly 13 percent total terpene content or more.

Rosin can be manipulated into nearly all popular textures or consistencies, such as shatter, wax, crumble, budder, sugar, etc., so that virtually anyone can enjoy their favorite type of concentrate free of solvents.

Rosin can be made profitably from virtually any starting material available, including dry sift, flowers, bubble hash or sifted trim, and typically retails anywhere from $40 – $80 per gram recreationally.

If that isn’t enough to convince you that rosin has massive potential, read on.

Simply put, rosin is extremely safe to extract and multitudes cheaper to produce than other competing methods. For these reasons, it’s immediately clear that rosin will have a very prominent place in the burgeoning cannabis industry.

Safety Is Key

In doing away with butane, propane, alcohol, CO2  and other solvent-based methods, rosin is easily one of the safest ways to produce highly desirable cannabis concentrates. There is never a risk of explosion or dangerous ignition, which is hugely important. This means that rosin extraction provides a few critical benefits.

First and foremost, extracting rosin never puts a lab technician or extractor in harms way. Secondly, the amount of ancillary equipment required to handle the extraction process itself is negligible, so that the ventilation and storage of dangerous solvents is no longer part of the equation. Safety is a crucial aspect of cannabis extraction that regulators are demanding given the news stories that have circulated about amateurs blowing themselves and their homes apart.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the caregiver and medicinal at-home extraction market is expanding rapidly right alongside licensed laboratories, which resembles in many ways the wildly popular craft brewing scene. At the time of writing, anyone can buy closed-loop extraction systems generally with or without proper licensure, and the same goes for rosin presses.

Producing rosin is the only truly viable and safe extraction method alongside hash washing, especially so in a non-laboratory setting. The safety of extracting rosin massively benefits caregivers and patients alike so that they can create their own concentrates without risking life and limb or a felony.

Rosin Is Inexpensive to Make

Many people tend to think that rosin will simply remain a cottage industry, one carried out only on a very small scale. Rosin extraction technology is developing at light speed, and now many businesses, such as the current industry leader PurePressure, are offering commercial-scale rosin presses that have outputs comparable to small and medium sized closed-loop extraction systems that cost around 10 times less.

That is not a typo.

For example, the Pikes Peak rosin press costs under $6,000 and can process four pounds or more of flower per day or easily double that amount of dry sift or hash, with a single operator in one day. This amount of material processed per day is similar to a smaller closed-loop extraction systems, which run between $40,000 – $80,000 or more by themselves. The price difference is especially staggering when every factor necessary to run a solvent-based extraction unit is taken into account.

When weighing the costs of rosin production against virtually any other extraction method, it becomes clear why rosin is going to revolutionize cannabis.

If you add up all of the costs of closed-loop extraction, it quickly becomes apparent how expensive it really is. Here is a list of what is necessary to get a closed-loop system operational:

The solvent-based extraction machine itself

Recirculators, pumps, vacuum purge ovens and other ancillary equipment

Specialized HVAC requirements

Significant laboratory square footage

Extra construction and blast-proof building requirements

Expert lead extraction artists and technicians that command hefty salaries

Massive investment of time before anything is being extracted at all

Add all of that up and a typical business is looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars on the low end just to get started with BHO or CO2 extraction.

Producing rosin, on the other hand, does away with pretty much all of these extra costs.

All you need to get going with rosin is a press, often with an air compressor and the inexpensive accessories necessary to collect the rosin itself. Since rosin extraction is fundamentally simple, the labor costs involved are also quite a bit lessened. This is not to take anything away from the skill and expertise of professional extractors whatsoever, but it goes to show that methodologies for extracting rosin can be successfully executed and learned by employees with less experience.

Basic rosin extraction set up: $3,000 – $10,000

Basic closed-loop extraction set up: $100,000 – $200,000, often more

Another huge benefit with rosin, especially for new labs and caregivers, is that you can get started with rosin and produce incredible concentrates same-day. Conversely, closed-loop systems typically require months of planning to execute and begin processing. When it comes to the bang for your buck, as well as your time, producing rosin is a no-brainer for anyone interested in producing concentrates.

Conclusion

Rosin technology and extraction methods are certain to be ubiquitous in the cannabis industry going forward.

Regulators and politicians across the United States are keeping close tabs on existing cannabis state markets, so without a doubt solvent-less extraction methods are viewed favorably when compared to BHO and other highly flammable alternatives.

Recently legalized states, both medical and recreational, are formulating new laws to regulate cannabis cultivation, processing, distribution and sales. Safety will be a carefully considered element by these lawmakers, and rosin extraction fits comfortably into framework that satisfies legislators and fire departments alike.

When you consider the natural progression of technology toward automation, rosin is well on its way to compete output-wise with massive scale solvent-based extraction systems.

According to ArcView, the cannabis industry is already worth a whopping $6.7 billion, with expectations to grow to over $20 billion by 2021. We can only speculate how the concentrates market will concurrently grow nationally, but if Colorado, the country’s most mature recreational market, is any indication, it’s almost certain to grow dramatically across the country.

It is easy to envision a future where rosin presses are commonplace in all dispensaries, so that customers can simply purchase flower and press it on the spot into dabs.

All aspects considered—from safety, to cost, to ease of use—rosin is a clear frontrunner for being the most widely practiced method of extraction.

The general consensus is growing strongly in favor of a true rosin revolution. We strongly believe that this new wave of solvent-less concentrate production will empower patients and growers, as well as businesses ,big and small.

There’s no telling exactly what will happen in the next few years as the cannabis industry evolves, but you can be sure that rosin will be a big part of it.

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Advantages of rosin machine

Rosin has zero solvents

For medicinal patients who want a pure medicinal plants extract, the choice is obvious.

Medicinal plants extraction methods such as RSO, BHO and CO2, have a lengthy purging process. Where solvents must be removed from the final product, otherwise, they will leave potentially harmful residuals.

Solvents are a popular method for extracting concentrates. This is mainly because they’re cheap and easy to get hold of.

You can avoid these health risks with your own rosin press machine, that uses a solventless extraction process.

It’s safe to press rosin

It’s completely safe to extract concentrates with a rosin press.

Solvents such as pure isopropyl alcohol and butane are highly flammable, so extreme cautions need to be taken when using BHO, RSO or any other solvent-based medicinal plants extraction process. These methods of extracting medicinal plants concentrates are best done in a laboratory, not at home.

We’ve heard of too many horror stories with people attempting solvent-based extractions at home. There’ve been reports of serious accidents, fire, burns, hospitalisation, damaged property and even death! All these risks are eliminated when using a rosin press.

The rosin press is quick and easy

Other extraction methods such as BHO have a lengthy 120-hour purge time required to safely remove the solvents.

However, Eco Farm rosin press machine is by far the quickest and easiest method for extracting concentrates.

You just load your flower/bud or hash into a micron bag in-between greaseproof paper in the press, slowly apply some pressure and collect the rosin. Then you’re ready to start vaping, dabbing or eating medicinal plants concentrates in no time. It really is that simple.

With a little practice, the entire rosin press process can take less than two minutes and we will teach you how on this website.

Check out how to press rosin at home using a hand-crank rosin press to see how I squish rosin like a pro.

Pressing rosin is cheap

Other than the initial cost of the press, some greaseproof paper and bags you’re good to go.

Whereby with butane or CO2 you need air and pressure-tight rigs to blast wash the flowers with the chosen solvent. You then need a vacuum oven to safely purge the solvent from the solvent/oil solution produced by the wash.

This is costly in both time and money spent on equipment needed. Not to mention the ever-present health risks and fire hazards that come with using solvents already mentioned above.

As we know: failure to fully remove the solvents will result in a harsh and potentially dangerous contaminated concentrate.

Pressing rosin requires none of this. One of the main benefits of pressing rosin is that it’s cheap to get started in comparison to these other extraction methods.

Rosin has a high THC content

Rosin is the purest medicinal plants concentrate as no solvents are used when making it.

Rosin also has the highest medicinal plants auxins and terpene content. With medicinal plant auxins concentration as high as 70% to 80% all depending on the quality of the starting product with the terpenes contributing mostly to the taste and smell of the rosin but also affecting the high when mixed with the other medicinal plant auxins and the whole entourage effect comes into play.