Fast and Easy Hash Oil Production

by The Watcher

I am going to try and relate to you the real method of producing hash oil from the leaves of the cannabis plant.

Note: that if you are using flower of the female plant you will find an end product with at least 5 times the strength of the oil produced using the leaf of the plant. The reason for this is:

The leaf contains a low percent of the active compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).Which upon extraction from the plant will be mixed with a larger percent of the compound cannabidol (which the cannabis plant converts into the more active isomer tetrahydracannabinol by means of natural acids within the plant itself). So, by the process of isomerazation (which I will give instructions for in a bit), we will help nature along by converting the cannabidol into THC.

Now when you do an extract from the flower of the female plant you get a larger percent of THC than you do cannabidol. Now the THC being good to begin with you also get a bonus. The THC that is present will be converted to delta-9-THC during izmerazation which has a more pronounced psychedelic effect than the regular isomer of THC. (you also get some ungodly head rushes.)

So in conclusion, upon extraction and izmerazation from the leaves / shake / sun-leaves of the cannabis plant you have a large percent of THC which you converted from the cannabidol and a small percent of the delta-9-THC isomer which was converted from the already existent THC that naturally occur in the leaves of the cannabis plant. Now since there is a high concentration of THC in the flowers of the female plant and a noticeably smaller amount of cannabidol, upon extraction and izmerazation of the flowers you get a low percentage of THC and a much higher percent of the delta-9-THC conversion. This leaves you with a more psychedelic product when all is said and done. A bit of technical information taken from the solvent FAQ on:

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC)

found in marijuana, the psychoactive stuff prop: bp 200 C @ 0.02mm Hg (other cannabinoids may have bp's lower than 185 C) sol: polar solvents, acetone, alcohol’s, etc. note: this is an oily substance, not water soluble

Well it is time to get on with the extraction of tetrahydrocannabinol and the conversion processes.....

A LIST OF LABWARE:

1 CONDENSER 300 MM JACKET
1 FLASK, FLORENCE (FLAT BOTTOM), 500 Ml
1 SEPARATORY FUNNEL 500 Ml
1 FUNNEL
FILTER PAPER

A LIST OF CHEMICALS THAT YOU WILL NEED:

ETHYL ALCOHOL / METHANOL (wood alcohol)
SULFURIC ACID (Concentrate 96 to 98 %(you can use a weaker acid but the delta-9 conversion is greater with the stronger sulphuric acid)).
TOLUENE
WATER
SODIUM BICARBONATE (baking soda)

NOTE: The most easy to find solvent for the extraction of the THC from the plant matter, is denatured alcohol which is ethyl alcohol that has been made Poisson with methanol (sunny side is a good brand of denatured alcohol). Methanol can cause blindness and death ! So don’t drink this stuff, and make sure when you separate the layers as described later on in this process, you don’t get any of the alcohol solvent layer in with the toluene layer.

Well, now that we have gathered all these solvents and glass ware, we will have some of the best hash oil in about 8 hours that you will ever find. So on to the process of extracting and izmerizing the cannabis essence.

STEP #1 You must dry your plant matter to a state where it will crumble into a fine powder.

TIP use your microwave oven, heat the plant matter for 1 to 2 min at a time then let cool, do this till it is completely dry. To crumble the plant matter, place it in a 1 gallon plastic zip-lock bag and proceed to crush it with your hands. This works very well.

STEP #2 Place the powdered plant matter into your 500 Ml flat-bottomed flask.

STEP #3 Add enough denatured alcohol solvent to completely cover the plant matter, so that it floats freely in the solvent.

STEP #4 Connect your condenser to the flask. (Connecting the condenser to a water source).

STEP #5 Now, slowly heat the solvent / plant matter to reflux. Let this reflux for about two hours.

STEP #6 Turn the heat off your reflux equipment, let every thing cool down to room temperature.

STEP #7 Remove the condenser from the flask.

STEP #8 Now add your sulfuric acid to the solvent / plant matter solution, use one drop sulfuric acid per 50 ML solvent used.

STEP #9 Replace your condenser to your flask and heat to reflux once more, leave it at reflux for 4 more hours.

Note: this is where all the magic takes place.

STEP #10 Turn off heat, let every thing cool to room temperature.

Note: The alcohol will have a dark black color at this point, it will seem to be almost thick.

STEP #11 Neutralize the alcohol with sodium bicarbonate.(baking soda)

Tip: When it stops fizzing you will have a neutral or slightly basic solution.

STEP #12 Filter the solvent from the plant matter with the use of your funnel and filter paper.

Note: If you are going to be doing a lot of oil production you should get a filter flask, aspirator and a buchner funnel. See the watchers chemistry works for information on filtering.

STEP #13 Add as much water as you have alcohol/THC extract.

Note: Toluene mixes with alcohol in all parts so you will not be able to separate the alcohol/toluene layers if you don’t add this water.

STEP #14 Add about 1/3 as much toluene as you have alcohol/water to your flask.

STEP #15 Mix all this well for about 30 seconds.

Note 1: As the THC dose not want to stay in the alcohol/water layer it will move with ease into the toluene layer.

STEP #16 Now use your separatory funnel to sperate the two layers. (see the watchers chemistry works for information on this procedure.)

Note: The toluene/THC layer will be on top. Also the bottom layer should be a light green color.

Important: If the bottom layer still has a black color you should do steps #14 to # 16 one more time, but once is usually enough.

STEP #17 Evaporate the toluene/THC layer till you can no longer smell any trace of toluene.

Note: when the toluene has evaporated you will have left in the bottom of your glass baking dish a black oil with a slight spice smell.

Well people, there you have it the overnight process for the extraction/manufacture of some of the finest hash oil anywhere.