i was just having a clear out of my freezer and i just found a bag of leafs and little buds,
i put them there for when i got some bubble bags but ended up forgetting
but now my misses has got me one of these commin
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and i was just thinking whats the best was to prepair my leafy bits?
should i chop them up or leave them as they are?
cheers
DTBM

nudge!

Chop em up mate quite fine,about like mint

Owd

cheers buddy

Surface area is the key from what I can tell dan, so id chop it up fine or even grind it, but if you do, it will be a bit green coz more of the leaf matter will go through the filter.

Aint used a proper extractor like the one shown, only used a caffietierre, so take my advice with a pinch of salt

will do puko me ol mucca

its a ceap and cheerfull jobby anyhoo

hi man my honey bee extractor instructions say to grind dry material as fine as pos then do the biz but be very careful as the procedure is very explosive so no smoking when you do it,i do mine outside away from electric items too as they could cause the gas to ignite....hope all goes well for you..

cheers lez
i just gotta wait for it to get here
should i take it all out of the freezer and let it dry then?

yes mate it says bone dry, finely ground up and loosely packed up to 1/2 oz per time in the destructions so get prepared and dry it out now b4 it turns up..enjoy and be safe

gonna get them out of the freezer now then mate

Remember to only use a >99.9% pure butane like Colibri or Newport.

Is the honey bee extractor stainless steel inside?

pass i dunno mate sorry
looks plastic

I wouldn't use it unless it's stainless steel inside. Or some other non corrosive metal.

i will have to wait and see
cheers anyhoooooo

Glass is ok too.

It's 100% plastic. I like the blue though

- Kafka

Get a refund danthebadman. You can make your own metal extractor for peanuts. Spend the refund money on chocolates for your woman, so that she doesn't feel bad.

its only costing a few quid so its not breaking the bank

Hi.DTBM,just to say that I have used one of these extractors before,only it was a home made version,looks very similar though.What a fantastic gadget though.I produced some nice oil from it .I hope you have some nice times with it aswell. Peace

cheers matey
got my trimmings drying out in the shed and now im just waitin for the extractor to get here
happy days

top product DTBM try grinding your trim with a coffee grinder then pack it well in to the tube put a paper filter in the top before putting the gas in ( if you dont get any with it try using coffee filter paper) try using a mirror to let the gas dry on it's then very easy then to scrap the oil off with a stanley blade hope this help's

yup will do
i found a video on the net showing how its done, it dont look too hard

Got the link to the video

yup click me

That is so got to get me one of dem.

On another thread they were saying about butane could extract stuff from plastics as well. Do you know if this plastic is safe to use

That's why I said only use something that is glass or a non corrosive metal inside. Stear clear of any plastic unless you have some kind of lab results to prove that butane doesn't corrode it.

Dunno what the honey bee is like but be careful when you put the gas in as it can freeze your hands if your not careful.
Thats why i made my extractor out of copper pipe and a couple of stop ends and some pipe insulation SEE HERE
ATB
Bilb

got it today!!!

how can i store it?
can i freeze it?

oil

You should be wearing gloves, mitts, or oven gloves while using the honeybee because the butane does cool the plastic ... alot !

Edited to add :

You might want to do it outside too

- Kafka

im used to the cold..was working nights on a power station
and the room is very well vented

Is the last pic of frozen oil? It looks abit solid to me if it isn't. What filter paper did you use?

If it's too solid for your liking, you can add a few drops of vodka to make it slightly more runny.

sorry about the late reply

yeah it was frozen so i could move it to a small tub i had spare
and its not a bad smoke
cant wait till harvest so i can make some more

cheers for the vodka tip too

home made copper pipe .'
The oil worked out ok but some of went quite gritty after evaporating butane using the newport brand

Also just wondering if there are any Black oil alchol extraction kits able to be bought in complete kits somewhere.

thats given me some ideas ,cheers