Rainy day sifting.

[Guest]

Seeing as its raining thought i would do some sifting.

First prepare some stuff to help the process.You need a plastic card to card with.like an old credit card.

Theses are the screens i use they are a good size not too large.

Stacked together

Trim used for this run

Trim on top screen i card it across the mesh after i have broken the trim up a little with my hands.

I work it all into one corner as easier to scrape up back into a container.

This is the first grade which comes through the mesh 160 microns,this was a quick run not worked and worked.

to show the depth

carded straight to one corner in one pass=purer on screen bellow.

2nd run to show difference in quality.

140 micron this has fallen through passively as i said above less carding is better for purity.Still a 107micron,70 micron to get to but will clean the 160and140 first then get to the 107 and 70

carded up to show what fell through passively .

Right i am going to get back to it and clean the rest up.Will try and upload some more pictures later on.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Arthur Mix

[SkyRider]

Looking good mate

How you planning on smoking it?

[Guest]

All depends when my sublimator gets repaired and sent back.I used to just place it on the moat of the head,works well.I might Rosin some of it up and just use a titanium nail.Or like i am now just put some in a joint.

So have just cleaned the 140 micron so it is now resting on top of the 107 micron screen.

Pile of 140 pre carding.

You can see the debris/contaminants

carding it out spending it around gently moving across the screen.

leftovers from what did not go through the 140 screen.on top of the 140.

Cleaner resin sitting on top of 107 micron screen for more carding.

will post some more after a coffee and sift break i may be a while

Edited July 26, 2015 by Arthur Mix

[vince noir rock n roll star]

no better way to spend a sunday ,,get the grease proof paper and dvd case out and woo hoo it goes silly ..

[Guest]

Here is some more stuff to add.

The pile in the upper right is what fell through the screen passively,the pile on the left has been carded.

this is passively fallen 107 micron uncarded.

This has also fallen through 107 and 70 micron onto acrylic sheet.

will clean all this up and keep the passively fallen stuff separate as its purer imo.

[botanics]

Nice dude, very nice Where do you get the screens from @@Arthur Mix?

[Guest]

Here is the finished sift i did not card this much 2 or 3 passes only.

140 micron

140 micron

70 micron passive fell through

70 micron passive fell through

70 micron passive fell through

will add some pics of the sift when i press it later on.

This is the stuff i sifted out so not very clean will prob Rosin this first.

@@botanics from a shop near where i live they are bubble man ones.

So this is how i press it.

Place sift in palm. then apply pressure with thumb.

It will bond together do this a few times and fold on itself and press hard with thumb.

Then keep pressing and kneading about till it balls up.

It goes harder.

Then when you handle it goes soft again.

now to smoke some.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Arthur Mix

[Guest]

A little add on to the sifting i did another run for doing rosin with.

Chosen tools for the job,Slick sheet,pressing screen and hair straighteners.

The sift used 2 grades pressed separate.

Make a well in the pressing screen and place sift inside,push together using slight pressure from thumb.

Make into a ball shape and twist.

Place in-between the slick sheet.

Then press for five seconds or so,or until the sizzling slows down.I use 150c lowest setting on the remmington's.

here is epic with a lighter to show size of return.

Edited July 31, 2015 by Arthur Mix

[silvester growdrobe]

Good thread

[ronnieoooo123]

Looks great. How much trim did you use altogether?

[Guest]

Looks great. How much trim did you use altogether?

I do not have scales at home bud,It was a turkish yoghurt pot half filled with dry trim prob a couple of ounces roughly. I have run it 3 times two of those times yielded better than the third.

[Guest]

Just received my new screens they are 26 inch 20 inch 150u,135u,92uand70u. These came from a screen printing suppliers,they were more than helpful i have a feeling they know what they will be used for . four of them delivered cost £114 which i believe is much cheaper then the specific sift sets .

I will prob be trying them out tonight i have a small 4 set of bubble mans to compare against so we will see what happens.

[Guest]

So i have used the screens,they are so much better than the bubble man ones which were a bit saggy. The top pics going down are 150u,135u,90u and The 70u will be tomorrow as its underneath the screen and i need to stop for a while .

150u trim

135u

90u

Edited August 28, 2015 by Arthur Mix

[BDG]

lovely Arthur just saw these images pop up on the main page thought it would be you posting, lovely work as always!

Looks like you had a result with those new screens they seem to be working well! Top idea with where to get them from

[Guest]

So i scraped up the sift and made a wrap from some plastic,placed the sift inside and taped it up so it did not come apart. I then double wrapped this in cling film so it did not split.I placed it inside my sock,put me boots on and went for a walk,which resulted in the sift coming out like this.