OLaC Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Food grade ethanol mate, non denatured, wheat derived. Think it's about £27 a litre at the mo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoknows Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 01/08/2020 at 5:30 PM, Hugh Jass said: Isopropyl alcohol you can find it on a well know auction site. Don't go drinking it and mixing it with orange juice or any thing. But for making Rick Simpsons oil it is perfect. I buy mine by the 25litre container. But I use it for cleaning and a few things in the garage as well. Isopropyl alcohol is poisonous and we are relying upon the process to remove all traces of it from the final product. I would rather use ethanol / drinking alcohol knowing that even if I don’t remove it properly, my final product can’t be poisonous. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingo bingo Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 If purging the isopropyl at 90c or higher wouldn't that guarantee all residue is boiled off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow River Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) Distill your own with an Air Still? Cheaper than buying for nearly £30 a bottle in the long run. Might only get 80% ABV, but that's good enough for most purposes. Be careful to dispose of 'fore shots', mostly methanol and esters. Rest should be fine. If you triple distill you'll get a pretty clean product. N.B.:- Home distilling of alcohol is illegal, but then so is possession and especially cultivation of cannabis... Edited March 31, 2023 by Crow River 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Personunknown Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Reflux still would get a higher % Atb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer420 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Ffs I never knew iso was poisonous! Knew you had to purge well, and it wouldn’t be great, never thought poisonous though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow River Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Personunknown said: Reflux still would get a higher % Atb Sure, but but something like the T500 costs about four times as much as an Air Still. Also complicated by need for plumbing for the cooling water. There is a new air still "reflux" model which apparently can get higher % ABV, but again extra expense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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