CLARIFYING THE SOLUTION

Soft Secrets
22 Oct 2011

I use hexane to draw THC into solution from bubble hash, my starting reactant. I still end up with water-soluble material and other plant lipids.


I use hexane to draw THC into solution from bubble hash, my starting reactant. I still end up with water-soluble material and other plant lipids.

I use hexane to draw THC into solution from bubble hash, my starting reactant. I still end up with water-soluble material and other plant lipids. Doing the math I figure the oil is above 90 percent. It is very transparent, leaning from fairly clear to amber. Do you know of anyway to precipitate the polar plant material from the solution?
Karola

You might try dissolving the bubble hash in alcohol. Then add water and hexane to the solution. The water and alcohol bond, leaving water-solubles in the alcohol-water solution. THC and the other oil-solubles move to the hexane because they have more affinity to it than to the bi-polar alcohol.

Once the oils are in the hexane solution filter them through carbon before you concentrate them. This should draw off residue impurities that are either dissolved or mixed in the solution.

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