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The vacuum bags are holding up alright at ~120°C (no thermometer, that was the lowest number on the wheel of my little sandwich oven).
What i don't know (yet) is if they lead to plasticizer contamination.

I mixed an equal weight of CBD and zeolite in a little jar, and made 3 little sealed vacuum bags:
[ATTACH]96578[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]96579[/ATTACH]

I left one for 15, 20, and 25 minutes each.[ATTACH=full]96580[/ATTACH]

Next i'll add ethanol 96%, filter out the zeolite, and evap the ethanol. I'm afraid that will have to wait until tomorrow though.
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[UPDATE 2024/02/08]

This evening, i dissolved in 96% ethanol and filtered.

Opening the bags was less fun than i would've hoped. The outer plastic layer/s were toughened yet a bit brittle, the innermost layer sort of fused with some zeolite. After freezing the bags and (i thought) completely removing the plastic, dissolving the thc left behind not only zeolite, but pieces of plastic:
[ATTACH]96602[/ATTACH]

I dissolved and filtered them separately. The bags didn't all contain the same weight, the 20min one is lighter color because it was the lightest one and therefore the least saturated. The 15min one didn't get as clear as the other two, maybe i'll filter that one again.[ATTACH=full]96603[/ATTACH]

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[UPDATE 2024/02/09]

Evaporation in progress:
[ATTACH]96608[/ATTACH]

4h later, no discernible smell of ethanol anymore:
[ATTACH=full]96615[/ATTACH]

I took the 20min one, added 2 drops of the SFV OG profile terpenes, and made a cartridge - i had to heat the glass to get it to flow down.
[ATTACH]96616[/ATTACH]

After a little bit of occasional puffing from this, i am very happy! It tastes and feels very similar to (alleged) extract cartridges i had in the past. It really takes just a drop or two of terpenes to make this super tasty. The high so far is more clear headed, less sedated but also not with so much of that blissful warm feeling in the chest.

<blockquote data-quote="Hyper Turtle" data-source="post: 3914529" data-attributes="member: 13">The vacuum bags are holding up alright at ~120°C (no thermometer, that was the lowest number on the wheel of my little sandwich oven).What i don&#039;t know (yet) is if they lead to plasticizer contamination.I mixed an equal weight of CBD and zeolite in a little jar, and made 3 little sealed vacuum bags:[ATTACH]96578[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]96579[/ATTACH]I left one for 15, 20, and 25 minutes each.[ATTACH=full]96580[/ATTACH]Next i&#039;ll add ethanol 96%, filter out the zeolite, and evap the ethanol. I&#039;m afraid that will have to wait until tomorrow though.------------------------[UPDATE 2024/02/08]This evening, i dissolved in 96% ethanol and filtered.Opening the bags was less fun than i would&#039;ve hoped. The outer plastic layer/s were toughened yet a bit brittle, the innermost layer sort of fused with some zeolite. After freezing the bags and (i thought) completely removing the plastic, dissolving the thc left behind not only zeolite, but pieces of plastic:[ATTACH]96602[/ATTACH]I dissolved and filtered them separately. The bags didn&#039;t all contain the same weight, the 20min one is lighter color because it was the lightest one and therefore the least saturated. The 15min one didn&#039;t get as clear as the other two, maybe i&#039;ll filter that one again.[ATTACH=full]96603[/ATTACH]------------------------[UPDATE 2024/02/09]Evaporation in progress:[ATTACH]96608[/ATTACH]4h later, no discernible smell of ethanol anymore:[ATTACH=full]96615[/ATTACH]I took the 20min one, added 2 drops of the SFV OG profile terpenes, and made a cartridge - i had to heat the glass to get it to flow down.[ATTACH]96616[/ATTACH]After a little bit of occasional puffing from this, i am very happy! It tastes and feels very similar to (alleged) extract cartridges i had in the past. It really takes just a drop or two of terpenes to make this super tasty. The high so far is more clear headed, less sedated but also not with so much of that blissful warm feeling in the chest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hyper Turtle, post: 3914529, member: 13"] The vacuum bags are holding up alright at ~120°C (no thermometer, that was the lowest number on the wheel of my little sandwich oven). What i don't know (yet) is if they lead to plasticizer contamination. I mixed an equal weight of CBD and zeolite in a little jar, and made 3 little sealed vacuum bags: [ATTACH alt="cbd+zeolite.jpg"]96578[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="baggies.jpg"]96579[/ATTACH] I left one for 15, 20, and 25 minutes each.[ATTACH type="full" alt="converted.jpg"]96580[/ATTACH] Next i'll add ethanol 96%, filter out the zeolite, and evap the ethanol. I'm afraid that will have to wait until tomorrow though. ------------------------ [UPDATE 2024/02/08] This evening, i dissolved in 96% ethanol and filtered. Opening the bags was less fun than i would've hoped. The outer plastic layer/s were toughened yet a bit brittle, the innermost layer sort of fused with some zeolite. After freezing the bags and (i thought) completely removing the plastic, dissolving the thc left behind not only zeolite, but pieces of plastic: [ATTACH alt="plastic.jpg"]96602[/ATTACH] I dissolved and filtered them separately. The bags didn't all contain the same weight, the 20min one is lighter color because it was the lightest one and therefore the least saturated. The 15min one didn't get as clear as the other two, maybe i'll filter that one again.[ATTACH type="full" alt="dissolved_filtered.jpg"]96603[/ATTACH] ------------------------ [UPDATE 2024/02/09] Evaporation in progress: [ATTACH alt="double_boiler.jpg"]96608[/ATTACH] 4h later, no discernible smell of ethanol anymore: [ATTACH type="full" alt="evapped.jpg"]96615[/ATTACH] I took the 20min one, added 2 drops of the SFV OG profile terpenes, and made a cartridge - i had to heat the glass to get it to flow down. [ATTACH alt="cart.jpg"]96616[/ATTACH] After a little bit of occasional puffing from this, i am very happy! It tastes and feels very similar to (alleged) extract cartridges i had in the past. It really takes just a drop or two of terpenes to make this super tasty. The high so far is more clear headed, less sedated but also not with so much of that blissful warm feeling in the chest. [/QUOTE]