Originally Posted by
jimbroker
I have a nice trick for speeding up the drying of bud. You need a sealed room or compartment. I use my dishwasher.
Get a product called "damp-rid" at your local hardware store.It contains Calcium Chloride (Ca.Cl)... a very hygroscopic (i.e. water absorbing) salt. I personally use the big bucket version that they have. I remove the paper seal that they put on the bucket to allow the Ca.Cl salt to much more quickly absorb the moisture. I would suggest doing this incrementally.. tear a little bit back at a time until you completely have it removed. I run a fan that circulates air across my buds and than over the Ca.Cl. You will eventually have to break up the salt because it forms into a hard solid compound in combination with the water. Breaking it up allows the Ca.Cl pellets on the bottom access to the air. You should be moderately careful with the compound... it will dry out your skin but if you get some on you just rinse it off. Though I would not suggest eating it due to the fact that it will burn you internally because of its exothermic reaction with water, its not any more toxic than table salt and in fact they use it on the roads during the winter time because it is less harmful to plants than NaCl.
Using this method and a fan to circulate air onto the buds I can get perfectly dried, stem-snapping bud in a matter of days as opposed to weeks. It will not affect the taste of the bud because its not actually making any kind of contact with the bud. The reaction with the Ca.Cl is exothermic so it does get a bit warm in tight spaces.. but not more than 10 Fahrenheit or so.
I know you were asking about drying the water hash but I figured I would pass this tip on in this thread!
That is an excellent way to dry
Mushrooms
Sounds like a Big waste of time and ....
My Dishwasher?
For drying Budz
U must only need to dry a Oz or two every few months?
Where do the dishes go for a "Few" days?
and also...
How were U drying budz for "Weeks"?
and not ending w/ a Moldy mess?