Originally Posted by
YukonBikerGuy
The video shows a dry sift style extraction using CO2 to freeze the material brittle enuff to sift. I notice that he is using fresh undried material as well. This results in a semi-pliable if somewhat contaminated hash.
CO2 extraction can also be done under pressure. At 3000psi and above, CO2 acts as a supercritical solvent, dissolving the trichomes in the process, and ending up with more of an oil as a final product.
The confusion about what is hash and what is oil exists, and persists, unfortunately. It's easiest to think of it like this: If a solvent has been used to disolve and collect the trichomes, its oil. If the trichomes have been seperated mechanicly, its hash. Lots of stoners are lazy, and call it whatever. To make it even more confusing, CO2 can be used in different processes to yield different products.
I try to be accurate as possible, and not pass on the 'lazy stoner info' as much as possible. People already look at cannabis users as 'dumb potheads', and I feel we do not need to encourage that stereotype.
Hash is hash, oil is oil. Hash oil is made from hash (not bud or trim). Jellyhash is a bastardized mix of hash and oil (usually to beef up some shittier hash).
Did I get off on a tangent?.... I'm high.... later...
YBG