Dehydration synthesis in bubble hash?

[Bubbleman]

Well i wouldnt say they go thru the same dehydration that nuggets go thru.. but i will say that the moisture that is caught between the heads is the most important moisture to rid yourself of.
Now the essential oils ie terpenes and terpenoids you speak of. are definitly able to evaporate .. as you can smell them in the air in both the grow room their grew in as well as the room your drying your hash. However with that said.. there is no way to maintain those volatile oils from evaporating during the drying process.
Now if youve pressed your hash with any amount of moisture in it.. its going to be very very difficult to remove it all. The fridge is not going to let you properly cure your hash either. It will remove some moisture from the hash each time.. but the amount of times you would need to put it in to actualy rid yourself of all of it..
it would be much easier to powderize your bubble and allow it the proper surface area and dessicant( cardboard works great) to remove the excess moisture and leave you with a nice smoking final product.
Feel free to come into Chat sometime and ask live questions as well..

hope this helps


Peace
Bubble man

[hmmmtastey]

The fridge is not going to let you properly cure your hash either. It will remove some moisture from the hash each time.. but the amount of times you would need to put it in to actualy rid yourself of all of it..
it would be much easier to powderize your bubble and allow it the proper surface area and dessicant( cardboard works great) to remove the excess moisture and leave you with a nice smoking final product.

I recently started curing my hash in the freezer, and you're very right, it does require some attention, I take the hash out 2-5 times a day, for 45-100 minutes (depending on quantity) to evap. It takes between 2 and 4 weeks to finish curing, but I have found the end product is much smoother and even more melty and oil like.

It might not seem worth it for some people to do this, however the product seems to turn out cleaner and better (according to a vote of 3/3 so far, in a side by side test [air dry/jar cure vs dehydration method]). Also being a higher quality product, it would command a higher price in the clubs, and be a better medicine. Because of the inefficient nature of having to move the product to and from the freezer I am working on designing a "hash curing-dehydrating" box if you will. I think ideally for people who don't have the space or need to convert a whole room this would be a relatively efficient alternative. Given the extra power used by such a unit, but also the higher price commanded of the product, one can make up for the difference if that is a concern. I also believe the improvement in quality of the final product alone makes up for the extra cost.

Alas, I don't have the money/time to invest to build such a device at this juncture, so it's going to take me a while to get the designs finished, let alone have a unit running.

If anyone is actually interested, I might start a thread and that might help kick me into overdrive on this thing (when I have free time that is).

Peace everyone, Stay healthy

Edit: I never dry my hash on cardboard, non-stick pans or parchment paper is the way to go. Unbleached parchment only, no chemicals and no little cardboard fibers ;-)