Isopropyl Alcohol for tobacco extraction??

[Threshold]

I was wondering if one could use food grade (IP grade) Isopropyl Alcohol for tobacco flavor extraction?. The water extraction method is not so great as it clogs the eciggy.

Using IPA one does not need to boil the tobacco. Just soak tobacco in IPA for like 24 - 48 hrs and then filter.

Anyone tried this?

 

[Mihai]

I heard about it but I'm not sure how well it works. With water at least I know that it's enough to filter it well. With this one I'm not sure if traces of it won't remain. If you found a good link explaining this method please sent it to me.

 

[TropicalBob]

Water works well, and if you filter the particulates from the resulting fluid you won't clog your atomizer. I used isopropyl alcohol to CLEAN my atomizer twice -- and it stunk so bad for so long that I'll never do anything but a water wash again.

I have tried alcohol extraction with heat -- poof, no alcohol left in a short time. And I'm not sure alcohol used in cold extraction would be better than water. I'm waiting now for someone to try extraction in an ultrasonic cleaner, which should shatter the nicotine inside the tobacco. We have other threads on this topic.

 

[syntaxevasion]

From what I know about isopropyl alcohol, you'd be better off with something else. The isopropyl part is digested to acetone and this will make you feel slightly ill. Wouldn't want to inhale anything like that...

For plain extractions, ETHANOL may serve better- everclear and so forth. Stay clear of methanol...

Water sounds like a safe bet, it's the universal solvent and has yet to be proven toxic

 

[Threshold]

There is no specific paper that I am quoting, but the standard alcohol extraction process.

You guys are right, even after distilling off IPA on a low vac distillation system, there still would be traces of IPA which can kill the tobacco flavor.

this technique might not actually work at all.

 

[lzx]

Extraction with volatile solvents
so im soak 50g of cherry pipe tobacco chop into powder in 500ml of water for 24 hours then filter and put 25ml of DIETHYLETHER, shake sometimes for another 24 hours then gently separate the upper layer, evaporate the DIETHYLETHER and get around 500mg yellow substance witch have identical smell and after mixing with 50ml of VG identical taste of the cherry tobacco when u smoke it...

 

[Jaaxx]

If you cannot consume it otherwise, do not use it. There is no reason to use IPA when you can get 98% ethanol.

 

[2kool2]

WOW , Did not see this topic. I just ask on another thread or I would have ask it hear.
I have about 5 ponds of Virgin homegrown tobacco that I grew last year. It is to harsh to smoke so I will be doing some Extraction's.
My question is How would I know how much nicotine is inside the tobacco ?

 

[Lithium1330]

WOW , Did not see this topic. I just ask on another thread or I would have ask it hear.
I have about 5 ponds of Virgin homegrown tobacco that I grew last year. It is to harsh to smoke so I will be doing some Extraction's.
My question is How would I know how much nicotine is inside the tobacco ?

You can't, please be VERY careful, nicotine is VERY, VERY poisonous, even on skin it CAN KILL, is not safe to handle it without knowledge and lab equipment a person can die with as little as 60mg of pure nicotine, be careful!!!

 

[2kool2]

OH WOW ! I did have glove's on when I pulled it and hang dryed it. I guess I will start in small batche's and see what happen's.
THX

 

[vslim]

Extraction with volatile solvents
so im soak 50g of cherry pipe tobacco chop into powder in 500ml of water for 24 hours then filter and put 25ml of DIETHYLETHER, shake sometimes for another 24 hours then gently separate the upper layer, evaporate the DIETHYLETHER and get around 500mg yellow substance witch have identical smell and after mixing with 50ml of VG identical taste of the cherry tobacco when u smoke it...

Yikes 8-o Of course you know that ALL of these solvents are big-time fire hazards and ether can blow your house apart! No flames anywhere when doing this, or better yet, stick with water if it works well enough.

 

[2kool2]

Get a hot plate and do it outside too.

 

[georgini]

the everclear or a high proof vodka (151 rum?) seems like a good place to start, give it some time to evaporate.

But i'm no expert!

 

[2kool2]

PGA or everclear is the best but some herb's you need to use just water.

 

[DCrist721]

If you cannot consume it otherwise, do not use it. There is no reason to use IPA when you can get 98% ethanol.

WTF, you can get 98% pure ethanol? Where??

 

[griffco]

what about using the extraction method that stoners use to make thc oil?

It goes something like stuffing a pipe with the leaf, and shooting butane(propane or something i forget) into one end and collecting the liquid out the other, then slowly heat the liquid until the butane evaps and then clean it.

 

[Randall Fox]

WTF, you can get 98% pure ethanol? Where??

Actually, you can only get 95% ethanol - 190 proof Everclear.

Alchohol cannot be distilled past 95.6%.

 

[Programmer]

Actually, you can only get 95% ethanol - 190 proof Everclear.

Alchohol cannot be distilled past 95.6%.

By USA law, or for technical reasons?

(By the way, the term "throat hit" takes on an all new meaning if you play with this stuff. Don't plan on breathing for a good 45 seconds.)

 

[Randall Fox]

By USA law, or for technical reasons?

Chemistry reasons. Once you get to 95.6% ethanol and 4.4% water it forms an azeotrope which equalizes the boiling point of both substances. Distillation requires different boiling points

 

[lzx]

so i try the butane extraction used to extract hash oil = u can get only very small amount of extract using lot of butane the ethanol or DIETHYLETHER method is much more effective, and same about ethanol and DIETHYLETHER in DIETHYLETHER u solve more nicotine and evaporate more quickly then ethanol remains pure extract with 0.001% left with ethanol u wait looong time and then u have extract with 5% wather ... best metohod using DIETHYLETHER is with soxhlet extractor /dont know about usa but in czech u can buy new 70ml complet for about 70$ and u can putt inside basicly everythink to extract/ to avoid explosions is simple - dont smoke ;]]] and work outside or in good ventilated room...