Thanks Str8vision.
That's a pretty good pressure for our needs.
You could even boil water around 100F at that pressure
That's a pretty good pressure for our needs.
You could even boil water around 100F at that pressure
Some of my extracts came out with a slight plastic taste from the caps on my jars. I emphasize some, but not all ....
Do synthetics interact with high proof alcohol or not. One of you said in another thread that they don't, but now I am hearing just the opposite.... So what is the verdict?
Thanks Str8vision.
That's a pretty good pressure for our needs.
You could even boil water around 100F at that pressure![]()
Yes, high proof alcohol will leach chemicals out of most synthetics. PTFE (teflon) is one exception I believe. And vaporized high proof ethanol will do it even faster. The stilling guys won't let a speck of synthetics on their rigs, and for good reason.Do synthetics interact with high proof alcohol or not. One of you said in another thread that they don't, but now I am hearing just the opposite.... So what is the verdict? Some of my extracts came out with a slight plastic taste from the caps on my jars. I emphasize some, not all ....
St8, we're talking about high-temp ethanol vapor here. Your food safe ratings are not for vapor. And feankly, I don't really even trust them for liquid above 50 percent.
Synthetics and high proof ethanol don't mix.
hi gt1955 !I have a bit of a quandary ... I made up a heated ethanol extraction following your (@Str8vision) latest process and used the last of my 190PGA, and in Oz cannot purchase any moreI'm just finishing the heated stage, and will be room steeping for 3 days, freeze filtering, mixing with PG for 30 days, and then reducing.
So my quandary is this: do I buy whatever equipment I need to vacuum distill vodka into 190PGA which, disregarding the purchase of the equipment and assuming 95% recovery works out to $109.75/L or ...
Purchase 100% isoproply alcohol @ $24/2L delivered.
My preference is PGA, but it does come with a relatively steep learning curve (what vacuum equipment is required, what vacuum "pressure" is required, what temperature the vodka needs to heated to @ that vacuum, will that vacuum shatter the vacuum distillation glassware, do I need to have/build a PID controlled hotplate etc). A lot of unknowns here.
The isopropyl has it's own problems, you must remove all traces of it in the finished extract as it is toxic (but not deadly toxic).
As I also mix the extract with PG and then reduce that, I assume vacuum distillation will be the best bet no matter which extraction medium is used.
Some guidance would be most appreciated.
Thank you for your time in reading this![]()
hi jonnydoeI have many hot ethanol pipe juices which are aged for 2 months and there is big problem referring molds. There are long white snakes in the juices.
Do you have problems too ?
Do you know a protection against molds ?
did you store them in ethanol ? or mixed with pg and reduced ?
hi jonnydoeHot ethanol extraction with freeze filtering. That means mixed with pg and than reduced the ethanol. I have 10% water in my pg-vg-nicotine base. Perhaps this could be one of the problems. But i havent seen any molds in rolling tobacco juices till yet.
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I have many hot ethanol pipe juices which are aged for 2 months and there is big problem referring molds. There are long white snakes in the juices.
Do you have problems too ?
Do you know a protection against molds ?
I am vaping an ethanol extraction at 5.5% and it's giving me more than enough flavor
Mold would not appear in less than a day (In my case) and mold cannot grow or survive in PG which is why PG is added to many products as a preservative.
Have reduced the ethanol extract in pg ? I have 4 tobaccos in my sous vide and i am thinking about only to reduce the ethanol to 20% and no reducing after this with pg at this time. Perhaps its a fuller flavour ? Is your extract with or without pg ? The main question is if i am able to taste in the ethanol in the juice later.