Chlorophyll Removal, After the Fact.

[The Reanimator]

I wonder how someone could remove the Chlorophyll that has tainted their hash oil. Anyone know at what temperature Chlorophyll incinerates? Or perhaps there is a solubility difference that can be taken advantage of; although THC and Chlorophyll look pretty similar in that regard. All plausible ideas for removing the green garbage from hash are welcome.

This looks like it would fit well in either ADD or CD. I'll begin with Cannabis, and if that doesn't work out, hopefully someone can move it to Advanced.

 

[BTrips]

what would be the point of removing the chlorophyll from hash oil?

since it is a microscopic part of a plant cell i don't see how it would have an effect on the amount of THC in hash oil?
explain your reasoning.

 

[Venrak]

It's because chlorophyll tastes like shit-candy.

Gah, after checking solubility, it's soluble in everything THC and CBDs are, and the best bet I've found for you is a 30-60 second iso wash as chlorophyll will take longer than that for much of it to go into solution, much longer than the goodies.

How you'd do this with something as hard to work with as hash oil, I dunno man. Sticky sticky.

Good luck.

 

[Chainer]

a 30 second isowash is best for the actual plant material. I think you are stuck with what you've got, unless you want to put a lot of work in.

 

[beamish]

im guessing you made hash with iso, as butane/hexane/co2 do a good job at not absorbing the chlorophyll. next time, dont let the iso sit so long! i wash the plant matter for a MAX of 30 seconds, sometimes as quick as 10 seconds. you start to leach sugars and chlorophyll into your hash at the 30 second mark, though green discoloring wont likely appear for 20 seconds more.

 

[Zzyzx]

hopefully someone can move it to Advanced.

With pleasure

 

[seep]

http://www.gardenscure.com/420/recycling/27081-uncle-al-cooks-golden-hash-oil-3.html

starting at post 27

 

[dread]

How about dissolving in something like heptane, then freezing it... I'm not sure, but the chlorophyll should fall out of solution, while THC stays in cold heptane...

 

[scarletbegonias]

Next time instead of doing an iso wash (assuming that's what you did) try a butane extraction of high quality MJ. Although a little dangerous, and obviously requires a lot of ventilation, it yields a higher quality hash oil product golden in color. Check out tokecity.com and/or BHO. Butane Hash Oil

 

[The Reanimator]

God damn! After several days of nothing, I thought this thread was dead. Thanks for the replies everyone.

since it is a microscopic part of a plant cell i don't see how it would have an effect on the amount of THC in hash oil?
explain your reasoning.

Simple. I didn't say it would have an effect on the amount of THC. Other than color change, it would drop the weight, if only slightly, making it slightly more potent. Also, I'm kind of pissed that I failed to achieve one of the primary advantages of using butane rather than isopropyl alcohol. Yes, I used butane (thrice), and got green oil every time. I guess at this point, I'm more concerned with getting it right next time than removing the green since it isn't exactly ruined.

To be more specific on my extractions:
I used shake from SD, whose buds were/are very potent. Each batch was dried for a week. I'm unsure of the weight, but I used copper pipe 18 by 1.5 inches. I decided to water cure batches two and three before extracting, so there should have been even less chlorophyll. All three came out the same: black to dark green where there's transparency. Batch two was ground to powder. One and three, not quite.

http://www.gardenscure.com/420/recycling/27081-uncle-al-cooks-golden-hash-oil-3.html

starting at post 27

Thanks for the link, seep. Al's thread led me to think that maybe some chlorophyll got under the coffee filter, but butane shouldn't extract any in the first place, so wtf? Dread, that sounds like a nice idea. I might try it when I have some free time. After reading my first post, I would have thought it was iso hash as well as most of you. The fact that it isn't, I find very puzzling.

 

[beamish]

copper pipe is the reason your shit is green. you should not use copper. PVC is debatable, but i would go with stainless steel. seriously though, the copper tube is why your hash is green. thats not good at all, your are smoking heavy metal with your hash - baaad for your health.

 

[vecktor]

copper pipe is the reason your shit is green. you should not use copper. PVC is debatable, but i would go with stainless steel. seriously though, the copper tube is why your hash is green. thats not good at all, your are smoking heavy metal with your hash - baaad for your health.

bullshit

how soluble in butane do you think copper salts are? practically zero.

there is a really easy way to tell if copper really is present, burn a small amount of the material on a stainless wire in a blue gas or alcohol flame green coloration to the flame indicates copper.

chlorophyll is soluble in hexane so it is also likely to be soluble in butane if there is enough butane and the contact time is longer than it needs to be to extract the cannabinoids.

 

[Qnick]

I've done a butane extraction several times, and a greenish brown color is what you're going for. THC oil is supposed to be slightly green colored when it's spread thin, and appears brown/dark only when you have enough of it that light can't get through at all.

Burn a small amount of the oil on foil. Most of it should vaporize when heated, anything else will leave behind a burnt residue. this can give you a rough indication of the purity, but expect for some residue to be left regardless of how pure it is.