Thanks a lot Will, you give a lot of good information.
1. Can the honey oil be formed into a solid or does it stay a liquid?
2. Using the quick wash method will I still get a pretty good yield? (3.5g+ from using an oz of schwag)
3. Do I shake the jar/container when I am doing the quick wash or do I just let it sit there for 10 minutes?
Thanks brad, I really appreciate the kind words
1. At room temp the honey oil is very sticky, as you can probably imagine. When I make honey oil I keep it inthe freezer, which will turn it into a solid. Doing this makes it easier to deal with. Once it's slightly cold I ball it up into the shape of a tube or ball, then put it in the freezer to solidify. Once it's frozen, a razor blade can be used to chop off bits of honey oil without it sticking to everything. But, as soon as the honey oil heats back up to room temp, it will be just as sticky as it was before.
Other than freezing it, I have never made it into a solid. I would imagine that adding powdered weed (as when making iso hash) would result in a solid product. However, adding ground up schwag to honey oil kind of defeats the purpose; as the point of honey oil is it's purity.
2. Using the quick wash method results in a higher yield variability. I will try to explain it in a way that makes sense.
The reason a long wash has fairly predictable results is because weed (no matter how good or bad) is somewhat consistent in alcohol-soluble contents. While THC content in good weed (up to ~20% and occasionally higher) and bad weed (~1-2% in dirt schwag) varies highly, alcohol soluble materials are more consistent regardless of the quality. I can't give exact numbers. Super good chronic has 10x the THC of shitty schwag, but not close to 10x the amount of other alcohol soluble material.
Since the long iso soak incorporates not just the THC (which, as I said, varies widely between weed) but the alcohol soluble plant material (which doesn't vary as much) the weight is more consistent. The quick wash method on the other hand consists of a higher amount of THC by weight. Thus, if you use a better quality weed, you will yield a larger amount of hash. Does that make sense?
For schwag, the hash yield using quick wash iso method will likely be between 1-3g of hash per ounce of weed depending on quality. If the weed is closer in quality to mids, expect more like 3-4g hash per ounce of weed. As I said, the results can vary dramatically.
3. The more you shake the iso/weed mixture, the more material will be incorporated into your hash. This means a less pure product but a larger amount of hash. For a quick wash, simply stirring or gently mixing the iso/weed is ideal, as the point is purity over quantity. The is no right or wrong way to do this - just remember, the quicker the wash and the less agitation, the purer the hash and the smaller the yield.
