So I got a new pipe for my birthday from my now ex-girlfriend. It's a mid-size hammer style bubbler and I must say I love it. It's a pretty big improvement over my previous smoking mainstay, which was a 4-5 inch chillum that could have doubled as a slide. Smoking from the bubb is a lot smoother and pleasant as one would expect, but there's a drawback that I didn't have with my chillum. Getting every bit of resin out of the chillum was easy and took less that five minutes. Comparatively, the bubbler is like a fucking maze and its nearly impossible to reach all the various nooks and crannies. Being economical as I am, the scraping and smoking of resin is a weekly occurence as payday nears and I'm out of weed.
But anywho, I was desperate so I figured I could use alcohol to loosen up the resin inside, which it did. I poured some 70% isopropyl alcohol into the pipe, covered the rush and mouthpiece, shook vigorously and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. I poured the alcohol onto a plate to let it evaporate. Within 3 hours or so 90% of the moisture was gone and I was left with a semi-moist ball of resin. I let this further dry and I was left with a completely dry end product. I was pumped that it worked so well, and considering all of the "work" I put into it, I was even more excited. But, when I smoked it (took fairly big rips) I only got slight effects, and this was a ball maybe 1.5 times the size of a marble mind you. My question is, could the alcohol have washed away some of the THC and other active chemicals, and if so where did they go? Thanks!
But anywho, I was desperate so I figured I could use alcohol to loosen up the resin inside, which it did. I poured some 70% isopropyl alcohol into the pipe, covered the rush and mouthpiece, shook vigorously and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. I poured the alcohol onto a plate to let it evaporate. Within 3 hours or so 90% of the moisture was gone and I was left with a semi-moist ball of resin. I let this further dry and I was left with a completely dry end product. I was pumped that it worked so well, and considering all of the "work" I put into it, I was even more excited. But, when I smoked it (took fairly big rips) I only got slight effects, and this was a ball maybe 1.5 times the size of a marble mind you. My question is, could the alcohol have washed away some of the THC and other active chemicals, and if so where did they go? Thanks!
