Poured in Everclear before decarb

[UrbanHillbilly]

I was prepping some flower to make a little FECO in my trusty Pot by Noids today. I measured out about 13 grams of ground bud, then I poured in the Everclear and immediately realized I had not yet decarbed it all. Is there anything I can do at this point? Should the evap process do a sufficient decarb?

 

[Psychobilly]

I was prepping some flower to make a little FECO in my trusty Pot by Noids today. I measured out about 13 grams of ground bud, then I poured in the Everclear and immediately realized I had not yet decarbed it all. Is there anything I can do at this point? Should the evap process do a sufficient decarb?

I'm not great at this, but the alcohol is essentially going to grab resin, much like Dawn Detergent would grab oil / fat, so it sounds like it should be OK in my head... 220 degrees or so hasn't happened yet, so anything that was pulled away.... should? Be OK? It'll grab trichomes off the plant, but evaporation shouldn't effect it so far, even if you have to scrape the bottom for some of the goodies.

 

[UrbanHillbilly]

I'm not great at this, but the alcohol is essentially going to grab resin, much like Dawn Detergent would grab oil / fat, so it sounds like it should be OK in my head... 220 degrees or so hasn't happened yet, so anything that was pulled away.... should? Be OK? It'll grab trichomes off the plant, but evaporation shouldn't effect it so far, even if you have to scrape the bottom for some of the goodies.

I also added about 1/2 teaspoon of kief, just for kicks. The unit I'm using takes around 3 hours, give or take, to run its evap cycle at temps up to 102C/215F. I figured that would be relevant to this discussion.

 

[Psychobilly]

I feel like it sounds OK honestly. Maybe do a test batch just to be sure?

 

[Cincimilla Genetics]

I was prepping some flower to make a little FECO in my trusty Pot by Noids today. I measured out about 13 grams of ground bud, then I poured in the Everclear and immediately realized I had not yet decarbed it all. Is there anything I can do at this point? Should the evap process do a sufficient decarb?

I have made loads of feco using everclear. The end product will turn out just fine without a decarb.

Over the years I have used half decarbed and half fresh buds to keep some thc-a (nondecarbed bud) in the mix

Edit: If you are evaporating the everclear over heat, yes some of that will decarb

Good luck!

 

[Psychobilly]

I have made loads of feco using everclear. The end product will turn out just fine without a decarb.

Over the years I have used half decarbed and half fresh buds to keep some thc-a (nondecarbed bud) in the mix

Edit: If you are evaporating the everclear over heat, yes some of that will decarb

Good luck!

There we go! I was trying to help with my basic understanding, yet complete lack of experience lol. I knew heat was the key, and Everclear was basically the way you get the resin from the material but, I simply wasn't sure.

 

[Graywolf]

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