Olive Oil and Weed

they are both non-polar solvents

 

i believe ethanol is a polar solvent, not a non-polar solvent

 

It's a greenish-yellow color, not too dark, but getting somewhat opaque. It's definitely acquiring a unique smell to it, it does taste like weed.

 

wow.............some of things people do.......i could see this working, but you would need some pretty killer weed or let it soak for quite awhile. I understand peoples likeing to cooking with cannabutter, it is a different high but........smoking it is always a sure thing

- 42o -

 

Ethanol has a polar and nonpolar "end" to it, making it such a useful solvent (or solvant, never was too clear on that).
Neways, i'd use more olive oil than would be neccessary, just to ensure that most of the THC makes it into the mixture (you wouldn't want it to reach it's saturation point and not be able to absorb anymore). Agitate frequently (shake the hell out of the jar 3 times a day, or stir it).
How finely did you cut up the weed? cause the finer the cut the more surface area the more absorbed.
Also, if you used primarily stems and leaves i wouldn't expect Too too much, cause we all know that they're pretty low in THC.

 

^^ exactly, this is useful information for anyone. It's made up primarily of shake and all the smaller buds I had. When I break up buds for smoking, I'll usually toss in the stems and leaves.

 

yeh the polar end allows it to dissolve in water as well but doesnt help as far as thc is concerned, i believe

 

I could see it working with a heat source that works real slowly, like having it in the trunk of your car for a week in the summer (might not be a good idea because of laws) or a hot attic. Im just trying to ponder this one..

 

Hey, just in case anybody's still wondering, the reason olive oil can extract THC is because THC is fat soluble, and there's tons of fat in olive oil. That's also why butter works. THC is also non-polar soluble, so ethanol works for that, unlike water, which is a polar solvent. Too bad you can't make a straight tea out of it! I like the taste of weed straight from my vaporizer. Toker, how'd the extraction go?

 

olive oil should definitely work, but if i'm not mistaken some other oils may work a bit more effectively....i dont know. with time and proper preportions, it shouldnt be a big difference. if its largely made from leaves and stems and such, its not going to be as strong as if it were made from more desirable parts of the herb. you might need much larger doses....just experiment till you find a good dose!

 

heat is not necessary. in fact, extraction is not even necessary, its just sometimes a more convenient or useful way to orally ingest cannabis.

 

You can heat up hot water & let the jar float in it. The oil won't ever got hot enough to burn because it's surrounded on all sides by water.

 

it does not need heat
heat you run the risk of burning off thc
the most potent oil u will get is a cold extraction,over time

 

heat accelerates the extraction process, but it does not make it more thorough and risks making the resulting product less potent than its full potential by losing thc through vaporization.

you can extract less thc, but far more quickly. if you have enough pot to play around with, it might be worthwhile. if you're a bit more stingy with your pot, you'll just wait longer at do the more thorough extraction and get as much out of it as you can

soaring eagle is right...heat is not only unnecessary, it can be detrimental to the end product! i support not sacrificing quality for convenience.

 

the stuff i got heres almost too potent, the tiniest sip knocks u on your ass & gives u drymouth from hell for hours..but its a very medicinal dose..
& 2 drops ontop of a bowl of schwag wll make u very extremely high in just a couple hits..i have about a 16 oz bottle of this oil that will last about a year
even just lickin the lil bit on the outside of the cap is enoughto get ya feelin pretty good
the guy who made mine tho made it tripple strength, & used the entire plant, stems seeds buds leaves & roots, to get the full medicinal effect of the entire plant.
good stuff
almost too good..heehee

 

ok you are suppossed to boil the thc into the oil, thc will not just break off and solvate with the fatty acids, you need to heat it up to over 200 degrees farenheight to break the hydrogen bonds in thc so that they can rebond to the fatty acids in the oil. You should try boiling it now, don't wait any longer, or the whole solution might turn into a sucrose blend (sugar) if you let it ferment for too much longer. It is possible that the thc has bonded to the oil particles, if so take more than 6 drops, it isn't acid!

 

has anyone actually noticed how old this thread actually is??? if _toker_ still has this jar full now then i would imagine it would be some potent stuff. its almost been a year since this thread was started lmao

 

i didnt notice the guy before me had resurrected a dead thread. i did occur to me that i had been previously unaware of this thread and that it had been a long time since i'd seen _toker_ post, though.

 

lol yea its so old...... if toker still has that jar i bet its good and potent now. i doubt that he still has it now though LOL after like 10 months or something like that.

 

dude it doesn't matter how long you let it sit, you will never feel anything even if you let it sit for a year. you need to heat it up for about 10 mintues or so, let it cool, then you'll be able to eat it. in order for the thc to get into the olive oil you need to activate it by heating it up.