Making cannabutter

[oldfogey8]

anyone have a good way to maximize squeezing the canna-oil out of the the leaf mass? in the past, it seems like the coconut oil wants to stay in the mass and the water drains off easily. thanks...

 

[Rosebud]

Hey of, i haven't made any in years, but doesn't it just separate? And are you using lecithin? Sorry not much help, but hi anyway.

 

[oldfogey8]

thanks rose. it does separate but i have found that the oil seems to like to cling to the leaf mass. i usually strain it thru a piece of cheese cloth or an old tee shirt. i squeeze the heck out of it. but the water seems like it comes out easier than the oil. and it gets kind of hot or maybe i am too impatient to wait for it to cool enough. i was just wondering if anyone on here had some brilliant way of putting the squeeze on the leaf mass to extract as much of the goodness out at possible. I have been decanting and reheating it and re-squeezing it in the past and probably will continue to do so.

and high back at you. waiting for my cbd crew nordle and my satori to dry/cure. looking forward to checking them out...

 

[Dan789]

OF, I'd get ahold of a potato ricer. That may have the strength to squeeze every last drop of goodness from your cheesecloth. In a pinch I've also used a lemon squeezer, but he potato ricer has a bigger capacity. Hope that helps.

 

[oldfogey8]

Thanks Dan. I will have to look into that.

 

[oldfogey8]

I looked up potato ricer. That looks like exactly what I need. Awesome. Thanks. I will let you know how it works.

 

[Hackerman]

Make sure you get a real real strong one. I bought a ricer and it wasn't strong enough and I bent the crap out of it.

 

[oldfogey8]

i finally broke down and bought a potato ricer and it works great. Maybe too great. i have more cannabutter by weight than oil that i used to make it. started with 720 grams of coconut oil. have 800 grams of butter. and it isn't filled with bits of weed. thanks dan and hacker.

 

[oldfogey8]

this is the one i bought. i was not ultra gentle with it but i didn't beat it like a rented mule though either...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUEHPGQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Dan789]

OF, I inherited mine, my Dads second wife died and while moving all their/ now his shit that’s when I got his. I think it’s actually a manual juicer, that will also work as a potato ricer. No Dad isn’t a grower, but had used MJ for help sleeping though. I should have posted the pic earlier, don’t know why I didn’t.