In this theoretical scenario:
I have an amount of pure CO2 extracted THC oil. This is solvent free and UNWINTERIZED. It has roughly the consistency of melted honey butter. Opaque and pungent as ever.
I would like to winterize this extract, and mix it with a flavored e-juice (70/30 vg/pg, no nicotine) so that it can be vaporized from a small 510 thread vape pen.
I will explain what I think I know about the process, and hopefully you all can set me straight to do this correctly.
1) Dissolve the CO2 extract completely in warm isopropyl alcohol.
-Using a warm water (double boiler) bath on the stove with a thermometer to stay around 120-140*F
-If anyone can confirm a minimal ratio that would help. I've seen 10ml iso to 1g extract.
(Allow tincture to come to room temp before freezing)
2) Freeze precipitate, covered.
-Using an ordinary freezer, I think 48 hours was the sweet spot.
3) Filter the tincture using Buchner funnel and vacuum.
-I have no fancy vacuum system, but I bet a mattress pump hosed to a filter flask would work fine.
4) Evaporate Iso solvent.
-If I were just doing another hot water bath, maybe with a fan blowing on it, how long might this take with about 10g of extract?
5) Add flavored e-juice.
-Either before evap, during, or after??
-Does this just bond with the THC oil? Any special steps required to mix this in?
Now that last step is where I need your help Nexus. If I were going to mix in vg/pg oil, would I do it BEFORE evaporating iso solvent - as to mix it fully with THC then evap all together? Or would I evap the winterized tincture first, and THEN mix in e-juice oil? I have a feeling that it doesn't really matter in the end, although adding before the evap may just be easier.
Ultimately, I want to end up with a translucent, thin honey consistency so that it's easy enough to load into these tiny 510 cartridges. If I can get some direction here, I will happily post pictures as I theoretically proceed
Thanks for help!
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