Graywolf
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so had some bad luck. almost burnt down the house two weeks before moving out. i think it's ironic that one of the reasons im making qwiso instead of bho is reduced risk of fire and all. So anyway i was evaporating off a batch of iso/oil on the counter using my heat mat like I have done a hundred times theses last two month. I checked it and saw all the liquid was gone and left it to go for a couple more hours. the temp gun read 127-135. I went into the growroom and was working transplanting and stuff. twenty minutes later my dog shows up to tell me the kitchen is on fire and smells nasty. so I go in the kitchen and see four inch flames coming off the heating pad. I guess the wiring got old or overloaded and then melted the plastic and caught fire. The plastic heat mat was bubbling and sticking to the pot but the oil was not on fire at all. Unfortunately the plastic pieces fell into the oil and fucked up the batch. luckily I just unplugged it from the wall and used a pot lid to put it out easily. Guess I am done using heating pads and will just evaporate with fans. Thank god for my dog. :jumpgreen: The counter has a nice burn mark on it now. Hopefully it doesn't look bad after it's painted. So much for a security deposit. Make sure all appliances are UL listed please.
Two sidenotes. I got some 95% everclear when my friend came from oregon and was able to make a bunch of oil using 99% iso and 95% everclear for comparison using the same material. I agree the ever clear is smoother and has a better flavor.
Also my new favorite method for making qwiso is with bubblehash instead of trim. Which I guess only works if you have a lot of trim to process instead of a little. I take the trim and make bubblehash with it. Then when its dry you can dissolve the bubble hash in alcohol, filter and evaporate like normal. This method requires tons less alcohol. Instead of needing gallons of alcohol to process lots of ozs I can just use a couple ounces. Also I think making the bubblehash first you can get a lot of the water solubles out like most of the chlorophyll so it wont be extracted by the alcohol as well. Also since it's hash and not plant material I can soak/mix the bubble hash in the alcohol longer without messing up the flavor. 30 secs I like going for trim but I can leave the bubble in there for 3 minutes and not mess up the flavor. If I did it for 5 minutes or longer it had a negative affect on the flavor.
We've switched to a silicone heat mat but have had issues with those too, where there is too great a difference between actual and set point, so that they just turn on and stay on too long, so wildly overshoot.