cheap bubblebags

[dredank]

on TW i remember i made a thread about getting cheap bubble bags and someone listed a site that had them for $75, i wanna get those bags now and i dont remember the site:( if you know where to get cheap bubble bags please let me know2thumbs :peace:

[Cranky]

check your pms bro2thumbs

cranky

[TILT!]

...can I check my PMs too Cranks?!
Mum's the word chum.
:rockon:TILT!:rockon:

[CB]

think ya can post that link public like bro;)

[Cranky]

nice one cheapo mate2thumbs

right peeps,now i know the sacks aint up on the shop at the mo as gezzaa has yet to update his grow shop but if ya send him an email about them he will get back to you with the info you need;) tell him cranky sent yas for a quick reply.

i think youll find hes cheap as chips;) and very quick on the shipping side of things!

http://geezzaa.com/~geezzaa/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/contact.html

all the best

cranky

[Mr Burns]

Who out of us all makes BH? I'm well up for it but have never even attempted it. In fact, I've avoided the threads thinking it was a cheapskate hash. After talking to my hydro shop it sounds like something I should get involved with.

If I go for it and buy a few bags, will someone here stick with me through the process? Give me guidance and a good write up?

Burnsy.

[Cranky]

not a prob bro....i aint done it myself but its a simple enough process;)

only prob is,i aint got any pics and we all know how much pics help so if i cant get somebody to do it whos got the pics to go with it then ill get it up real soon burnsey2thumbs

cheers

cranky

[Mr Burns]

Thanks Cranks.
I'll be ready around Xmas but I'm gonna store the green matter until the madness is over. So I'm looking at when schools back in. It should be nice and dry by then. If it needs to be dry?

Burnsy.

[dredank]

same question as burns, should the trim be dry? i knnow you freeze it first. I talked to geeza i should be getting some soon, thanks again cranky2thumbs :peace:

[TILT!]

same question as burns, should the trim be dry?

For ice hash, better wet, as it's gonna get wet anyways:D Best is just to keep adding it to a bag in the freezer until you've got enough.

I'm beginning to think wet is also better for shaker hash. Dried leaves don't freeze as they contain no water. I don't know if the resin freezes, but even if it did it would be just a stiffer substance hoping to get dislocated from a still flexible surface (the dryish unfrozen leaf). The physics of that seem all wrong to me.

I've made ice hash, with me granma's tights rather than bubble bags (cheapskate:D ) and it seems a very nice idea and principle. I didn't get much yield (2,5gm from 50 gms. dry material) though and was missing a load of trichs. Mind you, I just made some shaker hash (my prefered method) out of another 50 gms. dry sweetleaf, got 3 gms. hash and 2 gms. kif out of it in 5 minutes. Not top top quality as granny's tights are a bit worn out, but not at all bad. But I looked at the remains under the microscope, and I've missed at least half the trichs. So now I've actually sprayed the dry weed with water to get it to freeze better and have another go at it tomorrow with someone else's granny's tights:D . Gonna put a light bouncy ball in with it too, should do the trich! ;)

For some reason the hash I get from the shaker is stronger than the ice hash: I'd have thought the other way round. The ice hash certainly must be purer.
But fresh and wet is in any case better I reckon. Also as you haven't had a chance to degrade the THC in the leaves by leaving it out in the light etc. Only drawback (then only for shaker, not ice) would be if the resin heads also change in the drying process in a way that makes them more brittle and therefore breaking into finer thinner slivers and particles to pass through the mesh.:hmmmm:

I think there needs to be much more research into the actual phsical properties of that elusive resin which is why we do all this. I've had resin disappear on me overnight. I have one own strain which has an incredibly high THC content, must be over 20%, and if I dry it completely it goes to about quarter strength. The resin must be totally unstable or contain water solubles which evaporate when the buds are dry of other water. I have to jar and cure it still slightly damp with the sweet leaf on, and manicure it or pull off all leaves when I need it. That way it stays full strength. I've tried this with some other strains and it also keeps the quality and strength better in almost all of them, so obviously it isn't just the one strain, although it's much more marked with her.

Chemical properties and how they mutate and all that is greek to me, so if there are any greeks out there....

:rockon:TILT!:rockon:

[FreedaWeed]

I've made a few batches both bblbags and kief screened. I don't however consider myself an exprert in the field. But will gladly relay along any helpfull tips/info that has beed aquired.
I purchased the hi-dollar bags about 1 year ago, and have done up about 4-5 batches from them. And have been collecting keif and pressing it for about the same time.
Makes me wanna cry when I think of the amount of product that I've simply discarded over the years.

[LdyLunatic]

bubble bubble......i can't get enough.....

before i relocated this past year.....i was a bubblehashing fiend....i have a friend who knew high volume growers and i always got presents of garbage bag after garbage bag jammed with leaf....

this is my OPINION only from doing large amounts of leaf....

i agree with TILT ...WET leaf works GREAT for a nice sticky hash.....dry leaf tends to give a more of a powder hash...

both hashes are GREAT smoke....but i prefer wet leaf 2thumbs

i personally bought a 3 bag kit....i am VERY pleased with my purchase and they have already tripled their worth (at least) for the amount of smoke i have generated from them

next bubble hash run (approximately jan/feb) i will tkae pics step by step through the process and post them....

it is a VERY easy and straightforward proccess...the only bad thing is that i am kicking myself in the butt for not taking pics the last batch i made...i just did it last week :rolleyes:

*pics later of the finished hash* ;)

[LdyLunatic]

the bubblehash.....a mix of AK-47, God, LUI and Jack Flash/Black Domina

*in the second pic....the lighter hash is a chunk of moroccan hash* ;)

[Cranky]

just wondering LdyLunatic,how much leaf and popcorn buds will give you what ever amount of hash?

do you get more from wet than dry leaf or just the same?

that kind of thing???

cranky

[Mr Burns]

:yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

I really should pay more attention to this bubblehash thang.

just wondering LdyLunatic,how much leaf and popcorn buds will give you what ever amount of hash?
What Cranky said. In fact I thought I'd already typed it! That IS the question. How much leaf?

Oooo and when you say wet, you're saying in it's fresh cultivated state and not what I have in the freezer yes?
I have a better trichome candidate that's dried out, but can I just throw that in too? I wanna be ready for this tutorial.
Can we have a prop inventory?

Please miss?

:lock:

[LdyLunatic]

my leaf was frozen ....maybe was in the freezer for a week before i had enough time to get to brewing...i have found wet or dry doesn't affect the amount of hash....i have only found that wet leaf produces a wetter hash...more pliable, whereas the dry leaf hash is a powdery hash...BOTH are highly potent 2thumbs

as for how much.....i had 2 big green garbage bags...both just under half full

each half bag produced about 17 grams each

another factor when thinking about how much you produce is how much you smoke....bubblehash is smoked in small quantities with a DEEP stone....you need very little (less than a half gram) for a full body and mind high 2thumbs

[LdyLunatic]

I wanna be ready for this tutorial.
Can we have a prop inventory?

Please miss?

:lock: [/CENTER]


i will be sure to take pics of everything.....from start to finish....starting with all props and hopefully i will also get all questions answered with a pictoral thread

as far as weed to use....you can throw in any green....dry, wet, good or bunk....this method extracts only 100% PURE smoke....all that is left in the first bag is all the garbage we don't need to get high

*expecting to be brewing after next trim...approximately feb 1st* (i know, i know.....the anticipation...:D )

[CB]

*expecting to be brewing after next trim...approximately feb 1st* (i know, i know.....the anticipation...:D )

wouldnt feb the 7th be better:p

[Shadows]

Factors that affect yield on hash

1- Bag micron sizes.
2- strain
3- amount of time material is beaten
4- material type - buds or leaf matter
5- how cold the water is during the ice extraction

I'll be making up a small batch using a shop vac premium cloth filter tonight or tomorrow night to have new years hash. It'll be a small yield, but enough to get me and the wife lit up all night.

hey, for those that havnt seen yet, we get a leap second this year. 2005 will be 1 second longer then last year. damn mathmaticians, can't leave well enough alone....

[Mr Burns]

2005 will be 1 second longer then last year

Do we stand and salute during this minute?

As for leaf matter, I threw away the big fan leaves and only kept the sweet and sub sweet leaf. I've also kept the stems but they're seperated as I'm not sure whether these go into the 'expensive' hash bags?

[Shadows]

Stems bring up an interesting point, I have a 2qt bowl full of 2" pieces of stems. I'll try a run using only them and see how that goes also.

[Mr Burns]

Be interesting ND. Seeing the cost of the bags, I kept them bits seperate.

[LdyLunatic]

would that be your birthday CB?? :p who knows exactly....but if we can do it up on your b-day that would rock 2thumbs

burns....yeah i try to keep the hard sticks and stems out....the screens though are VERY tough and durable....i am still amazed at the quality :cool: but better IMO to be safe and keep the hard stuff out of my screens

one mistake made that will RUIN your screens is washing them with WARM or HOT water....ALWAYS ALWAYS cold ...warm water melts the trichomes and clogs the screen :eek:

[Shadows]

You havnt seen my bags huh burnsy? LOL, cheap and it works. The main strainer bag is just a Painters strainer, found at lowes in the paint isle. It is an actual bag, not a plastic strainer. Thats for filtering the large particles, like stems out ( 2.00 dollars). The filter for catching the goodness is a premium cloth shop vac filter(7.00 dollars). I only get 1 grade of hash out of it, but once dried and allowed a bit of time to cure, it'll knock your 'D' in the 'd'.

[drumin]

Hey, I looked at the website for this guy Geezer and he doesn't look like he has a variety of bag sizes. Does anyone have a source for ice-hash-bags? The bubble bags look nice but 125.00 for 1gallon bags... ouch.

[buzzmobile]

Assortment of 5 gal. sizes (http://www.filterbag.com/kit.html) I have a set of these bags and they work well.
:D

[drumin]

You da mang! :hug:

[buzzmobile]

Be sure to label the micron sizes on your bags before you remove the factory tags. I used a permanent marker and wrote the size on the seam tape.

I use a bungee cord to secure the top of the bag to the bucket.

The two smallest micron bags came without binding tape on one edge. Be sure to singe the unseamed edge with a lighter to melt the fibers to prevent them from coming apart and leaving tiny fibers in your hash.
:D

[drumin]

Got my bags today, can't wait for my garden plants to finish so I can make some nice hash!! :jam:

BM, mine came with the binding tape on all bags. Thanks again for turning me on to them. :share:

[buzzmobile]

Enjoy the hash.:D

[drumin]

I thought I would file a report on these bags. They do the trick but I'm not so sure they are worth the savings. First off they are tapered so they don't fin inside the bucket well. The biggest flaw is that the seam runs across the bottom and getting your product out of the stitching or the edges of the seam tape. If you look at the Bubble brand bags you'll see they have a nice draw string at the top and the bottom of the bag is flat and round like a 5 gal bucket with the seam up higher and around the edge of the bag so your product is right there on a flat part of screen and easy to get at.

Other than that they work fine, take a bit more effort but the end result is the same. I'm sure these bags aren't specifically designed for the task at hand... if you can sew you could remove the stitching, cut one side of the bag in a circle and sew it to some nylon fabric and make better functioning bags.

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6149&stc=1&d=1160404980

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6150&stc=1&d=1160405184

[LdyLunatic]

thanks for the report on the bags drumin :)

i used to have the bubbleman bags......LOVED them ...and have just recently bought myself some new bags....but went with XXXtractor this time

i have yet to use them....but have noticed they have "improved" their bags

they used to be the same as the bubbleman....but now have a new style screen....heres a pic

http://www.xxxtractor.com/fr/images/bags_gry_french.gif

notice they are almost like a "basket filter" from a coffee machine....i am praying that i don't run into the same trouble as you with the stuff getting in the seam :rolleyes:

report on how well they work after the next harvest :cool:

[sombro]

you sure that a pair of childs swimming trunks didn't sneak into your photos drumin?

[drumin]

LOL... maybe that's what makes them work better!! :rotf:

[sombro]

mine look more like boxers, just got them today.