NOTE: The most easy to find solvent for the extraction of the THC from the plant matter, is denatured alcohol which is ethyl alcohol that has been made Poisson with methanol (sunny side is a good brand of denatured alcohol). Methanol can cause blindness and death ! So don’t drink this stuff, and make sure when you separate the layers as described later on in this process, you don’t get any of the alcohol solvent layer in with the toluene layer.

Well, now that we have gathered all these solvents and glass ware, we will have some of the best hash oil in about 8 hours that you will ever find. So on to the process of extracting and izmerizing the cannabis essence.

STEP #1
You must dry your plant matter to a state where it will crumble into a fine powder.

TIP use your microwave oven, heat the plant matter for 1 to 2 min at a time then let cool, do this till it is completely dry. To crumble the plant matter, place it in a 1 gallon plastic zip-lock bag and proceed to crush it with your hands. This works very well.

STEP #2
Place the powdered plant matter into your 500 Ml flat-bottomed flask.

STEP #3
Add enough denatured alcohol solvent to completely cover the plant matter, so that it floats freely in the solvent.

STEP #4
Connect your condenser to the flask. (Connecting the condenser to a water source).

STEP #5
Now, slowly heat the solvent / plant matter to reflux. Let this reflux for about two hours.

Note: see the Watcher’s Chemistry Works for information on performing a reflux.

STEP #6
Turn the heat off your reflux equipment, let every thing cool down to room temperature.

STEP #7
Remove the condenser from the flask.

STEP #8
Now add your sulfuric acid to the solvent / plant matter solution, use one drop sulfuric acid per 50 ML solvent used.

STEP #9
Replace your condenser to your flask and heat to reflux once more, leave it at reflux for 4 more hours.

Note: this is where all the magic takes place.

STEP #10
turn off heat, let every thing cool to room temperature.

Note: The alcohol will have a dark black color at this point, it will seem to be almost thick.