I'm not sure if he is 12 years old or 49, but he sure knows what he's talking about

Good information but also pretty clear this company doesn't supply CO2 equipment, hence the fairly clear bias against CO2 technologies. Its important to remember for ethanol and hydrocarbon extraction that its not only the equipment that has to be build to the explosion safety requirements for the solvent but the entire environment and even the building the equipment is placed in. Although cost of equipment may be lower for ethanol and hydrocarbon extraction systems you may find yourself paying for this in your building design. However, he is correct that even if you use CO2 you will find yourself using large amounts of ethanol during the winterization process so the explosion requirements will likely still apply if you choose CO2 extraction. Not:, i don't sell equipment I use it, and all technologies have their benefits and drawbacks. I am in R&D for a medicinal cannabis company specializing in the extraction and purification process. Take caution when receiving advice from manufacturers especially if they dont sell the full suite of extraction technologies (CO@, ethanol, hydrocarbon).

Well done. Professional and well spoken. Explanations were made easy to understand without going over board in simplicity.

Thank you! Finally a company that cares about this as much as I do. The fact that this company is asking these tough questions that I grill ppl on as a customer is amazing.

I think you can learn more about CBD from Weedborn.

Id much rather hear him then the background music :)

is that one off those 4 color pens in your pocket? I always wanted one but was never smart enough....

Wow, I just sat and watched the whole 14 mins and found it interesting and learnt some things. This guy is great.

It's rare for a person to have the scientific knowledge and ability that Mr. Tennant has and to also possess the ability to simplify the explanation so that the non-scientist can understand and learn. I was looking for exactly what was presented - what the difference is between CO2 and solvent extraction -- and is CO2 safer. Safer meaning many companies market their CBD saying that CO2 is the safest and all processes with solvents are unsafe because of residuals that are then contained in the final product. Thank you for such an informative presentation and for addressing some of the myths that have been generated in the field. Now I'm on to learning about Propylene Glycol vs Vegetable Glycol

Watching this while tripping on acid. Thank you so much for posting this dude. Couldnt imagine how much engineering goes into producing wax. Fascinating

Awesome overview!! This is why Precision is the industry leader in extraction equipment and technology!

I really like how professional this was. A lot of important info that you don't always hear about. Ty.

As a ChemE, very well done! Explanations using common language and logic to explain every step.

Cool stuff. Thanks. I use 151 rum to make a cannabis tincture is small personal-size batches. I bake the flowers first before combining with the ethanol in a small pickle jar. The baking, if done correctly, decarboxylates the flowers and gets rid of the chlorophyll. I leave the cannabis in the jar with the ethanol and spoon out whatever dose I desire. When the potency drops, I drain the ethanol and run the leftover plant matter through a potato ricer to extract whatever goodness remains. I used to use 151 Everclear, but I can no longer get that in California. I have been able to make an ounce of flowers last 16 weeks with this method. Great pain remedy.

New drinking game... Down a shot every time he says 'right' 🤣 Seriously though, a: don't try this drinking game; and b: thanks for the explainer Nick. I like your videos as they have the right balance of geek vs practical, for my tastes anyway.

Take a hit every time he says "RIGHT"

Really clear, thank you. And I love this guy and his four-colour clicky pen.

You guys either had a really great video editor or that dude is really knowledgeable in the subject!

Such a great explanation of the extraction process! Thanks!

Very Clear, easy to follow, well-spoken and nicely explained. I enjoyed every minute. Many thanks!

14 minutes I was happy to spend learning = great job !

Nick Tennant is a very impressive young man. The information was delivered coherently and the complicated processes simplified to a degree that it was easily understandable. I rarely comment on videos but this presentation was great. I understand that there are now extractors using Nitrogen as the solvent, any opinions?

very clear and professional explanation...thumb up

dude in one 14 min vid you explained things that took me a years worth of vid watching thanks and where were you a year ogo

This is the best video I’ve found, I’m in Mexico but is always better to search information in inglish, you explained everything I needed. I have a doubt, in the video the oil looks thick, if I want to use it in a more liquid form, what solvent can I use or what can I add to the final extraction?

I think I love you. Thank you for being so concise & education-focused! Very helpful.

Great video, a very good sumarize of CO2 and ethanol extraction considering the industry challenges, costs, efficiency and scalable volumes. Thank you .

I was just diagnosed with head and neck cancer for the second time. I am rejecting medical methods this time around. I am going to attempt to shrink my tumor naturally and at least maintain a quality of life that will not be possible if I were to go through the surgical plan they laid out for me. I need help finding researchers and organizations that might aid me in my battle against cancer. I have an incredible will. I just need a little direction and support. Any suggestions or contacts you could recommend would be a great comfort. I am at the beginning of this journey, I was diagnosed on the 19th of July. I am open to all suggestions. Thank you, you do amazing work.

Right count: over 5000

Great explanation, I believe you will do better and better, bigger and bigger😀. We look forward to the opportunity to offer you our molecular distillation and other laboratory equipment in the future.

One hell of a lab for making concentrates

Thank you Nick- Great job explaining - Can you isolate certain cannabinoids during supercritical extraction or any extraction method like CBGA?

You're very well educated! Hats off! Very well done to teach it. Hope it all results in more than expected!

Hallmark of a good teacher. Excellent !

Great info! Very smart guy, explanations were easy to understand.

Although CO2 is a safer medium (being non-flammable), I find that using excellent ventilation and glass containers for collection that butane is better for the extraction. A simple rig made of thick glass or PVC to hold the cannabis, coffee, sassafras root or vanilla beans for extraction is cost effective and easy to maintain and produces a pure product with good flavor.

I’m glad I got smarter after watching this

As far as the common misconception regarding residual butane in the final product... Wouldn't it be possible that impurities from that butane would still be in the final product? What if there are impurities in the butane which are not capable of evaporating at the same temperatures used in the purging process?

damn bro i had to look up like 14 words but this shit was cool. its crazy how they have all this figured out in the background. i really dont think too much about everything it takes to bring something to use for a large amount of people

Trichomes are resin excretions from the resin glands in the plant.

New party game is to take a dab rip every time he says right. I’ve been trying this for 3 years and cannot finish the video

The best video I have seen on this subject

Extremely well explained. Thank you

Great video but unfortunately the background music is very distracting.

super informative here sir...i came on here to look for a friend.

Thanks alot for taking the time to educate us....much appreciated

Right?

Would transesterification solve the the ethanol problem in your opinion ? As in removing trace solvent from the end product ?

Great Nick. a lot of misconception of ethanol as solvent has been nicely addressed.

Interesting concept , chilled Alcohol as a solvent. I used to build Ultra Low Temp liquid chillers for PC overclocking. loved it so much I took 2 years of HVAC during collage. Ironically my prefered coolants were Methanol for below -60f, and Ethanol between -60 to -0 as its not toxic like the Methy. Still have a bunch of new unopened Copeland 1/3 HP R410a compressors w condenser's, TXV's, All Brass Taco- circulating pumps, flow sensors etc. Maybe I should build/sell some for this instead HRMMMM...seriously.

Great insight into the industry , Currently extracting via Ethanol and it is great to broaden my knowledge of extraction through this video. Thanks!

Any traning program is going on ? I would like to get training for extraction please provide detail

Thank's again Nick once again the knowledge is on point 👍👍👍👍👍

Wow! Nice presentation thanks for the info

Right now I have a few 5 gallon buckets of 99.9% Isopropyl alcohol that was used to soak a bunch of scrap herbs. It's nice and filtered. Figure I'll run it through my moonshine still until I have a few gallons of extract in the still and about 6gallons of recycled solvent. From there I'll be mixing the concentrated extract with activated charcoal and refiltering it through a fine mesh nylon bag and allowing it to thoroughly dry. As in a few weeks. The activated charcoal removes all of the chlorophyl making it clear instead of green BTW. Later, I'll do a room temp rinse with acetone and keep the acetone layer and dump the rest which is just wax and crud. This doubles the potentcy easily. From there I'll dry out the acetone thoroughly as in a a few days and bake it in the oven at 210 f several hours to purge any remaining solvent. Then I'll probably redissolve it in methanol and pour it all into a smaller glass baking pan and once that's dried it's basically shatter without any solvent residue. It takes forever but is low budget and effective. The results are as good as BHO extract. i've taken the final methanol stage and dried it in cotton balls and used them for a BHO extract with no improvements to it at all. It was pure already.

Very interesting 🔥 Learned a lot in this video ✊🏼🔥🔥

Absolutely awesome video. Thank you so much for clearing the air around what's safe to use for extraction. Im just a personal home grown operation for medical purposes. But make a lot of concentrate for my daily use.& have always highly believed in high quality food grade N Tane ( butane ) with purging as you have mentioned I always come out with an extremely high quality product that tastes amazing. Great video.. please keep educating. Its like u said everyone wants to sell a new product with lots of misleading info.

New drinking game...Take a drink every time he says "Right" you'll be fucked up in 5 minutes!!!

These positive comments scare me but also show why it is so easy to mistake your way to the top in the cannabis industry. I see a kid in a lab coat leading the blind. So many mistakes in his presentation but love the polish and shine. Clean cut kid..

Very informative! Thank you for making this video

Super informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge..

Well spoken, evidently correct. Nice job!

I live in southern Oregon would love to work with you guys great video i work at a lab and can educate customers on your equipment hemp is booming here in southern Oregon

Basically the speaker is advocating Butanol as the best way to extract from Hemp material compared to all other technologies and secondly marketing their expertise in fabrication and design on how to overcome problems in butanol extraction. Right ?

Very informative, but I would be able to pay attention more effectively if the background music were absent, quieter, or just a less distracting tune.

Excellent, science-founded information. Thank you very much 👍👏👏👏

I was VERY IMPRESSED!

That is a massive lab you sir are doing good for yourself...and you do a great job explaining it ...you know what's up

good vid dude keep up the good work with more ones on cool things

Bro your videos are so helpful

You explained it wrong Buddy :) Co2 is not like solvent percolation , At Supercritical state Co2 diffuses into cell structure of plant material and carries away oil which can selectively extracted at separation stage plus Co2 extracts are safe as they dont have solvent residues . Also the Operational cost for Co2 Extraction is really low as it can be reused repeatedly and wastage is max 1% per batch

Is water hash solventless even tho water is a solvent ?

Ty 4 this lesson brother awesomeness

Yes you are right sir

Question: If you are purging out the solvents in the end through decarboxilation or distillation, aren't you also altering the terpenes and cannabinoids you just extracted by "cooking" them to some degree?

This guy is Dougie Houser. I use Everclear (190 proof) but I only do for myself. I think what I will try is water cure first and drying and then the Everclear. If I can get rid of some of the chlorophyll that would be a good thing. RSO is the whole plant and he says get everything you can out of the plant. This once I will do it differently and see what I get.

What about hexane extraction

I'm digging the music in the background lol

CO2 is not a weak solvent. It is not being used properly due to the expense and difficulty to use it. A true liquid phase solvent that matches the polarity of your target while still being able to boast of a 100F lower boiling point than your target is what you use. Does not matter what media, political controversy or market strategy is used to change your mind. You cannot change molecular physics. Boiling point of the solvent and Polarity are the criteria for choosing a solvent. Cost and safety come into play as well. Safety is about flammability but labs are equipped for that and is an acceptable mitigated risk now so cost is the number one factor. Solvents with boiling points that do not go so far far below the boiling point of the target are going to be easier and cheaper to boil away. Cost to boil/recover solvent and replace them if the systems leaks them out is the constant cost that haunts you after you buy a extraction system. Matching solvent boiling point and polarity to the targets is what makes the solvent and system work or not. Being able to modify that solvent used to adapt to a new target is what makes it work even better. Extraction is not the time to be fucking around with creating a finish on the output. We are all adept in post processing by now or should be. Forget about cold super fast extractions to create vape pen oil. As the scale goes up so do the risk involved in losses to efficiency when extracting. You cannot afford to throw 20% away in your plant column every time you empty it. Get it all out and focus on post processing to refine into marketable products. Hell we dont even make tea or coffee with fast cold processes. We use heat and time and when it comes to the expense of loading a column or making products we should be using heat, contact time and 2-3 solvents with varying polarity as well. Still in their infancy.

Definitely know whats going on.. Great video

Very helpful information thank you! truly know your chemistry, very impressive !

How can I get -100 degrees F? Peltier? Most hvac compressor oil won't work that cold.

No wonder the cost of edibles has gone up so much. I started out on Medical MJ, and then when it became legal my cost went up almost 100% because everyone wanted to extract their pound of flesh. Your business is a prime example because the engineering of those systems you've shown us sitting in your warehouse are extremely expensive, so every grower and/or manufacturer of edibles must absorb some of the cost up front but, we on the retail end of the supply chain are being killed financially. I had to start growing my own. In our state of Ca. we can grow up to six plants, and now with my NugSmasher I will be making my own edibles.

sir some chlrophyll are also non polar which can dissolve in hydrocarbon

I was using a cbd oil that uses Co2 extraction. I found one a little expensive. I asked what their extraction method was and this is what they told me.. Can you explain this? Is ethanol safer?.."The extraction method is cold ethanol. The ethanol is then reclaimed."

Great explanation

Awesome! Great, simple, explanation!!

I have a question, in the machine they put the whole cannabis plant or they only add certain parts of the plant such as the leaves.

Great work You guys

Very informative. which is the best method for producing crystal resistant?

Great informational video! How do you chill the ethanol to -40 C? Cold rooms?

maybe you should use butane as it is the best extraction technique for non polar extraction.....right.

what the hell is w\ the music in the background? it's distracting and enhances nothing - this guy is good all on his own

Great presentation and very informative.

Gonna be trying this summer, great info here! Thanks bud! One question. . Would kerosene work as a solvent? Perhaps it's not clean enough, just cheap and easy to get

Very informative... Thx

Very informative.thanks

Does isopropyl alcohol evaporate off without leaving anything behind like ethanol?

You are incorrect on a hydrocarbon extraction having zero PPM residual solvents. I see test results regularly showing residual solvents. Yes the results are below legal limits set by the states but the results don't back your statement of hydrocarbon extractions having a zero PPM result. At least not every single time... Maybe a quarter of the time at best.