DIY Ways to Make Shatter in Kitchener

If you love weed, you must be familiar with shatter. It is popular because of its high potency. You should definitely choose shatter if you want to smoke something that retains the plant’s flavours and provides a high concentration of THC.

You can buy shatter from an online dispensary in Canada, or you can make it yourself. In this article, we will tell you everything on how you can make your own shatter.

When the shatter is made commercially, it creates a great product. It is done using butane and hydrocarbon extraction equipment.

We will be discussing the Butane hash oil (BHO) method.

So, without further ado, let’s dive in!

Concentration Extraction Methods

There are two types of techniques that the manufacturers use, and they are:

• Solvent-based extraction method
• Solventless extractions method

In the Solvent-based extractions method, butane, propane, carbon dioxide and ethanol are used to dissolve the cannabinoids and terpenes.

The solventless extraction method doesn’t use the solvents as the name says. It uses fine mesh screens. Or, it could use the pressing machine to provide the heat and pressure to extract the plant’s trichome resin.

Supplies you would need

First and foremost, you’d need the supplies to get started. It includes:

1. Uncut marijuana
2. Extraction tube
3. Butane canister
4. Coffee filter
5. Electric range and double boiler
6. Pyrex dish which would help in collecting the shatter
7. Strips of parchment paper
8. Razor blades

How to make shatter

When you have all the supplies ready, you’re ready to start the process of making the shatter. Make sure that the weed is dry and not too fresh. If your buds are too laden, you could produce a good amount of concentrate.

Step-1 Fill the extractor with marijuana

The “honey oil” extractors, which you can get from the head shops, have to be filled with the pot. However, if you don’t have it, then you can make it by yourself as well.

Step-2 Saturate marijuana with butane

Now, you need to gradually and carefully spray the butane from the hole present at the top to get the concentrated marijuana. You should keep spraying until the canister is empty. You’d see a thick green-gray brown oil coming from the bottom hole and getting into the pyrex container.

Step-3 Evaporate off the butane

This step could be dangerous, so be careful. You’d need to fill up the double boiler and keep it on the hot electric range. Beware! Do not use the gas stove. After that, you have to keep the pyrex container at the top of the boiler, and the liquid would start evaporating. You’d get the shatter now.

Step-4 Purge remaining butane

At this stage, you’d have the thick, amber shatter. To continue further, you’d have to purge the solvent more before you can consume it. Use the pressurized vac pump to do this. Once done, you’d be left with the pure product.

Step-5 Scrape and store

Finally, you’d need to use the razor blade to scrape the potent concentrates from the bottom of the container and cool it down by placing it on the parchment paper.

Conclusion

Now you know how to make shatter at home. You should go ahead and give it a try. We are sure that you’ll make a great product. A dab rig is one of the most common ways to smoke your shatter. On the other hand, it can also be infused with edibles if you do not have the dab rig.

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