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- How To Guide
5 or 20 gallon bucket (depending on your kit)
Water
Bag of Ice Cubes
Small Spoon or Spatula (for scraping the good stuff off !)
Large spoon (for mixing the ice/leaf material in bucket)
Mixer / Blender (hand-held food mixer or drill with paint mixer)
Fully dried then frozen leaf and trim material (keep in freezer
until use)
Small clean cloth/towel for blotting
- Ensure the
bucket is clean.
- Place the bags
into the bucket in order (#1 first, #2 second followed by #3).
#3 is the coarsest mesh for the 3-bag kits and #5 for the 5-bag
kits. Ensure that the color side is what you see in the bucket
– not the backing.
- Fill the
bucket with COLD water. As cold as you can get it ! Fill to
within 3 inches of the top.
- Add your ice
to the cold water. Ensure you add enough that it will not melt
too quickly. You need to be able to keep the ice from
disappearing for about 1 hour while you complete the entire
process. You can also add additional ice during the process to
replace melted ice.
- The leaf &
trim should be FULLY DRIED and kept in the freezer until
required. Put a generous amount (up to ˝ lb) of leaf & trim
material into the water/ice.
- Use the mixer
and fully mix the water, leaf material and ice for 15-20
minutes. This will ensure all of the good stuff is knocked off
the trim / bud. Use a large spoon to scrape the material away
from the sides. This will avoid the bags getting tangled with
the beaters. You can also use the spoon to stir the material
from top to bottom and mix it about.
 
- Once you have
completed mixing, let the mixture stand for 30 minutes. Do not
disturb during this process.
- Now that it
has settled completely, carefully pull out the first bag (will
be #3 or #5 that you put into the bucket). Be careful not to
spill and let it drain completely back into the bucket
containing the other bags. The draining can be assisted by
carefully squeezing the bag.
- Now the bag
has been drained which contains all the green leaf & stem
material. I usually run mine through twice and perhaps 3 times
as I usually use a lot of small bud in my mix. If you want to
run through again, put the material aside in the freezer in a
plastic bag to keep cool but you will have to restart the
process immediately after finishing this process so it does not
turn into a block of ice.
- If you are not
going to process a 2nd or 3rd time,
dispose of the green material and clean the bag immediately
after removing the material within. Ensure you clean carefully
and get all of the bits and pieces out. It works best to clean
inside out. Once clean, set aside somewhere to dry ensuring
that it is fully open to the air and not folded in any way.
- Now that the
‘green’ bag has been cleaned and put aside for drying, the
solution has had a bit more time to settle. Ensure you allow 15
minutes minimum before starting the next step.
- Now, carefully
remove the next bag from the bucket. Allow the solution to
drain slowly through the bottom of the bags. You can assist in
the draining by lifting and dropping the bag (imagine kids on a
jolly-jumper but less motion :-)) which will cause any material
to lift off the bottom and float around to allow for better
draining. It may take a bit of time to drain. Ensure you drain
back into the bucket containing the remaining bags.
- Once all of
the water has drained through, the next step is to harvest what
has been left behind. Get a small container with a bit of cold
water and wash the insides of the bags gently to gather the hash
together near the center of the bottom of the bag’s mesh.
- Now, get a
plastic bowl or another bucket and stretch the bottom of the bag
over the top keeping it flat & taught.
- Using your
spoon, spatula or similar , carefully scrape off the material
off the bottom as to not damage the mesh and place onto a small
plate for later.
- Clean the bag
the same as first (inside out) but instead wash back into the
bucket so you don't waste anything. Ensure it is fully
cleaned and set aside for drying.
- Now that the
bag has been cleaned and put aside for drying, the solution has
had a bit more time to settle – allow 15 minutes minimum.
- Carefully
remove the next bag from the bucket. Allow the solution to
drain through the bottom of the bags. Again, you can assist in
draining by lifting and dropping the bag. This will take even
longer to drain than the last bag as the holes are even smaller.
- Once all of
the water has drained through, the next step is to harvest what
has been left behind. Follow the same procedure and carefully
pour water inside the bag to collect the hash and harvest the
product. Place onto a small plate for later.
- Clean the bag
the same as the others and put aside for drying.
- This will
complete the 3-bag process. Continue this process until all of
the bags have been removed for the 5-bag system.
- For the 3-bag
system, you will be left with 2 grades of hash with the final
bag you remove containing the better of the two.
- For the 5-bag
system, you will get 4 grades of hash with the final bag being
the best and the subsequent 3 being slightly lesser quality as
you progress from the #2 to #4 bag.
- If you are
running your material through a 2nd or 3rd
time, reuse the water in the bucket, reinsert your bags in
1-2-3 order. Add more ice if required, remix and start back at
step #7.
- Now to
complete the last step. Get the plate with the grades and get
the blotting cloth which came with your kit.
- Carefully put
one of the blobs you harvested onto the centre of the blotting
cloth. Fold the blotting cloth in half, place between a folded
towel and carefully press the water out of the material.
- Unfold and
remove the material which should be reasonably dry. I usually
let it air dry for another 24 hours in a flatter form before I
mould it into a ball or block. You should also wait 24 hours
after making it before you taste test it otherwise it will not
burn properly.
- Repeat this
step again for the other harvest grades.
- Clean the
blotting cloth carefully under warm water and put aside for
drying. You can also clean with a mild detergent if required
but ensure you do not abuse the mesh too much
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That is it
! The product is tastes great, has good potency and I am sure
everyone you know will want some from you !
 
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