What do you think about buying Rosin heat press?

What is Rosin?

Rosin is a simple but powerful method for cannabis oil extraction. Originally, the technique was developed for a wholly different purpose-the lubrication of violin bows.

Rosin works through the application of heat and pressure, and may be used on flowers, kief, or hash. Is rosin the same as shatter? The resulting product can be quite similar, and can certainly rival shatter in terms of quality. Indeed, it may be far more pure.

The problem with other extraction methods is that they require you to introduce propane, butane, or other light hydrocarbons into your cannabis while you are processing it. Once initial processing is complete, these impurities remain, so you must then subject the product to a further purge process.

Even after that is complete, chances are good there will still be some leftover hydrocarbons in your cannabis oil. Needless to say, that is not something you want to put in your body.

The rosin press removes the hydrocarbons from the picture entirely. Since they are never introduced in the first place, there is no need to purify your oil afterward-it is already pure.

In all other respects, the product the rosin press produces is virtually impossible to tell apart from shatter. It has the same clear, amber-like appearance, and it is comparable in terms of scent as well as flavor. It also is just as rich in terpenes.

Different Types of Rosin Presses

There are actually a number of different types of rosin presses which you can make or buy.

• DIY Rosin Press: If you have a hair straightener and a clamp, believe it or not, that is all you really need to make a basic rosin press. You also need some parchment paper, a tool to use to collect the oil, and gloves to protect your hands from the heat. Alternately, you can modify a hydraulic shop press by adding heat plates and use that instead.
• Manual Rosin Press: If you want to keep operation simple and costs down low, consider purchasing a manual press. These devices tend to be smaller than their hydraulic counterparts (see below), so they offer the advantage of portability. You operate them using a hand crank.
• Hydraulic Rosin Press: With this type of press, you use a hand pump to produce hydraulic pressure. They are reasonably portable, and offer a kind of "in-between" option between a manual and pneumatic press.
• Pneumatic Rosin Press: This type of press is basically like a hydraulic press, but it includes an extra feature in the form of an air compressor. This frees you from manual labor. There is no cranking and no pumping. You can adjust the pressure level precisely just by pressing a button. Because of the air compressor, portability is limited.
• Electric Rosin Press: This type of press gets you away from pumps and compressors altogether. Powered through a basic wall outlet, the electric rosin press offers convenience and ease of use and is ideal for processing large batches.
• Hybrid Rosin Press: This type of rosin press is designed for large scale commercial use, and offers ultimate flexibility. It can run pneumatically or electronically, or you have the option of using a pump manually if you prefer.

How Does Rosin Work?

The complete rosin process requires three main components: heat, pressure, and time. The simplicity of this means that you can make rosin with a hairdryer, and some heat resistant safety equipment.

When you expose your base material to heat and pressure, it produces resin. Unlike BHO and other products, you only need the base material and the equipment, not any additional chemicals to create a product. Those additional chemicals require a purge to give you a consumable product, while rosin made resin is clean from the get-go.

Beyond just the time and cleanliness benefits, the resin produced from rosin processing is roughly the same as BHO or shatter. The amount of flavor and aroma is near indistinguishable, just without any residual hydrocarbons in the product.

While the simplicity makes it appealing for those who make their products, resins have also become a common item in stock for legal markets.

You may be able to conduct rosin processing with some simple DIY equipment. But that doesn't mean that technical advances aren't on the rise. Rosin presses are the next step to producing more substantial amounts of high-quality resin. The market is just in its beginning phases, but the popularity of resin processing is increasing. Bringing presses to the forefront.

Yield Amount

While a hair dryer can provide the heat and pressure needed for resin production well enough. It still only covers a small amount of area. Rosin presses offer a larger area for base flowers and hash to be put in. Meaning you can get a lot more resin without having to clench that hair dryer for too long.

Heat Control

The temperature of your press can affect the resulting resin.

Lower temperatures (from 150°F to 220°F) will provide a resin that has a honey-like substance. Overall, you'll get less product yield, but have a better flavor and more preserved terpenes and cannabinoids.

Higher temperatures (from 220°F to 250°F) make a more sap-like resin. Using more heat burns up more terpenes and cannabinoids. Giving you a less stable product, but there is more yield as a trade-off.

The temperature needed to produce resin varies based on the amount of pressure the press can provide. But there's not much need for the temperature to exceed 300°F. Rosin presses can give you more precise heat control to get a better quality of the product.

Pressure

Unlike the specific temperature ranges for product results, there are less precise pressure requirements. Reaching around 1333 psi serves as a reliable baseline.

With a resin press, you'll have far more consistent and better levels of pressure. Then you would with that DIY hair dryer method.