Extraction Root's MyRosinPress

[Ozone69]

We have found that putting the paper on frozen bacon (although any frozen solid surface would work) makes it easier to work the resin.

Someone, forget who, came up with the idea to use those plastic freezable ice packs for coolers under a round cake pan for a work surface. I like to use a cast iron tortilla press that I store in the freezer and keep the packets I've pressed all in it until I'm ready to scrape 'em. Cold definitely helps with the rosin retrieval process. Never would have thought of bacon, though..... clever solution.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

The cake pans work like a charm when the rosin is too oily to pick-up at room temperature. Some rosin picks-up easily at room temperature others not so much. If it gets too cold it becomes brittle - glass like and can shatter. So there is a happy medium you just have to fool around with it. The cold packs in the cake pans are held touching the inner surfaces by sandwiching a towel in there with them. I can pick-up rosin for about 45 minutes off of the pie tins before they start to warm up too much. I just keep these in the freezer all of the time.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Needless to say we've been pretty baked over here lol.

It really puts a crimp in the experimenting when you cannot remember what you were trying to do.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

It really puts a crimp in the experimenting when you cannot remember what you were trying to do.

Nah just makes it more exciting We ran almost a pound through one of my other press before my buddy and I had the conversation "should we grab a notebook and write some of this down?"

 

[Son of Hobbes]

The cake pans work like a charm when the rosin is too oily to pick-up at room temperature. Some rosin picks-up easily at room temperature others not so much. If it gets too cold it becomes brittle - glass like and can shatter. So there is a happy medium you just have to fool around with it. The cold packs in the cake pans are held touching the inner surfaces by sandwiching a towel in there with them. I can pick-up rosin for about 45 minutes off of the pie tins before they start to warm up too much. I just keep these in the freezer all of the time.

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We were told the cheap ceramic tiles from Home Depot work well too (and you get sample tiles for next to nothing.) We started using a frozen package of bacon (lol), seriously works very well! Put the parchment on top and work the rosin while it's pressing against the frozen bacon, and it shatters like glass. Plus you get to make bacon afterwards.

Edit* Oh yeah see she put up a pic!

 

[Root]

If you missed the Live broadcast with MyRosinPress today, you can listen to the showreel recording http://mixlr.com/the-autoflower-network/showreel/

 

[lunarman]

I find pressing at a lower temp for longer gives me better looking rosin (less green chlorophyll) and it tastes better too. So far my limited pressing is just one strain and I get best rosin at 190F for 2.25 minutes. I also find the rosin is easier to lift off the parchment paper when pressed at a lower temp. It is more like butter when done at a lower temp. If done at a higher temp its more like sticky syrup and its hard to pick up. I don't think the yields are as good at a lower temp, but I don't care about yield. I care about quality all the way.

I also find the parchment paper itself makes a big difference in how easy it is to pickup. I have used 3 kinds so far. One was the kirkland costco brand which was just ok. The brand If You Care is really good. And it comes in a roll or sheets. Get the sheets if you want to save time. I love these sheets. Really worked better than the Costco parchment.

Also use an upward picking motion with the tool instead of just a scraping motion. The upward motion really helps. As does getting some sticky rosin on the tool and let that sticky stuff work for you. It will help to lift up other rosin. Its kind of hard to explain.

And I keep a glass of ice water handy and dip the tool in it every time I'm pulling rosin up off the parchment. Just shake the cold water off the tool and then go get some rosin.

Good to see some testing and reviews of rosin presses. And sharing of knowledge etc. And its good to see an affordable rosin press on the market that is not Chinese stuff via amazon.

 

[McDee]

I find pressing at a lower temp for longer gives me better looking rosin (less green chlorophyll) and it tastes better too. So far my limited pressing is just one strain and I get best rosin at 190F for 2.25 minutes. I also find the rosin is easier to lift off the parchment paper when pressed at a lower temp. It is more like butter when done at a lower temp. If done at a higher temp its more like sticky syrup and its hard to pick up. I don't think the yields are as good at a lower temp, but I don't care about yield. I care about quality all the way.

I also find the parchment paper itself makes a big difference in how easy it is to pickup. I have used 3 kinds so far. One was the kirkland costco brand which was just ok. The brand If You Care is really good. And it comes in a roll or sheets. Get the sheets if you want to save time. I love these sheets. Really worked better than the Costco parchment.

Also use an upward picking motion with the tool instead of just a scraping motion. The upward motion really helps. As does getting some sticky rosin on the tool and let that sticky stuff work for you. It will help to lift up other rosin. Its kind of hard to explain.

And I keep a glass of ice water handy and dip the tool in it every time I'm pulling rosin up off the parchment. Just shake the cold water off the tool and then go get some rosin.

Good to see some testing and reviews of rosin presses. And sharing of knowledge etc. And its good to see an affordable rosin press on the market that is not Chinese stuff via amazon.

I use to use the roll, but these are much easier to use. 3 packs at Walmart is under $10 so what's that 66 press for 9 something. Roll can be a pain at the end just pull a sheet and ready to press. Grids help keep it centered under the press to

 

[bushmasterar15]

I use to use the roll, but these are much easier to use. 3 packs at Walmart is under $10 so what's that 66 press for 9 something. Roll can be a pain at the end just pull a sheet and ready to press. Grids help keep it centered under the press to

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Thanks for posting, I'm gonna have to check if our store has them.

 

[Eekman]

The cake pans work like a charm when the rosin is too oily to pick-up at room temperature. Some rosin picks-up easily at room temperature others not so much. If it gets too cold it becomes brittle - glass like and can shatter. So there is a happy medium you just have to fool around with it. The cold packs in the cake pans are held touching the inner surfaces by sandwiching a towel in there with them. I can pick-up rosin for about 45 minutes off of the pie tins before they start to warm up too much. I just keep these in the freezer all of the time.

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