Tools

It is not difficult to make your own cannabis oil with THC using warm extraction, provided you have the right tools. You will need: the 'cannolator complete', a scale, cannabis and drinkable alcohol (unfortunately the last two are not for sale through us).

The 'cannolator complete' contains:

-A cannolator as standard
-Two heat resistant glass tubes
-Measuring cup (250 ml)
-Three pipette bottles (10 ml)
-Air pump with tube
- (Baby) bottle warmer
-Long spoon (about 21 cm)
-Cleaning pen
-Instructions

Follow the steps below to make cannabis oil.

Step 0: Gather supplies

In addition to the hardware, you also need ingredients to make cannabis oil. This primarily concerns cannabis buds or cutting waste. The quality is about the same, but cutting waste is a lot cheaper.

Furthermore, you have drinkable alcohol required of approximately 96%. Rest assured, the final product does not contain a drop of alcohol. During one of the steps you use alcohol to loosen the CBD and/or THC from the plant material. In the next step, the alcohol evaporates until not a drop remains.

Step 1: Prepare cannabis buds or trimmings

The first real step is to weigh 20 grams of dried cannabis buds or cutting waste. When you have done that, rub everything fine between your hands until the material fits easily into the glass tube.

Using a teaspoon or dessert spoon, place the finely ground cannabis buds or cutting waste into the glass tube. The cannolators we sell also include a scraper handle that you can use to press the contents properly so that everything goes in properly.

Step 2: Set up instruments

After this, fill the bottle warmer halfway with water. Then set the bottle heater to the highest setting.

Now put the glass measuring cup in the bottle warmer and place it under the glass tube that is in the metal construction.

After this, hang the tube of the air pump at the top of the measuring cup. This will speed up the evaporation process.

Step 3: Add alcohol for the extraction

The amount of alcohol you will need is six times the weight of the cannabis buds or cutting waste used. So if you are using 20 grams of cannabis buds / cutting waste, you will need 120 ml of alcohol (20 x 6 = 120).

Pour the correct amount of alcohol on top of the plant material in the glass tube. The alcohol ensures that the cannabinoids (including CBD and THC) are released from the rest of the material.

Step 4: Let alcohol evaporate

Now the alcohol starts to evaporate. This can take a while. The drinkable alcohol also contains 4% water. This will be the last to evaporate.

If the water has largely evaporated after the alcohol, small air bubbles will form. Then let the process continue for a while. When no more new air bubbles are formed and the oil remains smooth, the process is finished.

When you have followed all the steps correctly, your oil will be ready after approximately 2 hours. You then have 2 grams of cannabis oil with a high concentration of CBD and / or THC.

Alcohol through cannolator extraction tube

Step 5: Dilute concentrated cannabis oil

To enable an exact dosage, you will now dilute the concentrated cannabis oil/paste with hemp seed oil or olive oil. If you use hemp seed oil for this, you have the advantage that everything in the end product comes from the same raw material: the cannabis plant.

Dilution is done as follows: fill a 10 ml pipette bottle with organic hemp seed oil or organic olive oil. Then pour this into the measuring cup with the concentrated cannabis oil/paste. After this it is a matter of stirring well for a few minutes. Tip: heating the mixture slightly while stirring makes mixing easier. Then pour the still warm mixture back into the pipette bottle.

Step 6: Using cannabis oil

If you keep cannabis oil in the refrigerator, it can keep for years. A shelf life of approximately 12 months applies at room temperature.

Drip the cannabis oil under your tongue and swallow after 1 minute. Always start with a low dosage of, for example, 1 drop. Increase the dosage by 1 drop per day until the desired effect is achieved.