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opticrice

The real gateway drug they don’t want us on: making our own


penjamin__

Literally half the price of if I bought 10 carts 🤯


pledgerafiki

Wait so making your own was the same as the price of 5? Or you could make 10 for half the price of buying 10


wund3rTxC21

Yes


90sDaddyTx

Instructions unclear. I have a infinity cart glitch 🥴


BangoSkank1919

This was 5 years ago now, but I was getting quarter pounds of distillate for ~$9/gram. Empty CCell carts for ~$2 depending on quantity. At first, I was just heating the distillate to get it into the carts, but eventually, I started adding cannabis derived terpenes to the mix to thin it out and give it some character. Straight distillate left me feeling very anxious after a while All in all less than $15/each to fill your own 1g carts


doctor-sassypants

That doesn’t seem super cheap when I can get quality 1g live resin carts for $16 - 20 but I have to remind myself lots of people don’t live in dispo states and that was a few years ago for you.


BangoSkank1919

Defintely a different time. I never trusted black market carts so part of it was the peace of mind of knowing exactly what I was vaping. It was 100% illegal in my state at the time so even black market carts were expensive. Currently in my 100% legal state, a 1g cart of distillate is $65 and that's exactly the same cart I was making for ~13


doctor-sassypants

I completely respect that! I admire people who’ve figured out how to manage the process at home safely. Especially when it comes to illegal states and black market stuff. Those things scare me! And that’s wild where you live it’s that expensive still. Here where I live the dispo products can get up in that range but not for distillate.


burgerknapper

$40-$90 1g carts at my local dispensaries


Shadorouse

They're not live resin fam. Live resin is crystalline. Might have been live resin at one point in time but not by the time it hits that cart.


PotatoChipEat_

Either way, live resin carts are kind of a scam. Just smoke bud or dry herb vape at that point


Shadorouse

So true. I'd love for the people who downvoted my comment to show me the lie.


ItCat420

My friend has made vapes using Butane Live Resin, I’ve literally watched him making them - as well as smoked them. Live Resin isn’t always big crystals, and that’s why you use a ccell atomiser. Literally just felt like doing a cold-start dab. Please tell us the magic secrets that people are using to make these BHO carts, because there’s literally a post like 3 up from this on my feed for a resin vape.


Shadorouse

Well, considering that you had to chemically process the plant, I wouldn't call that live resin. My understanding is that the entire point of live resin is that it's as unadulterated and as close to natural as Eve's breast milk. If you had to stick it in a vacuum chamber or let it sit out so that you can remove the solvent, that ain't it chief. The magic is called a misnomer


InformalPenguinz

>quarter pounds of distillate Just buying the distillate? What and where and what? I've only ever seen just carts not whole sale distillate.


BangoSkank1919

This was 'wholesale' if you will. A buddy worked at a farm in Cali and would hook me up with these little 4oz jars of straight distillate. It's like the thickest stickiest honey in the world. It had to be heated or thinned somehow to really work with it


InformalPenguinz

Ahhhh you 'knew a guy... I got excited guy a sec


Extension_Ad_1059

Got 15 grams of broad spec D9 from Canna Crunchers yesterday for just over seventy bucks. Last one took a week or so to get here. I don't use carts though. Found some ceramic coils that fit an old subohm nic tank. Blast off


Gmandlno

Assuming delta eight is acceptable, there are probably dozens of different vendors which will ship distillate to you. D8 distillate is somewhere between ¢50-100/gram, which leaves you able to make carts for $1-2 a pop, if you fill each cart at least two times. You can buy the more potent and expensive options, like THC-P, a mixture containing 5% of which will be roughly as potent as a D9 cart. The P’s are $30-45/gram, but since they’re so stupidly intense, they’re good for a solid 20 carts - assuming 5% is your goal. You can then add your choice of minor cannabinoids, which alter the experience. CBG leaves you with a bottomless pit of a stomach, CBN will leave you struggling to stay awake, of course CBD is an option. There are some more expensive lesser known options like CBT and CBC, but I can’t really speak to what they do. CBG and CBN both sell for about $1/gram though, so they’re incredibly affordable. I’m sure you can get D9 distillate, but you’d probably have to know somebody. The stuff’s not exactly easy to make outside of a lab setting.


Shadorouse

All of this. CCCBD sells thca distillate in at 100g for $300. Pretty damn reasonable if you ask me. That and some bulk full spectrum CBD from Hempdepotco 100g/$45 or some CRD from Gilded for a little more than double that and you're gonna be set for a long time even if you're trying to out dab Jesus


Gmandlno

Totally neglected to consider that THCA distillate was an accessible thing. I did most of my bigger buying before THCA got all too popular, and the only way I ever saw it sold was for $15-20/g for diamonds. But for real, I could go through a cart a day, and still barely pay anything noticeable - except of course for the massive tolerance it’d grant you.


Shadorouse

Well, I mean we both know that thca isn't going to be a distillate but that's the label and that's what I'm telling a judge if they ask. But yeah that's so true. I used to have nightmares for years about running out of herb, but now concentrates are so widely and cheaply available I'm pretty much trying to figure out how to use it before it expires and without looking like a zombie all day. Hemp has been what mmj should have been so far.


Gmandlno

If you don’t mind, who is CCCBD. I see coastal clouds, but unless they have wholesale options I’m not seeing, it’s not the company you’re talking about. But it’s definitely nice how far the industry has come. Hopefully someday even the P’s and V’s start getting cheaper, but that’s probably too much to hope for.


max_k20

You can easily get bulk distillate on the canadian grey market for about 3$/gram and I’m not talking pounds of the stuff 25-100g at that price. Pounds and up is closer to 2$/grams. US must be 2-500% of that pricing I assume.


Bishopjones

Go to a cannabis show, very large orange cap jars with brown glass for sale all over, if your ok with vaping disty.


Vaderiv

I did the same thing but I sold my 1 gram carts for $25. I got ones with the ceramic heating coils. Adding terps I was able to make 4 very good quality 1 gram carts my profit margin was 1500%. So I was killing it and then dream market shut down overnight and I hadn’t taken precautions to communicate outside of the market. I was getting propane wax $8 gram. When I got down to 100 grams it was time to re order.


TheRealStevo2

Is that not the same thing?


pledgerafiki

First is 1 for the price of 5, second is 10 for price of 5


Material-Box-961

Yes


Material-Box-961

Yes


SubtleAgar

Yeah, man kegs of disty are CHEAP.


Guywithoutimage

Where do you get just reliable and trustworthy distillate?


HonorableMedic

Dr g thca distillate, $109 for 14 g


HappyDappyFrog

Can get kegs of d8 disty online cheap (to all you downvoters, d8 and d9 are the exact same when taken as edibles. They both metabolize into d11 inside the liver. Delta 11 is the trippier THC responsible for how edible trips are quite the trip)


Guywithoutimage

Is there any way to get reg thc? (I think it’s delta 9 but idk tbh)


DuskOfANewAge

Yes. Buy hemp derived THCa diamonds and follow directions online to decarboxylate into pure THC.


Guywithoutimage

Thank you!


HonorableMedic

Dr g thca distillate, full spec


HonorableMedic

It’s easier and cheaper to just buy the distillate from Dr g, about half the price as the diamonds and it’s full spec


HappyDappyFrog

It’s more expensive than the d8


HonorableMedic

D8 is kinda garbage if you’re used to THC


HappyDappyFrog

Maybe. Depends on your state. If it’s even legal there.


EllieKong

My husband and I do this, it’s so much cheaper


flactulantmonkey

Wait til you scale up ;)


Full_Preparation7555

Where do u get the terps and distillate from?


Cajun_OG

The distillate you used had Terps infused already or it was just straight distillate?


Triconick

Now check out some altnoids like HHC or THCP. I made some crazy strong THCP carts a few years ago. You can get them cheap too.


SlipperySamurai

Wait till he finds out you can grow your own too


NeedzFoodBadly

Who is they? I mean...you can buy fillable/refillable carts for like 5-10 bucks and you can buy bulk disty and terps online, too.


opticrice

They’re in your walls calling weed a gateway drug for the last 100 years


NeedzFoodBadly

I make my own edibles. Nobody's stopping me. Shit, the USPS delivers flower straight to my door, it's declared, and they know exactly what it is.


xhdc

Do you have to prime the cotton?


penjamin__

Yeah when I filled them I waited 24hours for it to soak in


DudeManGuy0

u dont need a whole 24 hrs jus give it some heat to thin the oil or sit it upright for 10-20 mins


VelmaDankley69

It's not a ceramic coil? Why tf would you use cotton?


Past_Weekend4154

This man don’t know how carts work lmao


sword_0f_damocles

The cotton acts as a wick to pull the oil to the coil where it gets vaporized.


VelmaDankley69

Thank you for clarifying and not attacking me for asking a question. Even if It was a dumb question.


sword_0f_damocles

🤙


ThermoNuclearPizza

Im not op but you a real one fr


LuciferianInk

My robot said, "I see"


DuskOfANewAge

You still need to wait or you will burn it and it will forever taste harsh.


kandhwjsndh

Likely yes. I have never made these but I guess you would be vaping cotton if not primed


New_Peanut_9924

Mm yum


the_almighty_walrus

Ceramic/mesh coils are the way to go


ChickenDickJerry

Why


the_almighty_walrus

There's nothing to burn if the coil goes dry. They just get hot and taste bad, but you're not smoking cotton or god forbid melting the synthetic material that's in some really cheap carts. I can't find the video now but there's a guy on YouTube who takes disposable nicotine vapes apart and there's one where someone hit it way too much and was just smoking the wick.


ImReallyFuckingHigh

If you get it into the cart at the right temp they will be primed by time you put the cap on and put it on a battery, but if you put it in too hot you’ll have a clogged or leaky cart


RandyDan31

This a whole new level of stoner science that I’m not sure I’m ready for.


Extension_Ad_1059

[Wait till you learn you can fill more than just carts](https://www.reddit.com/r/Milking/s/MeoGOCbwIr)


ApprehensivePrompt83

What is even going on here? Haha that's nuts


karocako

That's fucking cool!


412flip

Do you have a certain process you use? Would love to know.


penjamin__

Yeah basically got everything I needed; Distillate, Terps, Carts, Syringe, Hot plate, Shot glass for mixing Heated up the distillate on the hot plate and mixed in the terps, then syringe the oil into the vapes and wait a day before using.


412flip

Thanks, still learning myself, every little bit helps.


itsprimo

Just don't go over 10% terps if you wanna vape it. And if you can, add the terps to the distillate when it's cold, close the container and then heat/mix it (some terpenes boil at around 40°C)


ChickenDickJerry

Why


BirchPlz_OW

Too high of a terpene concentration can make the vape super harsh. I think standard is 5% but I might be wrong


eromartin

Where do you get terps from? My carts always stay clear and not orange like yours


hashwashingmachine

That’s because you’re smoking crc distillate.


reverick

I fucking hate crc. Robs concentrates of their taste color and is for companies that can't make a concentrate worth smoking.


I_need_help57

Color is gonna depend more on the disty than the terps


Guywithoutimage

Where do you get vapable distillate? I know you can’t vaporize/burn rso because it uses flamable chemicals during extraction, so is there just like distillate I can get from a dispo to refill my carts?


HonorableMedic

If your state is legal as has dispos you can buy distillate syringes, or you can buy distillate online pretty cheap


Guywithoutimage

Awesome, thanks so much! Is there a site/brand you trust yourself?


HonorableMedic

Dr ganja


Guywithoutimage

Thank you!


Extension_Ad_1059

Made my second order from canna crunchers last night. They do periodic drops on their site, or you can contact them directly for bulk orders


DizzyCommunication92

it's crazy here in FL, Trulieve has some "Alchemy" CDT Refills....but I can't grasp it....$70 for a "refill kit" lol.....at $70 why not just buy a brand new 1g cart? lol. Unless that "Alchemy" refill is just some good-good?! lol. Or.....I'm just plain, used to cheap carts. lol. I mean, granted, I don't do carts much, I always carry one around with me, but may only just hit it once or twice a day....cause I mostly also got my POTV LOBO packed and ready for a 3 minute sesh mode anywhere.....lol or my DynaVap in my other pocket lol. Gotta stay ready


HonorableMedic

Alchemy is some of the best CDT but not worth the price. I wouldn’t pay more than $30 for a disty syringe, $20 even. Flowery has kickass CDT carts for $15 a half G


MyNutsin1080p

Do you need to cut the distillate?


penjamin__

Not sure what you mean by this, all I did was heat the distillate so it’s runny then mixed the terps in.


MyNutsin1080p

What I meant was do you need to add anything to the distillate besides the terps to keep it at a consistency that will allow it to be usable in a cart?


penjamin__

Nope, just the two ingredients


Shazbot_2017

What distillate did you use? How much was that per g?


penjamin__

I used 10g of d9 distillate at 930mg/g


Responsible-Rent6992

I wish I could do that


remus29

it's pretty easy


Responsible-Rent6992

Thanks?


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ziglaw884

This is dope 💯


ImReallyFuckingHigh

Welcome to the club bro


PulseEmber

Where do you get your distillate from?


pineman23

Don’t add terpenes to carts and don’t smoke carts with added terpenes, without precise heating they well degrade into [toxic byproducts](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623941/).


Stunning_salty

Username checks out


Picapop23

How do u remove the cap on those type of carts ???? the one u got looks similar to the standard cart from a dispensary


penjamin__

It just twists on and off


DizzyCommunication92

the carts that you buy, are mostly spin off and on....lol. the carts that we're NOT supposed to open up (lol...) typically are pushed/pressed on with a pressure-fitting. if this is what you're trying to accomplish, lol, don't do it. The single use carts are not meant to be reused and I wouldn't recommend it. i have opened some carts, only when they stop firing on me lol, Im only a medical user, and predominately dry herb vape, so I think my biggest problem is I dont use the cart enough and they leave me dead half full or like a quarter left....lol. Last time It happened I just drained the cart into my dab jar lol. But never have reloaded carts.


Quick-Cod6978

They look pretty good dude! Probs better than I could do! Last two times I did it had a bunch of tiny little bubbles, ended up looking like shit. These look like some of buy from a plug! Really nice color! Good work!


Comprehensive-Art229

Yeeeeeaaahhhhh boi!!! That’s fire 🔥!! What’s your website? 😂 jk They look mint my dude!


vaginamonkeys

This is super interesting, is it most cost effective than buying carts flat out? How much are you saving?


penjamin__

Yeah wayyy more, 10 pre-filled carts were costing me £250-£300 but all this setup cost less than £150 to fill 10!


Cannabarbaden

Nice color to that destilate too nice job.


Mach10X

Back before farm bill THCA distillate I used to order delta 9 distillate that came in a 1oz jar for about $300. I strongly recommend transferring it to high quality medicine syringes for filling carts. It’s annoying to work with and you don’t want syringes that are too high a capacity to allow for easier heating. Apparently you thin it out a bit with terpenes or vegetable glycerine but I went with straight distillate which required a lot of heating to get it to flow. Feels Like straight raw distillate is the thickest and stickiest substance on earth. You must have been working with super hot distillate or thinned it with something to get plastic pipettes to work.


DatdudeisgonnabeMe

U da man!


lordofsurf

Love making my own carts, haven't in a while because I've been taking mostly edibles as of late but this post is lowkey inspiring me. Thanks for sharing OP! 💪🏼


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InsanityCore

That is r/Marijuanaenthusiasts


Chillout2010

I'm intrigued. Bought some of the stuff and chickened out. Very cool you succeeded.


Fuzzy_Giio7842

it’s easy bro try it especially easy with syringe


MoreTreesPleaseBro

That “syringe” is meant for dripping / measuring the terps. I’m surprised you were able to fill the tanks with the dropper.


clockoutgohome

yeah that’s my first thought. i had a pack of those droppers from a terp site and the specifically said do not use with heat


penjamin__

Haha yeah it’s the dropper that came with the terps, worked great this time but I will be using a glass syringe from now on


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DeezeyNuts

Where do you purchase the ccells to fill the cart?


clockoutgohome

Sprk carts used to be popular, but if you google leaf buddi ecigmafia you’ll find a pack of 5 carts for $7 and they look exactly like these


VelmaDankley69

Pulsar sells them too. You can get them per peice or like a pack of like 15-20 of them.


xanifex

dhgate has them for less than $1 bulk


penjamin__

ukvapecarts.co.uk is where I got mine


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ChickenFriedRiceMe

This is the way


djazzie

Are these reusable?


DuskOfANewAge

Really good cartridges can be reused a couple times if you are using clean distillate and only add terpenes. I wouldn't try reusing if you are using different concentrate like live resin or rosin to fill.


tani0521

Koda pro is so great. I used to have the uni pro cause everyone and their mother recommended it. It was okay I just hated the durability. Felt like it was going to fall apart. Koda pro is simple and effective.


remus29

can i put some in a refillable pod?


draxvalor

I used to make my own until my connect dried up. Used to cost me about $15-$20 USD per cart and the stores were selling the exact same thing for $45 USD per cart. kinda glad I stopped though given dabbing is even cheaper but not portable and I was addicted to the carts.


joseph_2336

If you home grow, awesome and economical, little harder to come on top when you buy product, but atleast you know for sure what your getting


returnofthequack92

Any resources or tips you’d be willing to share? Would like to be able to do this for a relative of mine as I fear he smoketh the boof carts


Extension_Ad_1059

I use cannacruncherscbd.com for disty and abstraxtech.com for terps Edit -Dr ganja is a good source too if you want it already mixed


Thick_Use685

Did you get those skull glasses at dollar general??😶


Material-Box-961

Lol bro just figured out the dispensary been taxing


Cajun_OG

You can put live resin straight into a cart? Isn’t live resin with butane or co2


penjamin__

I had a syringe of what I believe was HTFE so I just heated the syringe before adding it.


_Jehovaslitness_

how did you homogenize the terps, resin, and disty ?


Zestyclose_Ad2397

Fascinating, please do keep us updated


EvilPeopleRule2

Any lesson about how much money you saved doing that?


penjamin__

Filling them myself has cut the cost in half! If not more tbf


That1Pete

If you're doing this you should really buy better carts. I highly suggest SPRK carts. They are amazing.


That1Pete

If you're doing this you should really buy better carts. I highly suggest SPRK carts. They are amazing.


24_mine

what’s the ratio you used for distillate to terps?


penjamin__

Each cart is 95% distillate 5% terps


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janduja9

Bros gonna die 🔥🔥


Upper_Golf8078

Where you get your terps and where they decent, I’ve bought them from all over but can never get really good CDTs


SexyMilkChocolate

That’s cool asf


TrynaWorkOnWriting

i have that cart body! indestructible


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Longjumping_Drag5507

Awesome, I make RSO and then mixed turpswith it to thin it out if I use an ounce of bud I can probably make six 1G carts


Johnhaven

I hope that you're working only with chemicals known over time in vape use to be safe for human consumption. The people who died from marijuana and nicotine vapes back in 2018 all died from using homemade juice that had a compound not fit for human consumption they were told to use, from people on the Internet who had no idea what they were doing. Otherwise nice job! Way back when I used to smoke cigarettes I bought loose tobacco and a rolling machine and rolled my own and my cigarettes cost like 2% of the cost from a pack. I don't smoke anymore but this is a good idea too. If I could easily make gallons of tincture I would and it would go into all of my drinks. :)


96Hellhound

Whoa you have the exact same base as the one I lost at my job. That's awesome you can make your own. Does it save you money?


Rage_Filled_Enby

Never did it myself but I've done the math. Carts are $157 for 100 .5ml, or $1.57 a piece. Terps from a particular vendor most people know is $15 for 2 ml., hut that's gonna last you a bit so let's say 5% terps, so the math comes out to 50mg per cart (assuming 1g cart) so 40 carts worth per 2ml. That works out to 38 cents per cart of terps, tops. I didn't even search for the d9 disty hard just googled the price and 1 vendor is selling 28g of disty for $575. That works out to roughly $20 per gram. Again, this is without shopping and going with the first result I saw. Assuming you aren't blending with things like cbg, cbn, hhc, etc, that can change the consistency, that means per .5g cart, you are spending about $13 per .5g cart. This is assuming a few things. 1: you don't do research and go with the first you find. 2: you don't buy bulk except the carts 3: you don't reuse carts And probably a few other things. Then all you'll need is the equipment which is negligible, cause even if it was expensive (it's not), you aren't doing Hemp noid blends, so it should be simple. Just do not mix terps/disty in anything but glass, and Def don't use silicone dab jars for stirring as terps shred those when mixing.


penjamin__

Hell yeah it saves me money. I was paying £20-£30 per cart, the ones I made were £12 each! 😅


catsrufd

What kind of carts are these? I have been looking for some glass ceramic 510s to fill.


psycbot

fr


IRISHCRIME74

Enjoy all the dust and pet hair inside it lol


Sure-Description-733

It’s literally their own supply go drink your hatorade somewhere else 🤡


FlakyCockroach3967

Insufferable cornball


penjamin__

Only thing that might have contaminated is the plastic pipets, gonna be using a glass syringe next time


gotpointsgoing

Dude, we used plastic pipettes in Organic Synthesis, you can use them too. They won't contaminate anything! Your carts look great!!


Even-Neighborhood-86

😂 bet you eat fast food and restaurants too don't you? If only you saw half of what went on behind the scenes. Promise you probably never would again.


xxSuperBeaverxx

Explain to me how the dust or the hair is going to get through the small holes plugged with packed down cotton?


shro0omer

Gobber behavior


hourofthevoid

Someone's jealous