How To Make Rosin — What Exactly Is It Made From?

Byking_adm on January 2, 2021

There are many forms of cannabis consumption. If you’re a beginner to using cannabis, then you might not know what rosin is or how to make rosin. Over the past couple of years, rosin has earned some notice among cannabis extracts. The nice thing about rosin is that you don’t need to be a trained chemist to get good results.

Cheap And Relatively Easy To Produce

If you’re a violin player, you’ll probably know that rosin is the process where the resin is converted into the product that’s used to put on the violin bows. The resin resultantly causes the friction to be lessened when it’s used on the strings of the violin.

For those that are experienced in the field of cannabis, you’ll know that rosin is the process where the resin is distilled from the cannabis plant using hot temperature and pressure. The whole process of extracting resin from cannabis is cheap and simple to complete. There are a couple of things that you’ll need to get started:

• Cannabis flower (or kief/hash);
• Any cheap hair straightener;
• Parchment paper;
• Metallic dabber;
• Oven gloves.

Where a closed-loop extraction device will cost thousands of dollars, the actual tools that you need for making it yourself are very affordable. The end product will be close to the consistency of butane hash oil, but you won’t have all of the leftover chemicals that butane hash oil leaves behind. Butane and propane are left behind during the whole process, so making rosin is known to be cleaner.

What to Know to Make Premium Rosin?

Making premium rosin is a straightforward process that shouldn’t take longer than a couple of minutes, depending on how many cannabis flowers you’re pressing. Before you begin the process, you’ll want to keep a few things in mind.

If you’re wanting to produce rosin in bulk quantities, then the process might not be worth how much time and effort you’re putting into it. If you’re wanting to produce about seven grams and under, then this process will work the best for that quantity.

Many different types of hair straighteners will work for the process. The ones with a digital display on them are the best because you’ll need heat up to around 200 and 300 degrees Fahrenheit. If you have around two-inch wide plates on the straightener, this will be the most ideal so that the buds will be pressed together in the best way.

How to Make the Rosin?

The process of making the rosin is not that hard once you get the hang of it. Carefully follow all the stages to make sure you get the exact results you intend to.

Prepare the Cannabis and Hair Straightener

If using flower, choose a small nug that fits within the parchment paper and the straightener’s plates. You can slightly flatten it with your fingers, but grinding is not necessary. Place your cannabis between two pieces of parchment paper. Make sure there’s enough excess paper on the sides to catch the rosin. Preheat the iron until it hits 220°F to 260°F. You’ll want to grab the oven gloves before using the hair straightener because your hands will be up close near the hot plates.

Start the Pressing

In order to get the tightest press possible, you’ll have to place the hair straightener down in the same way you would with a stapler. One of the paddles should be on a stable and flat surface, and the other paddle should be raised up. If you want to get the best results, pressing harder will do just that. Careful not to touch the hot paddles when you’re flattening the paper.

If you’re doing it right, you’ll hear a sizzling type of sound. You’ll want to press down the cannabis for about 10-15 seconds in total. There might be a difference in times depending on what strain of cannabis you’re using.

Collect the Rosin

After that, take the cannabis out of the parchment paper. Take a quick look and see what quantity of oil that you have on the paper. If the first run went well, then that’s fantastic. If you didn’t get the results that you expected, then you can repeat the process a few more times. Many people will repeat the process about three times for the best results.

You’ll typically want to shoot for around a 20% yield when making rosin. Grab your dabber to pick the rosin up, placing it in a jar to store. You don’t have to worry about any potentially harsh chemicals or solvents, and you can now grab your dab rig, vaporizer, or pipe, and begin smoking it.

Sometimes, the first or second time you attempt to make any cannabis extract can yield some unfavorable results. But, over time, like most things, you’ll get better at it. The process for making rosin has been around for quite some time.