# Empty new cartridges **URL:** \ **Category:** Concentrates\ **Created:** [December 8, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250 "2023-12-08T16:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Covertgrower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/covertgrower/32/423081_2.png) [@Covertgrower](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Covertgrower)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/21 "2023-12-09T13:41:01Z")
So all I need to do is decarb the wax first, and it’ll be liquid afterwards @AfgVet ? ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/22 "2023-12-09T13:46:19Z")
> [@Covertgrower](#): > > decarb the wax f Yes, the partial decarb pits the oil at the right velocity. I may add a drop of terps but it’s not to thin anything, simply for the flavor if I have a real earthy tasting oil. I’ve been making them this way for over a year. I believe @Newt may also be using the technique ---
**Author:** ![Newt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/newt/32/688722_2.png) [@Newt](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Newt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/23 "2023-12-09T13:58:08Z")
If I am making vape carts, I typically use some terps from Farm to Vape. But no real “thinners”. ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/24 "2023-12-09T14:08:02Z")
Yeah, I’ll use a drop or two of True Terps but for flavor or for rep properties. I was wondering why the dispo list their carts at like 80% thc. I was using my own and never bought any. I think I would much prefer 100% thc. ---
**Author:** ![Covertgrower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/covertgrower/32/423081_2.png) [@Covertgrower](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Covertgrower)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/25 "2023-12-09T14:13:51Z")
Thanks @Newt and @AfgVet i really appreciate the direction. If I can get it completely natural, I prefer that. I had no clue it could be done with out liquidizers, but for a dispo to do it that way it wouldn’t be as cost effective, but doing at home it’s all about higher quality of course. Yall are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/26 "2023-12-09T14:27:00Z")
That site is awesome for all things extraction ---
**Author:** ![ChittyChittyBangin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/chittychittybangin/32/1095484_2.png) [@ChittyChittyBangin](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ChittyChittyBangin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/27 "2023-12-09T18:09:01Z")
That explains why my carts really didnt do much… thank you very much @AfgVet for the enlightening. @Newt who do you source your carts through? Do yall just draw it up and fill with no filter ? ---
**Author:** ![Dirtydabber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dirtydabber/32/946089_2.png) [@Dirtydabber](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dirtydabber)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/28 "2023-12-09T18:56:38Z")
Hey, lol the Liquidizer isn’t that bad! Lol ---
**Author:** ![Dirtydabber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dirtydabber/32/946089_2.png) [@Dirtydabber](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dirtydabber)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/29 "2023-12-09T19:01:37Z")
I watched a couple videos on the tube. All they did was stick the bubble hash full melt in the oven warm it up, then put it into the atomizer, then they put all the carts in the oven to melt then topped it off. I’ve done that and it always seems too thick later. I do use the addictive to thin and felt like it wasn’t bad. But I’ll give it another go the way you folks posted. ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/30 "2023-12-09T19:42:53Z")
I can’t remember who I got my carts from last. As far as drawing it up, I use a 5ml syringe that’ll take a needle. Then i found some small glass syringes with “needles” for filling ink cartridges. I use those needles on the 5ml. The glass syringes work fine if you’re doing one or two grams, but more than that and it’s kind of a pain, they’re only 1ml ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/31 "2023-12-09T19:44:17Z")
lol, nothing personal 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/32 "2023-12-09T19:47:44Z")
> [@Dirtydabber](#): > > give it another go the way you folks posted Give it a shot. I had to play with it just a bit to nail my technique. I found a toaster oven to be the best for decarbing the oil. I found a nice digital convection one on amazon scratch and dent for like $45. The air fryer is not a good choice. I think because it’s convection. It decarbed more than I intended and made the oil too thin. ---
**Author:** ![Growmoredank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growmoredank/32/837910_2.png) [@Growmoredank](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growmoredank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/33 "2023-12-10T02:53:32Z")
@Covertgrower I ended up buying this stuff: Pckt Brand cartridges… Ceramic… No heavy metals… Their others include lab results on metals present in the vape. ![1000000562](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/7/7/477ac3f515e6c3652b8f0c4da1ffcd2be16a56e3.jpeg) Plus these to fill… I had bought the glass ones: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07X1YZ7NY?psc=1&ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_b\_asin\_title](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07X1YZ7NY?tag=ilovegrowingm-20) but they wear out… These are one use: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08J1NTB1H?psc=1&ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_b\_asin\_title](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08J1NTB1H?tag=ilovegrowingm-20) With these tips to fill the cartridge: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07QYMD2VB?psc=1&ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_b\_asin\_title](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07QYMD2VB?tag=ilovegrowingm-20) I use farmtovape for liquidizer… They have kits, plus they have terpines… If your into that. Gram of concentrate, plus 3ml of farmtovape liquidizer… Into a small jar… 5 minutes boil in water… Syringe into one 5ml syringe… Fill. This helps hold the vapes: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BNNWGZLT?psc=1&ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_b\_asin\_title](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BNNWGZLT?tag=ilovegrowingm-20) Check here: > [@Farm to Vape and QWET evaporated concentrate](https://ilgmforum.com/t/farm-to-vape-and-qwet-evaporated-concentrate/101291/112): > > I have found an issue… Using cartridges… At best… You’re going get two uses from cartridges. There seems to be little filters or something inside to limit the flow… These get clogged with dark material. You cannot clean these. I have soaked them in 190 proof ethanol… Forced ethanol through it to clean it… Then blew out the excess… And allowed to dry for a day or two to be safe. They just get more clogged with each use… Plus the dark stuff in the “filter material” flows back into the new vape… ---
**Author:** ![Growmoredank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growmoredank/32/837910_2.png) [@Growmoredank](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growmoredank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/34 "2023-12-10T02:58:30Z")
I partially decarb my bud then do the extraction… I bought a magnetic heat plate to decarb oil but haven’t got into it yet. ---
**Author:** ![ModestMoose67](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/modestmoose67/32/919897_2.png) [@ModestMoose67](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ModestMoose67)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/35 "2023-12-10T03:03:39Z")
Thank you for that!!! I’ve been search for this exact thing for ages now. ---
**Author:** ![Newt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/newt/32/688722_2.png) [@Newt](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Newt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/36 "2023-12-10T14:43:02Z")
I believe most dispo carts are made from CO2 extracted hash oil, and I assume that changes it up somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Newt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/newt/32/688722_2.png) [@Newt](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Newt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/37 "2023-12-10T14:45:12Z")
I use the carts made for nicotine vape, because I already have them. But they are these: ![iStick Trim with GSTurbo - Eleaf electronic cigarette](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/f/7/0f76d32aa267963cf34a9d2d6a3b3abaf827af0d.gif) ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/38 "2023-12-11T11:11:34Z")
@Growmoredank have you had luck with those ceramic Spark cartridges? I found they broke easy. ---
**Author:** ![AfgVet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/afgvet/32/1229025_2.png) [@AfgVet](https://ilgmforum.com/u/AfgVet)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/39 "2023-12-11T11:13:23Z")
Yeah, these are the tips I use too ![IMG_0893](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/4/a/04a5f89534ae90278820f03ca0088e830f255697.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Growmoredank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growmoredank/32/837910_2.png) [@Growmoredank](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growmoredank)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250/40 "2023-12-11T13:41:30Z")
The small. 0.80ml size no issues… The 1.0ml the only issue has been my filtering… If my filtering isn’t good enough… The 1.0ml will eventually build up that stuff, soot, and it becomes obvious before it’s empty… Which is a waste. Like burnt stuff builds up in the concentrate. Other than the cost… Only other issue I have had is I cracked one glass area by overtightening the cap. Other than that no issues yet. Reusable if the filtration is good. @AfgVet For your oil decarb…i have checked out the link… What temp do you partially decarb at and for how long? Also… Any chance you could please post a video of how far you are evaporating in the Source Turbo… I would rather not use the liquidizer… However, my concentrate is too thick… Hoping to cook less and it’ll be a bit thinner… I’ve been afraid of leaving alcohol in it. [Previous page](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250.md?page=1) [Next page](https://ilgmforum.com/t/empty-new-cartridges/107250.md?page=3)