Rosin Press, Bubble Hash, et al.

115g Green Poison Fast Version from Sweet Seeds - Some good buds and some airy larf too. 15g Rosin output - 15g in jar plus whatever is on parchment in picture (*for more immediate use) Well, beginner's luck ran out, as well as some impact from laziness. I folded paper wrong first time as well as not leaving a little room for give, so had a parchment blowout. Second time i had another blowout at the back of parchment. Third time i didn't have enough overlap on top, so i got a leak out the back left corner.... Last one only had the problem with a fraction of overhang and likely absorbing some portion of rosin like others. A circus of errors and stupidity. It was easy to run a knife along the warm platens to gather what leaked out. After that i let it cool enough to use some paper towel w/ rubbing alcohol without combusting, LoL. Oh, the chunk of leather belt helped a bit with heat transference to jack. If i didn't have to clean it, i think a short break between might still be best. Once heating element stops, the jack cools faster than the insulating plate and faster yet than the platens.. so, it's a net-positive to shut it off for a bit relative to jack temperature. Started with about 115 grams, give or take. Ended up with a little over 15 grams of rosin, but definitely lost some along edges of bags that i'm not going to scrounge to get. I don't think this would be a 20+% yield, though. Definitely got better results from Durban Poison and GGxWW. Lots of attempts left... another ounce of DP and a couple more ounces in freezer formerly for bubble hash. How to improve: Focus a bit more. Re-watch how to fold parchment, but may have etched that into memory this time. Definitely need 3x7 bags. The width needs the extra 1" overlap, but the width needs to be shorter than 4". If i pack less, i can keep it more easily centered with less overhan. This is what caused the waste this time. The first rosin run the bags weren't as thick and didn't spread out as much. This time i had 1mm overhanging in front while back was lined up. This allowed alot of rosin to soak up in this area. I ran the backside of a knife across to squeeze out as much as i could before removing from press. Probably lost a good chunk on each from this and similar issues related to my mistakes. Got a better hang on pressure and when to apply. Time between uses will slow down the learning curve for familiarity. Increase pressure to the point it squishes a bit... allow to sit until some drips form... once those slow or stop, increase pressure. Need to be quicker removing from press. Tonight my mistakes required a lot of cleanup too. Had to clean platens each time.