Anyone make their own Dit Da Jow?

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Brother J,

I will be having a great time.

Save up the PTO and come out and have your eyes opened to what Dr. Painter can do as well as the rest of us…

Ill be selling all of my formulas at the festival. Should be a good time and marketing/networking bonanza.

be well,

Dale

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The problem with Carboys…is the openings are too small to put herbs into them.

With the wide mouthed jugs, you can easily put in herbs, and then clean them later.

Sealing them is easy, you just coat the tops with candle wax. Go buy a cheap pot, and melt a bunch of candles in it. With a paint brush, repeatedly brush the wax on the lids untill you can squish wax when you put the lids on. once you have that, you can cover the last coat of wax with rice papaer so the wax does not glue the lid to the jar.

I am doing this with Duck wax because it has a lower melting point than candles and will soften enough to make opening easy. I got a huge box of it when an Amish Live Poultry store closed years ago.

You can also make a lid with some wood from a lumber yard, and seal with the wax that way too. I’mmactually thinking of making some really nice ones but cutting them to fit like a pumpkin. Once done, I will drill out the center and place an air lock in the lids to use them for fermenting, or cork the hole for soaking herbs.

Once the lids are set up, they will seal perfectly, and you still have a wide opening for ease of cleaning, and adding/ removing herbs from the container.

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RD,

I grind my herbs so that I can extract everything from them. I then strain it with a steel sieve and then press out the dregs to get every last drop. They clean out in a jiffy with cold water and some b brite to sterilize the container for the next batch.

I have about 30 gallons on hand at a time. I sell out of certain formulas every now and then.

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I just soak them whole.

Have you ever simmered a formula down to make it stronger? Or so you can fit the same strength in a smaller container?

How did it work out?

I’d like to do that, but I am worried about lossing essential oils in the process.