Ideal Temperature:
The ideal pressure and temperature will vary depending on strain and growing techniques so don’t be
discouraged on your results when you press new material. We recommend when pressing a new strain to
start at approx. 220 degrees for ower and notate your yield results (weight of material in vs. rosin out).
Perform additional test presses and drop 5 - 10 degrees per press until you notice your yield percentage
starting to drop. Adjust back to the previous temp and that will be your ideal temp for that strain. It is
advised to have a thermal temp gun to verify and check temperatures from time to time. Use a small piece of
electrical tape as the high gloss on heat plates will aect accurate temp readings if using a thermal temp
gun.
Loading Micron Bags:
Nugsmasher extraction bags, are recommended for optimal yield and clean quality rosin. Our bags are
hand-made and packaged in the USA! Nugsmasher extraction bags are specically designed to work with
the weight of fresh cured ower and are labeled accordingly at: 3.5 g (1.1g-3.5g), 7 g (3.6g-7g) and 14 g
(7.1g-14g). This assumes the bags are loaded (BTS) or bottle/barrel-tech style (upright so that you end up
with the round coin like puck once fully pressed). This perfected method allows you the ability to put the
proper weight of ower into the bag and get a consistent extraction every time. This method also applies
the proper pounds per square inch of pressure (PSI) on your product and eliminates the guess work.
3.5g bag (1.1g-3.5g) = 1.5"-1.6”Diameter
7g bag (3.6g-7g) = 2"-2.2”Diameter
14g bag (7.1g-14g) =2.4"-2.7"Diameter
As the micron gets smaller the diameter gets larger, this is the reason for the variance in the diameter num-
bers above. We prefer to use 160 micron for fresh ower, as ower dries we go down in micron screen size
(for dry ower use 90 micron). Micron size determines the diameter (surface area) of the smashed bag. For
nugs 1g and smaller no bag is necessary.
For more details about loading Bottle-Tech and/or Barrel-Tech style (BTS) please visit
Nugsmasher on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osvcD7CLK0
Remember “Fire in fire out”!
Pressure:
Once your unit reaches set temperature you’re ready to start pressing. Once you have your material
between parchment paper (do not use wax paper!), slowly start raising plates by pumping handle. It is key
to do this slowly to properly build heat into your material. The entire pressing process should be between
90-120 seconds depending on your strain. Your Nugsmasher mini is almost incapable of over pressing your
material so if you’re pressing 3.5 grams you need to give it a full nal press once fully compressed. There are
several videos available online on the Nugsmasher ocial Instagram account as well as the Nugsmasher
YouTube channel that are very benecial for techniques and tips of your rosin extraction. Note the leverage
designed with your pump handle is only designed for hand operation. Do not use any other leverage device
or foot to push handle down as you will cause damage not covered by warranty.
Operating Unit:
Before your unit is turned on, insert handle into the vertical opening
on the right side of unit. Notice there is a round tube that your shaft
handle will be inserted into for plate compression operation. Pump
handle until plates are lightly pressed together. The Nugsmasher
mini has 1 heating element in each plate and between presses of
more than 3 minutes and especially during initial warm-up, it is
advised to bring the plates back together to ensure exact set tem-
perature is maintained in both plates.
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