Originally Posted by
Bigtime
It changes depending on the melting point of the compound...bb is generally used to melt the raw...but if u have eq or Deca it isn't necessary... I opted to add it so your gear won't crash if it gets cold...or have crystals show up...my gear never crashes period due to using it anyway...
BA is only alcohol to keep it sterilized...some people say too much will make a "pip" pain...
People like keeping them low because of the "pip" and others claim they get headaches from it...some people are very sensitive....
Everywhere I've seen go with 2 ba and 20 bb as a general guideline...but u can get away with lower percentages with easier gear...
If u push too close on BA then it won't stay sterilized for a long time...I choose to go higher because I use 27 and 28 guages... I want thinner oils so it will go through my syringes and longer shelf life... I make big batches at a time so this is my method....
If u go too close on the bb side, your gear can crash and the crystals may not go up your syringe...might hurt like hell if u get to inject it...
People always like to act like the lesser ba bb is superior...it is all in opinion....
How to know what to do? Finding what flashpoint your raws are will help...eq is already a liquid and doesn't need bb for melting..but if it gets cold... LMAO...u wish u had a little in there..
Allot of people share recipes to see how low they can go with either or....but I always read about major problems when it doesn't come out correctly...
Basically, u can trust someone else's shit and hope for the best or you can learn flashpoints for every gear and calculate it yourself....there r posts with people claiming how low they can go with it....than later u watch them complain about problems with brew...how to fix it...most of the time it's ruined...then they don't understand why?
I'm not sensitive to ba or bb and never felt a pip from it as long as ba doesn't go above 5.......never got headaches either so I couldn't tell you how realistic to get those symptoms are...
2 and 20 or 2 tand 10 is standard on the net...if u want specific towards each individual gear you will need to calculate it out and the patience to do so.....