Why make your own CBD oil?
- You can very precisely determine the percentage of CBD in the oil.
- Making your own is more economical than buying ready-made oil.
- You determine the flavor of the oil and can choose your favorite carrier oil, for example.
- Making your own CBD oil is a stepping stone to making your own CBD products and edibles.
- By adding additional herbs or other ingredients, you create your own unique nutritional supplement.
Making CBD oil at home with isolate or CBD paste
The basis of any CBD oil is cannabidiol, CBD for short. CBD is a non-psychoactive component of cannabis. Not to be confused with THC, which is psychoactive and can give a “high. By dissolving CBD in an oil, you can make CBD oil. Basically, you can use any type of oil for this, as long as it is safe to take. Most people prefer hemp seed oil, olive oil or coconut oil because of the taste. You can also use grapeseed oil, salmon oil or sunflower oil just fine.
To safely and properly extract the CBD from the cannabis plant, a supercritical CO2 extraction technique is used. In this process, CO2 is used under high pressure and at a precisely defined temperature to extract the CBD from the plant. This requires special equipment that most people don’t have in their kitchen cupboard. It is therefore much easier (and safer) to buy pure CBD, and then make CBD oil from it. For this, you can use two forms of CBD: CBD crystals (isolate) and CBD paste.
Making CBD oil with isolate
Is it important to you that the CBD oil contains no THC at all (i.e. 0.00%)? For example, because you have a profession where you should not have THC in your blood? Then make your own CBD oil safely with CBD isolate. CBD isolate comes in the form of crystals and is obtained by performing an additional filtering process after CO2 extraction of the extract. This filters out all the plant material and all the THC, leaving only the pure CBD.
Making CBD oil based on CBD paste
Do you want to take full advantage of the entourage effect? And is it not a problem for you if the cannabis oil contains a small percentage (less than the legally permitted percentage) of THC? Then it is best to use full spectrum CBD paste to make your CBD oil. The entourage effect ensures that the individual components of the cannabis plant reinforce each other’s effects, so you get maximum benefit from every drop of CBD oil you ingest. CBD paste is the extract that remains after the aforementioned supercritical CO2 extraction and consists of approximately fifty percent CBD. In addition, CBD paste is rich in cannabinoids such as CBG, CBN, CBC, CBDA and terpenes, phenols and pigments.
How much CBD and how much oil should I use?
So the two components of CBD oil are CBD (isolate or paste) and a carrier oil. In what proportion should you mix them? That depends on the percentage of CBD you ultimately want to get in your oil. Do you want a light CBD oil? Then stick to 5% CBD. For an average strong CBD oil, the percentage is about 10%, and a powerful CBD oil can contain up to about 25% CBD. Anything in between is also possible, of course, because after all, you are making the oil yourself! Furthermore, keep in mind that CBD isolate practically contains 100% CBD and paste contains 50% CBD. So how much CBD do you need to mix with how much oil to get 10 ml of a certain percentage of CBD oil? We have already calculated that for you:
| 10 ml CBD oil | CBD | Oil |
| 5% full spectrum | 1 ml CBD paste | 9 ml oil |
| 5% pure isolate | 500 mg CBD isolate | 9.5 ml oil |
| 10% full spectrum | 2 ml CBD paste | 8 ml oil |
| 10% pure isolate | 1000 mg CBD isolate | 9 ml oil |
| 20% full spectrum | 4 ml CBD paste | 6 ml oil |
| 20% pure isolate | 2000 mg CBD isolate | 8 ml oil |
| 25% full spectrum | 5 ml CBD paste | 5 ml oil |
| 25% pure isolate | 2500 mg CBD isolate | 7.5 ml oil |
Making CBD oil in 5 steps
- Determine the number of ml and what percentage of CBD oil you want to make and transfer the amount of oil into a glass bowl.
- To ensure that the CBD dissolves well in the oil, we recommend heating the oil au bain-marie. Ideally, heat the oil to a temperature between 78° and 80° C.
- Is the oil up to temperature? Then add the CBD.
- Leave the oil at this temperature for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Then let the oil cool and voila: your own CBD oil is ready!
Do you have questions about making CBD oil yourself or want to learn more about CBD? If so, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Our experienced CBD specialists will be happy to help you.
