I found that real curing had a better taste and was a little smoother.
As for washing trics off. I used room temp water and tryed not 2 desturb the bud as much as possible. I found that almost none of the trics had gone.

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Uk. Whitewidow, Original Blueberry, Bagseed (some BlueB cross by the smell). Soil, Waterfarm. 2 X 250 HPS and some cfls in a Tent and an Airing closet.