::OFFICIAL:: Cleaning a Bong 101 Thread

Prophet Saddam · 06-19-2008, 09:46 PM

Begin with dirty bong:

brb once i finish up

Prophet Saddam · 06-19-2008, 10:12 PM

ingredients (wish i had bigger paper clips for the downstem):

run the bowl under hot water to loosen up resin:

for the bong, the resin almost immediately begins to come off:

i actually used the epsom salt, not the rock salt:

a couple shakes and it's good as new:

Prophet Saddam · 06-19-2008, 10:13 PM

not as clean as i'd like it, but it will do for the next week or two...

©antSEEme · 06-19-2008, 10:15 PM

nice thread.

i was thinking about this tonight.

can you boil a small glass piece to help remove the resin cake?

both of my pieces need to be cleaned like fuck.

Prophet Saddam · 06-19-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ©antSEEme

nice thread.

i was thinking about this tonight.

can you boil a small glass piece to help remove the resin cake?

both of my pieces need to be cleaned like fuck.

I would start with hot water out of the faucet and some paper clips (preferably larger than mine so that you can scrape it). Use pliers to curve a hook onto the end of the paper clip so you can just spin it around and scrape it all out.

How big are they?

©antSEEme · 06-19-2008, 10:46 PM

well, the piece i have that i was thinking of boiling is a straight glass pipe, about 3-4 inches long, w/ a carb on the right side. the reason i havent tried yet is 1m afraid that 1) the glass will crack/shatter from sudden heat and 2) there are little glass "decorations" all over the bowl, like little smooth glass bumps and the carb blends in with the bumps, and i dont want to harm them.

maybe warm up the piece under hot tap, then introduce into boiling water with epsom? i dunno. i dont want to fuck my shit up.

oh yeah, im trying to get these to "brand new" clean, not just average clean. i know the glass changes color because glass itself is an etremely slow moving liquid and it absorbs the color of the smoke, so boiling to me seems like a sure-fire way of removing resin, as long as it doesnt crack/break the pipe.

**Captain Cannabis** · 06-19-2008, 11:07 PM

salt + rubbing alcohol + shaking = brand new

DrChronic · 06-20-2008, 02:08 AM

Good idea for a thread but personally i wait way way longer before i clean my shit.

thats still pretty much see through!

**Cerebro** · 06-20-2008, 08:31 AM

I hate your :

FFICIAL:: thread shit. Like there are sooo many other clean your bong 101 threads.
You're such an attention whore.

AnimalLover420 · 06-20-2008, 08:34 AM

Looks good. I always use uncooked rice as opposed to salt, maybe I'll have to give the salt a try sometime. Time for a bong bowl, prophet man?

**AlteredStateGrl** · 06-20-2008, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Cannabis

salt + rubbing alcohol + shaking = brand new

x2. Only i've never added salt into the mix. It's always been just little bit of water and some rubbing alcohol and then some shakin'.

rice sounds like an excellent idea AL.

Prophet Saddam · 06-20-2008, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerebro

I hate your :

FFICIAL:: thread shit. Like there are sooo many other clean your bong 101 threads.
You're such an attention whore.

WTF did I ever do to you. And the point of even bringing it up?

Looks like you're the attention whore, whore.

Prophet Saddam · 06-20-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimalLover420

Looks good. I always use uncooked rice as opposed to salt, maybe I'll have to give the salt a try sometime. Time for a bong bowl, prophet man?

Time for a bowl, indeed. Peeps got me stressin...

Vertigo · 06-20-2008, 09:03 AM

i dont like the fact that im smoking something that just had rubbing alcohol shooken up inside it... i boil my bowls or use a hair dryer and drip all the resin out, but i havnt had much luck with that..

Prophet Saddam · 06-20-2008, 09:10 AM

I rinse it thoroughly after using the alcohol...any residual amount would undoubtedly evaporate in no time. I don't think there's much to worry about, unless using some acrylic plastics.

**AlteredStateGrl** · 06-20-2008, 09:11 AM

imma glass snob.

**sput·nik** · 06-20-2008, 09:20 AM

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salt + rubbing alcohol + shaking = brand new

x3

the salt just makes it go that much quicker and easier, asg.

Quote:

i dont like the fact that im smoking something that just had rubbing alcohol shooken up inside it...

residual evaps clean in minutes. great cheap solvent, minimally toxic.

**AlteredStateGrl** · 06-20-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sput·nik

x3

the salt just makes it go that much quicker and easier, asg.

very nice. i may do some cleanin' today.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sput·nik

residual evaps clean in minutes. great cheap solvent, minimally toxic.

thanks!

**sput·nik** · 06-20-2008, 09:27 AM

using solvents & salt though.. i would never leave the job unfinished like the OP..
salty eth/propanol + bongwater.... delicious to think about as you're taking those first "clean" hits.

final note on cheap drugstore alcohols,
rubbing (basically ethanol) is less toxic for hu·mons than isopropyl, and iso gets reeeeally smelly when you add sodium chloride to it cause it separate into more pure isopropanol.

they both work a charm for just $1 total, but stick with rubbing alcohol ftw,

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Prophet Saddam Crazy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CA, fuck yeah Posts: 16,282 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 2,508 Thanked 470 Times in 335 Posts	ingredients (wish i had bigger paper clips for the downstem): run the bowl under hot water to loosen up resin: for the bong, the resin almost immediately begins to come off: i actually used the epsom salt, not the rock salt: a couple shakes and it's good as new: __________________ /sarcasm Saddam's Friends Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul

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Prophet Saddam Crazy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CA, fuck yeah Posts: 16,282 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 2,508 Thanked 470 Times in 335 Posts	not as clean as i'd like it, but it will do for the next week or two... __________________ /sarcasm Saddam's Friends Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul

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DrChronic Human Suppository Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Borough Of Englandshire Posts: 3,769 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Good idea for a thread but personally i wait way way longer before i clean my shit. thats still pretty much see through! __________________ SUCK MY SOPPING CUNT

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AnimalLover420 Love Junkie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: US Posts: 3,290 Thanks: 15 Thanked 48 Times in 31 Posts	Looks good. I always use uncooked rice as opposed to salt, maybe I'll have to give the salt a try sometime. Time for a bong bowl, prophet man? __________________ ************************************** R.I.P. Ken Gorman**

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Vertigo ??????? Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 315 Thanks: 70 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts	i dont like the fact that im smoking something that just had rubbing alcohol shooken up inside it... i boil my bowls or use a hair dryer and drip all the resin out, but i havnt had much luck with that..

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Prophet Saddam Crazy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CA, fuck yeah Posts: 16,282 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 2,508 Thanked 470 Times in 335 Posts	I rinse it thoroughly after using the alcohol...any residual amount would undoubtedly evaporate in no time. I don't think there's much to worry about, unless using some acrylic plastics. __________________ /sarcasm Saddam's Friends Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul

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sput·nik denizen Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: the white lodge Posts: 4,003 Thanks: 102 Thanked 98 Times in 71 Posts	using solvents & salt though.. i would never leave the job unfinished like the OP.. salty eth/propanol + bongwater.... delicious to think about as you're taking those first "clean" hits. final note on cheap drugstore alcohols, rubbing (basically ethanol) is less toxic for hu·mons than isopropyl, and iso gets reeeeally smelly when you add sodium chloride to it cause it separate into more pure isopropanol. they both work a charm for just $1 total, but stick with rubbing alcohol ftw, __________________ Which came first, the intestine or the tapeworm? - William S. Burroughs Last edited by sput·nik; 06-20-2008 at 09:34 AM. Reason: o ritez,