FOIL!

[BUZz UK]

i'm quite concerned that people are being advised to use foil when making bongs and pipes. DON'T! it is a major contributor in giving you altzhiehmers and it makes white spots on your lungs :eek: . try using the metal casing from those small 'tea light' candles instead. it's more solid, and doesn't give off carcenogenic fumes.

[sugarmagnolia]

or for the leftover food u wanna put in the fridge.

[Syrus]

The best thing is a gause in a chillum, ther not that hard to make.

[Syrus]

well chillums arent, gauses you can get cheap

[zarathustra]

Or, just go to a tobacconist and spring the quarter for a pack of screens....

[Tsunami]

is that really true? shit i used to use foil and aluminum cans all the time. guess i wont do that anymore.

[BlastedTOtheSKY]

its only the foil i think, not the cans

[JeffJFromKCMO]

well i am almost sure that if you use a bic lighter and not a torch, the foil doesnt get hot enough to waste away your lungs, so you will be safe

[slipknotpsycho]

BS! take a bic lighter and hold a peice of aluminum foil with pliers and burn it....watch it smoke

[LonerStoner]

I'm glad someone felt the responsibility of informing others about the harmful effects of smoking with foil. I feel therefore, it is my responsibility to caution everyone to avoid using copper in the assembly of homemade smoking devices. I don't remember the exact damage it does to you, but speaking from personal experience, it fucks up your lungs.
As tempting as the plumbing aisle of your local hardware store is, do not use copper fitting or pipes! Steel, stainless if available works best, but as a general rule if it is colored, stay away.

Peas out:D

[Mello.as.Hello]

It's dangerous because it's lead, bro. I read somewhere it deposits lead in the scilia in your lungs. Yum EE.

[LonerStoner]

Sounds about right, scary.

[BUZz UK]

If anyone knows anything else that will fuck you up if you smoke with it, please feel free to add it to the thread.

[Buck268]

Damn, I never knew foil was bad for you! Guess thats just one more reason to burn outta glass ;)

[Kombucha]

its only the foil i think, not the cans

Aluminium cans are still aluminium, still the same element. Try looking for steel cans. Or just buy gauzes. They're really cheap. Try an online shop if you can't get them any other way.

[bowlsnapper2012]

what the fuck are guazes

[Mello.as.Hello]

UK = gauzes
US = screens

[slipknotpsycho]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!...thanx mello i've been wondering what they were too.

[Trace Evidence]

what about for a pop bottle bong? just taht little bit of foil to keep the pen from burning?

[RunawayAmbulance]

i heard you could get screens out of sinks so I popped one off and instead of a screen I found this sweet as little bowl shaped stainless steel filter. Fits perfectly into all 20 oz Dew bottles without falling in. So I've never had to use foil and I never wanted to cus I always thought it was bad for you.

[BUZz UK]

Trace: not even a pop bottle bong. don't risk it man, it's rank. it's not hard to find alternatives.

[chris420]

Duuude everytime i go out i use foil pipes a lot.. damn i gotta quit using those

[zarathustra]

Currently, all aluminum manufactured for the public domain is anonized. They did this to remove the alzheimers effect. Unless you're using thirty year old pure aluminum foil, you're pretty safe. Think about it: it's known that aluminum consumption can augment or cause alzheimers, do you think they'd be selling drinks in it? No, of course not. They stopped using pure aluminum when a shitload of WWII vets got alzheimers from only being able to drink from a can because the water wasn't safe. I forget the chemical composition, but it's basically an alloy now.

[slipknotpsycho]

go to your parents tools and just get a socket and clean it really good (after that if you have it use sand paper) then clean it again and burn it....there you go you have a bowl....then take a pen tip (not the ink thing....like the metal ends that come on some that are steel) and stick it in the hole.

[BUZz UK]

This thread...

[stinkyattic]

There ARE some errors in this thread.
Not all aluminum is anodized. That's an expensive process and Al foil is NOT treated like that!!!
Tea-light candle tins as far as I am aware are also aluminum and should be avoided.

[Hennessy1414]

its only the foil i think, not the cans

fuck that. the color added to can burs right into ur lungs. :stoned:

[raghead]

I'm pretty sure it's a drug myth that you can die from using aluminum foil bowls. Before I got my piece I used aluminum foil many, many times without any problems(water bottle bong).

[BUZz UK]

yeah, this was a long time ago, lol...

my post sounds retarded...

[420_24/7]

I'm pretty sure it's a drug myth that you can die from using aluminum foil bowls. Before I got my piece I used aluminum foil many, many times without any problems(water bottle bong).

:wtf:
Nobody said you can die from using aluminum foil bowls.

[dragonrider]

UK = gauzes
US = screens

Can we just meet in the middle and call them either scrauzes or geens?

I don't know of any specific evidence, but I have always heard aluminum foil should be avoided for smoking and uncoated aluminum cookware should also be avoided for cooking. Most aluminum cans are now coated on the indide to prevent aluminum from disolving into drinks, but I would imagine that coating (and also the paint on the outside of the can) could vaporize while smoking and cause you harm --- a different kind of harm than the aluminum.

It doesn't take that much to invest in a decent glass ceramic or wood piece, or to buy papers, so why mess around with these toxic aluminum things?