How to Clean your bowl/pipe (PROS)

[PotDoctor]

Hello! i Am the PotDoctor. and as my first post. im going to tell you fellow smokers how to clean your bowl/pipe.

First, i like to call this
"Operation:Clear" - The Intense Bowl Cleaning Regiment.

im not one too good with details so im going to list some steps materials and then describe them

MATERIALS:
Q-tips or toothpicks
Water
Privacy
Window
bowl/pipe
dedication

Starting Off:

1) Run some water into your bowl from the inhaling side and try to get the large pieces of resi out. just shake it up and get all the loose ones out.

2) Run lukewarm water into your sink/tub and close the drain so it starts to fill.. give it about 4 to 5 inches of fill.

3)Submerge the Bowl/pipe into the lukewarm water and let it sit for 15-30 minutes.

4)After the time has passed take your toothpick (or any other skinny/long/object) and start to scrape resi off in the bowl.

you can do this while the bowl is still submerged as well. or you can take it out of the water if its easier.

5) after scraping a significant amount of resi off. rinse the bowl out with water

****PROFESSIONAL****
OPTIONAL) a hard technique is to seal all 3 holes on the bowl.
(put a finger over the mouthpiece and cover the carb while letting a little water run through the chamber. once the water is in. cover the chamber and shake the bowl vigorously. a large amount of resi should exit with the water once you let go of the mouthpiece.

6) begin to enter qtips through the mouthpiece to clean up all the insides.

7)go from the top to try and clean the chamber as well

8) rinse and repeat the steps. (no pun intended) [and dont repeat step 3) just keep rinsing and cleaning till the bowl is clear or until most of the resi is out.

now that your done. your bowl/pipe should hit so much harder and get you. so much High-er.

good luck.
and happy trails! :rastasmoke:

[JohnnyZ]

You are a light in the darkness. Insight itself is jealous of your insight.

[MadSativa]

very cool post, but have yo tried ISO alcohol and Epsom salt? I clean my bong and bowl about 3 or 4 times a weak and it takes about 10 mins each time, I spend d more time drying then cleaning lol.

materials:
Ziploc bag
90% ISO Alcohol
epsonsalt

rinse with warm water for about 15 seconds getting the piece and the resin warm.
let drip dry fro about 5 seconds
then put in zip lock bag add about 3-4 tablespoons of ISO the about 1 table spoon salt.
seal the bag and shake while holding the PIPE IN the bag (hold the pipe in the bag not hold the bag with the pipe in it so you have hands on the pipe at all times)

Works every time and remember to only use distilled water in your bongs because hard eater spots are hard to remove and require chemicals like CLR and allot of rinsing.
Distilled water is very important for Ice Catchers so use distiled in you ice bongs too. distilling is easy no need to pay for water. 2 water jugs and a hose is all you need 2 distill.

[Akustone]

I've always cleaned my glass the way PotDoctor describes until someone told me to use alcohol and salt. An alternative to isopropyl alcohol is pure lemon extract.
Never thought of using distilled water! My poor lungs.

Here's two ways not to clean your glass.
1. Rolling boil
2. 2 MRE heaters and an MRE pouch in a windowsill.

[Ub3rB0ng]

I still prefer alcohol,no scraping required. But solid advice no the less.:thumbsup::jointsmile:

[Barney Trouble]

my sherlock has a big gut, i don't really have any choice but to boil.

[JohnnyZ]

How do you guys find color changing pieces to be? Just picked up a new little travel-sized pipe and it clings onto resin quite quickly but hot water cleans it very easily.

[Ub3rB0ng]

All of my pieces are color changing,and yeah the resin can build up quite fast if you let it. I try and find pipes with the holes of a large diameter,it makes them much easier to clean and they smoke better.Alcohol still works fine.I have about 15 pieces in the collection now.:thumbsup: In fact if you can ever get your hands on a piece from chameleon glass they clean out super easy with just warm water out of the tap each and everytime,its quite amazing(I recommend the vortex).

[Akustone]

my sherlock has a big gut, i don't really have any choice but to boil.

My upright water pipe has 5 percolators that get clogged easily. Running hot water then using alcohol and salt and shaking the crap out of it works. You could also try a coarser salt if you've used alcohol before and it didn't work.

[StickyfingahZ]

I use the Alochol and salt remedy as well, except sometimes I use Rice if I dont have salt.
Cascade dish powder is Nice too excpet you have to wear gloves, but I heard.....lol
I heard that the cascade is good to clean your pipes because when you pour the dirty water down the drain,the cascade keeps it from building up or something like that ...Anyone can confirm?

[sickity]

If it is glass the best thing to use is acetone, and if you don't have any or don't want to buy any then take your gf/wife/mom nail polish remover as it is virtually the same thing, works better then alcohol and don't worry it is highly volatile so you won't be smoking it, trust me it cleaned almost anything stuck inside a beaker/flask when I was taking organic chemistry....

[MadSativa]

acetone damn, yeah it works but there is no need for such extremes, 90% ISO and some salt enzymes like in the coarse salt works great, and it cost like 5 dollars and last like 2 months. takes minutes to clean, if its a dry piece I soak for a while but still quick

[Reefer Rogue]

Yea i use boiling water from a kettle and then q tips in the bowl hole and get as much rez as i can out as i swirl it around. Cleaning sucks but it's necessary unless you wanna get sick. The more often you do it the less there'll be to clean but sometimes it's easier just to keep blazing lol.

[Ub3rB0ng]

If it is glass the best thing to use is acetone, and if you don't have any or don't want to buy any then take your gf/wife/mom nail polish remover as it is virtually the same thing, works better then alcohol and don't worry it is highly volatile so you won't be smoking it, trust me it cleaned almost anything stuck inside a beaker/flask when I was taking organic chemistry....

Actually you dont want to use Acetone on your glass pipes because it can remove the fuming from the inside of your glass pieces.And who wants to smell that crap.we use that shit at work to clean parts with after machining them,no damn way I wanna use that crap at home.Harsh chemicals may take less time,but do the job right right with the proper stuff.:thumbsup::jointsmile:

[sickity]

Actually you dont want to use Acetone on your glass pipes because it can remove the fuming from the inside of your glass pieces.And who wants to smell that crap.we use that shit at work to clean parts with after machining them,no damn way I wanna use that crap at home.Harsh chemicals may take less time,but do the job right right with the proper stuff.:thumbsup::jointsmile:

If you just have a clear glass it works fine, will have no affect on it, its not that harsh, that is like water compared to some of the chemicals I used... you are not soaking it in it just rinsing for a min or so and then rinse it out with water...Cheers....:rasta:


A Little FYI...

Acetone is naturally produced and disposed of in the human body as a result of normal metabolic processes. In fact, the body naturally increases the level of acetone in pregnant women, nursing mothers and children because their higher energy requirements lead to higher levels of acetone production. The medical community is now using ketogenic diets that increase acetone in the body to reduce epileptic attacks in infants and children who suffer from recalcitrant refractory epilepsy.

(source: American Chemistry Council, Acetone VCCEP Submission, September 10, 2003, pages 4-5.)