Don't have a screen...

[n00b_Canadian_toker]

I don't have a screen to put in my glass pipe, does anyone have a creative suggestion? Well it doesn't need to be creative, just effective ;)

Thanks! :D

[xcrispi]

go in the kitchen or bathromm and unscrew the end of the tap take the screen out of the spigot .
crispi

[AlwaysBlazed]

unfortunately I have a suggestion....






tin foil.

*runs and hides*

[EmoRebellion]

Dont use a screen?

[n00b_Canadian_toker]

Dont use a screen?

Does that work okay? Don't you suck a bunch of weed into your mouth if you don't use a screen? Cause I don't want to use tinfoil and my parents will notice if the tap is missing it's little screen thing.

:rasta:

[sanguinekane]

I used to use screens for years, then I realized that unless your piece has a hole in the bowl the size of a pea, the damn things are near useless. Just put a larger sized nug at the base of the bowl in such a way that it will catch a lot of the ash but wont obstruct the air flow. Voila, no need for screens.

[Zoosh]

Yea you'll probly get ash in your mouth.
Just put the tap thing back when your finished or say it got washed down the sink.

[n00b_Canadian_toker]

I used to use screens for years, then I realized that unless your piece has a hole in the bowl the size of a pea, the damn things are near useless. Just put a larger sized nug at the base of the bowl in such a way that it will catch a lot of the ash but wont obstruct the air flow. Voila, no need for screens.

I like the sound of that idea a lot! Thanks everyone!

[jaGerbom]

yeah man u just needta have that base nug there to prevent any ash from gettin in the mouff

[orangeman]

Meh I never even knew glass pipes needed a "screen". I just always lay my weed in the bowl and smoke it :D.

[funfubarman]

same here

[thathippiekid]

You don't need a screen... just put the bigger pieces of broken up weed in the bottom, and the finer stuff on top.

[slipknotpsycho]

take a couple of twist ties, burn off their covering so all you have is metal wire, ball it up... there you go, screen.

[nevaquit01]

Yah, fuck screens man. The last hit sometimes pulls some stuff through but it ain't so bad. It's better than buying screens over and over and over.

[pixel]

do people seriously use screens on a regular basis or something? i toss one in if its kief or if its shake but thats it!!

[Frivolous248]

Yeah screens are a waste...I wish I didn't bother paying 5$ for 3 glass screens. I mean, any bit of weed that can get sucked down that hole so easily wasn't enough to make a difference.

[dejayou30]

the point of buying a glass pipe is the taste factor. using a screen completely defeats the purpose of a glass pipe IMO. if you pack it in there, its not going to go in there. it's like a funnel. try putting weed through a funnel. it doesn't work unless you have some MAJOR suction.

[biohazard]

i use a metal screen on my bong (because the bowl is big, has a fairly large hole, and i tend to suck really hard when taking bong hits, pulling some weed through without a screen). i dont use them on my pipe, i find them pretty useless unless you are always pulling weed through the hole into your mouth.

[Purple Banana]

I don't like screens at all on glass bowls, or even some metal bowls, although I rarely use them.

They made the smoke taste eugh, and if you torch too long, you'll get a bad res hit.

[slipknotpsycho]

do people seriously use screens on a regular basis or something? i toss one in if its kief or if its shake but thats it!!

seconded.

[d4veg]

screens help you not waste weed, plug nugs don't work that well...

[BongSmokityDuo]

"plug nugs" have always worked fine for us

[Perp]

I never use them.

[LSK420theVille]

do people seriously use screens on a regular basis or something? i toss one in if its kief or if its shake but thats it!!


i second this satement:jointsmile:

[sanguinekane]

Haha, plug nugs. Thats a good name for them, never heard them called that, but it works. :pipe:

[sickstrings420]

I never use a screen in a glass pipe. The only time I use a screen is in my metal chamber pipe

[Purple Banana]

Plug nugs work EXCELLENT for screens. I don't know what kind of plug nugs you're using, but they work great for me. I've never used a screen.

[BlueCat]

A glass bead works well. I hate for pieces of weed to get inside my pipe don't you hate it when you're dry and trying to fish out those little bits its a pain :D

[Reefer Rogue]

I have a glass screen for my bubbler. I mainly use it for hash.

[Purple Banana]

Yes, glass screens are great for hash and the odd bits of keif one can throw in, but for plain sticky? Eh.

[Dutch Masta]

I used to use a screen just because I would hate ever getting bud in my mouth from my bowl, but I finally stopped just because its so nice and easy to just blow the ash out after your done and you really dont need one and sometimes they will actually prevent some of the air going through, expecially since they will build up resin on them after a while.

[partyguy420]

just never ever scrape you bowl... and it will get clogged with resin, and you wont be able to suck any ash into your mouth...

[slipknotpsycho]

just never ever scrape you bowl... and it will get clogged with resin, and you wont be able to suck any ash into your mouth...

i still can, doesn't happen anywhere near as often as with a clean pipe, but still happens nonetheless... ash isn't that bad, but what IS bad is when you suck in some liquidy resin.... ~gag~

[PrisonerInGlass]

I've heard about using a common pebble.

[Reefer Rogue]

Good luck with that.

[Nocturnal Stoner]

if you have i pod headphones, then take the wire mesh out of them and heat to clean it

[Borde in Space]

i second this satement:jointsmile:

plus one more for this

[ShvenderHoot]

pack some stems at the bottom of the bowl
or take some tinfoil and poke some holes in it

[S.P.Q.R.]

Rip off a tiny piece of rolling paper and softly ball it up and drop it in the bottom of the bowl..

[mynameisbob28]

im quite surprised at all the ridiculous suggestions in this thread... I by no means consider myself a cannabis connoisseur, but Ive only used a screen in a glass piece once, besides my bubbler, which has an abnormally large hole in the bottom, it's like 3/16" or 1/4" across, and it was because I was smoking nothing but keif and leftover stuff from the bottom of my grinder, I usually just put a big enough nug to not fall through at the bottom and pack around that to fill up the bowl in my dry pieces. If you have anything other than pure shake, a screen isnt really necessary in almost any glass piece.

[2Triv]

I've never even heard of a screen......

[apHytHiaTe]

My bowl has a hole like the size of a pinhead. And it's even smaller than that because of the res buildup :P

I hardly ever get hit in the mouth with ash (did at first) and almost never have to worry about smoking shake and it falling out. In fact, i find that if you pack down that shake, it stays near perfect through the burn. So I have to bust a lung sucking, but heh works for me.