nasty hits

recently ive been getting the nastiest hits from my glass piece. I still get it after i have cleaned my pipe using the alcohol and salt technique. Its like a really nasty tasting hit that makes me gag and cough really deeply And it happens only when it gets to the middle/bottom part of the bowl. Also the smoke is grayish, usually the smoke has a blueish tint but this one is like darker and grayish. And no, its not the bud ive been getting. It happens no matter what type of bud i have let it be dank headies or mid-high grade mids. Is this normal? maybe ive smoked out of it so much its just like that or what.

maybe there is a little bit of resin stuck in there with some alcohol in it?

yeah there might be some residue thats still stuck at the end of the bowl..

Dont use alcohol to clean it first of all,would you want to be smoking alcohol, that sounds like a terrible idea, just boil it next time. Actually I would do that anyway, but other than that I have no other way to explain the problem, since Ive never came across that.

rubbing alcohol+salt= the best way to clean a glass pipe. dunno would holding a flame inside the bowl help dissolve it or will i have to boil it or something?

What kind of alcohol, Im pretty sure your talking about rubbing alcohol. Your not even supposed to drink that stuff, and Im sure its not healthy to smoke it, even just the residue, would prolly make it taste bad. Im sure salts not good to smoke either..

isopropyl alcohol doesnt leave residues.

yea bro using rubbing alcohol and salt to clean your pipe is a perfectly safe. you dont smoke the alcohol or the salt cuz u rinse the pipe after cleaning it.

bad weed isnt out of the question either

and dont be taking hits from beat weed either

lmao, you can't smoke alcohol dude, it just evaporates. Rubbing alcohol evaporates so fast there wouldn't be any there by the time he smoked the pipe.

Ya probably the weed. I clean my piece daily with alcohol & salt and the only thing I taste is my weed. Fuck boiling, too much time!

boil it always works for me but be carefull you dont want to break it you should proly do it sober

Boiling takes me maybe 10 minutes, and then my pipe is squeaky clean.

I dont want to take risk with my expensive peices by shaking them around while there is liquid in them that could get on my hands. Too much of a chance of the peice slipping and breaking.

naw dude, if you are at the bottom part of the bowl its not gonna taste as good as green hit, it just tastes bad because it is cash or almost cash....

haha blue smoke

I don't think you are washing your bowl out enough after using alchohol and salt in it. There is probably a glob of resin/alchohol/and salt that you keep hitting.

If this doesn't improve just buy a new bowl.

Buy a new bowl, or smoke joints.

Pipes went out with the 90's you hippies, get with the times...

You do all know that alcohol evapourates dont you?

There is NO residue.

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Originally Posted by LIP

You do all know that alcohol evapourates dont you?

There is NO residue.

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QFT... it's common sense. Especially if since isopropyl alcohol is of a high concentration (70% - 90%); it evaporates pretty fast. I notice no difference in taste.

Nasty hits happen to me too sometimes... stop hittin the bowl and try a new method. Its good to switch around.