i was thinking about cleaning my pipe. i read on here another time that you put it in boiling water. but a friend of mine told me that it depends on how thick the glass is. how should i go about cleaning watson my pipe? or just keep it how it is
Printable View
i was thinking about cleaning my pipe. i read on here another time that you put it in boiling water. but a friend of mine told me that it depends on how thick the glass is. how should i go about cleaning watson my pipe? or just keep it how it is
You can boil it, but make sure that it is a gradual increase in temperature. Don't drop the glass from room temperature into a 100 degree bot of boiling water, it may crack. Also, do not let it touch the metal parts of the pot or it will weaken.
Put your piece, 2 tablespoons of salt, and some alcohol in a ziploc bag and shake the bunch. The alcohol will turn brown. Rinse and repeat
If you're not interested in the resin for smoking when desperate times call for desperate measures, use rubbing alcohol by putting it in, swishing it around especially if it's a bong, and once it comes off the pipe rinse it out. This works really quickly compared to boiling.
If you use resin, boil and use coffee filters to catch the resin and allow to dry. When it comes to boiling glass, let the glass pipe heat up with the water. I've found that it's not necessary to let it cool down with the water, but don't put cold water on hot glass... my windshield still wears the scar of the day I suffered from a severe blonde moment. The sound of it cracking in half still haunts me... Anyway, just be real cautious when handling a hot glass pipe and not letting it hit anything. Set up a towel to put it on when you're done boiling.
I just soak it in mouthwash overnight. Then it even smells good.
nail polish works wonders with dirty pipes you just got to make sure to clean it out real good afterwords cause the nail polish is poisonous
Surely you mean nail polish REMOVER. I can't imagine nail polish doing anything good to your bowl.
Mouthwash, never thought of that, but it's a good idea. The alcohol in that would act like rubbing alcohol and dissolve the resin. Hmmm, thanks for the idea.
A friend of mine swears by 1 part mr. clean, one part bleach, two parts water, and a good long soak. rinse well.
Yes, with that concoction rinse very, very well.
i stick to the rubbing alchohol. i just take my (metal) piece apart and soak it in in alchohol for a day, then i get rid of wats left cuz eww..
ya i agree with letting it soak but if it is really clogged run luke warm water through it and that will get the majority of the stuff out of it quick
Trust me, guys. Mouthwash. It doesn't even taste bad, or smell bad. If you have a really tough clog (which we all do) use a big bowl of mouthwash (the shit is cheap, don't be skimpy) and microwave that shit. I'm telling you, mouthwash works like a charm, and you don't have to worry too much about what might remain on the pipe. Mouthwash...
i have always used nail varnish remover, how often do you guys clean your pipes? (that sounds very dirty lol) i smoke every night and clean it every 2 weeks or so, you?
Okay, I'm seeing a lot of toxic substances being used on pipes in this thread, bad juju, try a non toxic cleanser like Simple Green, soak it overnight, rinse well(till you can't smell it anymore) and voila, good as new.
oh, and if you have the slightest crack in your piece, don't use alcohol, it will make the crack spread.
can i do that with my glass bowl cuz i dunno what would happen if i moicrowaved itQuote:
Originally Posted by Mello.as.Hello
try 409....i swear to god that shit just eats resin away...and all other grime....i can get my pipe totallly resinated scrape all that's good then soak it over night in full strength 409 and then use some q-tips the next day and just wipe away all the gunk...looks brand new..works with bongs too....just make sure it's filled all the way up and have some kind of baby bottle cleaner or somthing to do some mild scraping then rinse and this is important.....wash afterwards no matter what you soak in liquid dish soap. HAND WASHING ONLY seeming as i don't know how bongs and pipes will hold up in a washing machine but 409 will leave a very unwanted, untasteful, and very sickening residue
That's why I told you to use mouthwash. And you microwave the mouthwash, not the bowl. Put the bowl in some hot mouthwash, put it in a tupperware container for a few minutes... it'll be clean as a whistle and you won't have to scrub very much. Plus, NO SICKENING RESIDUE.
409, nail polish remover, simple green? ALL of that shit is bad to burn and inhale. At least mouthwash is like 98% alcohol, very little left behind at all.
ok thanks for clearing that up
Actually, Simple Green is non toxic, you can drink it(not recommended) and if you rince the pipe thoroughly, it's perfectly safe. When I was a diesel mechanic, the district rep for the company that makes it came to my shop to do a demo, he drank 4 ounces of it, and other than a horrific taste, he suffered no ill effects.
Mouthwash will do the trick too, although I'm not sure if an alcohol based cleaner is the safest thing to microwave, since when it's heated the alcohol becomes very flammible.
I suppose there is a chance of flame.. :D
I dunno, never happened to me. Jesus, that guy who drank the simply green? Balls of steel, man. Balls of steel.
yea i smoke at least twice a day but i dont clean my bowl very often, but before cleaning the bowl i suggest you scrape the res out of it, i do that and in times of need when your low on that herb just use a lil bit of weed and sprinkle the res on top, itll fuck ur day up, but i just biol mine in water and then use a pipecleaner to wipe off whatever is left works for me
OxyClean works amzn, esp. in combination with rubbing alcohol.