For starters, I don't scrape off the crap inside bongs and pipes, I find that disgusting. Maybe because I'm a lucky Canadian dude with easy access to herb that I can afford to not do so, but I do hold on to roaches and smoke them later... so I'm not wasteful. What actually disgusts me is the crap inside pipes. It makes pipes harsher and nasty, why would I want to smoke that? Why would I want to take my time scraping it off to save it and smoke, when I can clean it better and more efficiently otherwise.

You get my train of though? I hope so... now this is what I do to clean my bongs/pipes. In reference to bongs, I mean cleaning their tubes and stems, not the chambers. I have attached images documenting the steps, they should be self-explainatory.

So, get some hot water. If you have a sink with a stopper, just fill up the sink basin slightly and submerge what you plan on cleaning in the water. If you have no sink + stopper, just use a bowl or other container. You want to use hot water because water alone will not help you clean the resin off, you want the heat of the water to make the resin softer and easier to remove.

After you think the resin has heated up, get some paper towels (toilet paper will work too, but not as well since it's designed to break down when wet) and twist it. You might want to rip the paper into strips kinda, so that when rolled/twisted it will fit inside the pipe/tube you are cleaning. You twist it to make it stronger, and so that it has kinda groves, making it act like a screw. Stick the tip of the paper into the pipe and press it in and twist in one motion, this makes the paper kinda pull itself into the pipe like a screw.

Keep twisting the paper through to the other end and then you can just pull it out most of the time. The end that comes out of the pipe will be full of resin, so be wary.

This usually cleans out any pipe I have, but for other items with that stubborn resin, go out to your local head shop or drug store and pick up some Isopropyl alcohol. Alcohol breaks down the resin, it's the best way to clean your pipes and bongs. If you don't want to get isopropyl alcohol you can just use mouthwash or something else with alcohol in it. Mind you that mouthwash won't be as effective, but it will leave you shit smelling nice. All you do is submerge the items you want to clean in the alcohol, you can cut the alcohol with water... I get 99% alcohol and it doesn't need to be that strong.

Hope this was informative, if anyone has alternative ideas please feel free to share.
Bauman Reviewed by Bauman on . Clean that bong. For starters, I don't scrape off the crap inside bongs and pipes, I find that disgusting. Maybe because I'm a lucky Canadian dude with easy access to herb that I can afford to not do so, but I do hold on to roaches and smoke them later... so I'm not wasteful. What actually disgusts me is the crap inside pipes. It makes pipes harsher and nasty, why would I want to smoke that? Why would I want to take my time scraping it off to save it and smoke, when I can clean it better and more Rating: 5