is tin or lead bad?

[slipknotpsycho]

i heard brass was bad for you too.. or maybe it was another metal..

no brass is one of the mainly used metals in metal pipes, next to steel, or could be nickle.
you're probably thinking of copper, copper is bad.

[moeburn]

Copper poisoning sucks, it makes you schizophrenic and gives you golden halos around your eyes, and although it can be cured easily, its extremely difficult to diagnose.

[Omun]

jesus christ you gotta be kidding, that's like solder don't use it

That's exaclty what I was thinking. Tin and lead are in solder and if you have ever soldered an electrical circuit you know that the smoke it gives off is not going to be good for your lungs. Get a glass bowl or get some zigzags,.... possibly?

[moeburn]

That's exaclty what I was thinking. Tin and lead are in solder and if you have ever soldered an electrical circuit you know that the smoke it gives off is not going to be good for your lungs. Get a glass bowl or get some zigzags,.... possibly?

duuuuuuude do you really think your soldering iron is hot enough to VAPOURIZE either of those metals. No. The toxic smoke coming from solder isn't lead or tin, its flux. Flux will kill you much faster than lead.

[ezjim]

is a tin pipe or a lead pipe harmfull to smoke out of? the material is 60% tin 40% lead

brass and stainless steel is the only safe metals for making pipes if you dont have tese then glass or wood is a good alternitive onyx or soap stone are also acceptable material's as well

[moeburn]

brass and stainless steel is the only safe metals for making pipes if you dont have tese then glass or wood is a good alternitive onyx or soap stone are also acceptable material's as well

Aluminum is fine too, but if you're using aluminum foil, its probably best to burn off the extra coatings first.

[slipknotpsycho]

aluminum supposedly causes (or atleast helps induce) alzhimers disease later on in life.


on a side note i'll probably not remember any of you when i'm about 60 or so, since i smoked out of this shit alot as a child.

[moeburn]

Seriously? I had never heard of that. I guess it would be a good idea to go out and buy a damn pipe then.

[Satovan]

Lead paint chips are delicious when you have the munchies though.

[dirty raider]

I'd stick to a glass or a stone peice if at all possible.