My metal pipe , also how do u clean it?

Here is my pipe , i was wondering how would i go about cleaning a metal pipe like this i bought it for 11 dollers , i got it with 5 screens/ filters... does the actually pipe get dirty?

 

holy shit man i like that..id pay 20 for it damn i should get one of those

no clue how to clean it tho sry

 

It was 11$ here....cheap! it came with 5 filters- they first said i was to yong to buy it but when i flashed them that i had the $ they where more then willing to sell it to me.

THis is all CDN money so if ur american come here its prob like 5 - 6 $ for you americans.

 

damn i never thought of flashin the cash

ill try that next time im at a flea market/carnival..or wherever their sellin pipes

 

Sweet looking piece. You shouldn't need to clean it very often (once a year?)

Soak it in warm water overnight. No soap. A rubbing alcohol rinse at the end should clean it bare. Wait for the alcohol to evaporate completly before smoking.

Unlike glass, metal and wood don't benifit from being squeeky brand-new clean. After a few uses, a layer of compacted ash lines the bowl, adding insulation. The stem gets a layer of resin which mellows the smoke. With a wide stem like that, it should be a long time until it gets clogged. If the mouthpiece unscrews, do so every so often and rinse the mouth piece.

A word of warning, it looks like the chamber between the bowl and mouthpiece could be filled with bud. I wouldn't use it to carry bud. The bud gets nasty sticky from the smoke. It doesn't work well.

Good piece. May it serve you often and well.

 

how long would you wait? aprox?? .... also how often should i clearn the insides of it?

PS.

ya im 15 but i look 14 becasue im 5'2 ... so hardly anyone sells me anything just when u go to buy it go in a small group i would say 2 - 4 max , people so they dont get suspicious...

worked for me , only me and my good friend went to get it ... also

ya how long do i wait for it to evaporate? and by rince u mean just pore some rubbing alchoal in a cup and dip the pipe in .. or take it apart and drop it in the cup for a couple of seconds?

ALSO ,, how often should i change filters? i have 5 that came with the pipe ... and im curious to change it every 2 times i smoke or ... 3 .... i dont want it to be really dirty but i dont wanna waste a filter everytime i blaze

 

If its hard to draw, its time to clean (this won't be a problem with your pipe). Otherwise, wait until it starts to taste nasty, maybe every two months or so.

By filter, do you mean the metal screen at the bottom of the bowl? If so, use it until it clogs. Then take it out, set it on fire (use tongs), work it back and forth and re-use it. Depending on your use, you clean a screen every month-ish. Re-use them until big holes develop.

 

Let me add one more thing. Metal, ceramic and wooden pipes are earthier than the glass, bong, vaporizer style of smoking. Think "camping" clean not "surgery" clean.

 

ya im talking about that screen so all i do is take a lighter and light it untill it cleans?? wont it clean if u put it in water? Or i just take the lighter and it should burn away all the black stuff?


also! how long till the alchohal evaporates??

 

what? :sunglasse

 

he means if its a little dirty then who gives a fuck

doesn't have to be spotless

 

Ah im just still confused about the screens/filters.... if i light it in the middle it should clean? becasue i personally think buying millions of filters is a waste of money... so i can reuse them?? Is that the only method.. or can i soak it in hot water?

 

i need to go to the markets and get me one of them, all i have is an extremely unconcealable vapourizer.

 

Ah lol , i used to have a glass pipe.... but i never used filters on my metal pipe , so back to my question


"Ah im just still confused about the screens/filters.... if i light it in the middle it should clean? becasue i personally think buying millions of filters is a waste of money... so i can reuse them?? Is that the only method.. or can i soak it in hot water?"

 

hold the filter with tongs of some type and heat to a extreme

this will make the resin brittle and dry bind the screen back and forth the resin will crack and fall off

don't use water its more trouble than it's worth.

 

Alright thanks and how much do u think i can do that till i have to throw away the filter.
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bump. anyone?

 

what you spent 11 bucks for that!? i could make somthing better than that in my metal smithing class and i have i dont like to spend money on anything to smoke out of unless its jay papers or a fine peice of glass

 

wow, I remember back in the early 90s....we all had our own metal pipes, like that one.

The advice here has been good, just clean it out if it tastes funky or has trouble drawing.
Some people like to use little instruments (like straightened paperclips and the like) to pull all the resin out and smoke it. Personally, I've always felt that that was more trouble than it's worth...but if you do decide to do that (everybody does at least once) I recomment having some bud on hand as well. Once you've got some sticky, stinky resin balls laid out on something, like glossy magazine paper or something else, stick 'em on a ball of bud. Smoking straight resin is just nasty.

I also agree that loading the chamber with bango is not a good idea. Again, it just ruins the taste, and it's not as if it comes out like super-skunk....just stinks and tastes pretty disagreeable.

Enjoy!

 

bah, metal pipes youll get sick of em pretty fast ;p