Is about that time. What do u guys use? I heard u need to soak your pipe and leave it in a cup full of rubing alcohol so that it takes the taste of all the soap and other shit u use to clean it. I never clean mine since I just started heavly smoking. How do you clean yours. Better yet when do you know is time to get a new new pieace
When it is time to get a new pipe-- Whenever you want to! Maybe you have extra cash or just want a new toy to play with, its always win/win. You can do a lot of different stuff, I used to like to boil mine but the best was I have encountered to clean a bowl is the isopropyl alcohol & salt method. It seems much more efficient Alcohol: http://www.howtocleanthings.com/how-to-clean-a-glass-pipe.htm Boiling: http://www.ehow.com/how_2160389_clean-glass-pipe.html
Dude just use strong ISO alcohol and Salt. It works like magic. Dont boil, you can break cheap glass like that, or stress it alot... depending what kind of piece you have, i just put a bit of alcohol in mine and a bit of salt and shake it around. Sometimes it still smells A BIT, only if you like really try and smell the inside of the pipe, if so I just use some soap. And a q-tip to scrub inside if the salt didnt work to well.
I clean the bowl after every use to keep it tasting good. Usually Ill only clean em when I want to see em color in again, or when they start to get so resiny it effects the smoking. Which dosent happen much because I have so many. If it's a pretty straight pipe Ill just run HOT (my water heater is set to 150) water through it and use a q-tip to wipe it out. Other wise Ill put it in simmering, not boiling water and let it soak, then just shake it around with water in it. Works great and no chemicals to worry about.
To answer your first question, I think if you boiled it long enough it would be fully clean but it would take longer. That's just my experience though. And for this question, no there is no aftertaste. I did it outside so I could just dump the alcohol out (it does kill grass btw! ) and after I shook it up, I just hosed it off/out. 1. to get the alcohol off 2. to get any loose resin out. It worked really well.
I try and clean mine once a week. I just soak it in hot water wish dishwashing liquid for a few minutes and clean out the grime with a few different sized bottle brushes. Comes out pretty damn clear. My bong is glass so I like it looking crystal.
I also clean my pipe after ever use, mainly because i dont want anyone finding my stinky pipe... Im telling you guys, rubbing alcohol + salt as an abrasive works magic. No scrubbing at all. Possibly a tiny bit if you have it REALLY caked on... I wouldnt know because i never let my pipe get that bad... I shake my pipe around with it like 1/4 full of alcohol and salt. so it splashes around.
Boil would take forever and could damage the glass if you dont do it right, or if you have cheaper glass... There is no salt after taste dude, its glass... It doesnt ABSORB flavors or anything... Shit you put RUBBING ALCOHOL IN IT... just rinse it out with water when your done there is not after taste besides nice clean glass...
Boiling water, just don't do it for too long, a few minutes should be all you need to see all that gunk come right off.
1. Put pipe in large freezer bag 2. Add enough alcohol to cover the pipe 3. Dump in a good amount of salt 3. Seal bag and shake the shit out of it for 5-10 mins (depending on the size of your piece) 4. Rinse out all the resin under the sink 5. Scrape off whatever is left if necessary You're Welcome.
Thank u to all that answer my questions. I got a cheap small pieace that just needs cleaning asap and I got 2 that are still fine. I still haven't tryed it. But thanx for clearing that out about the after taste. Yeah is true is best if u clean it everytime trust me. Those little fuckers are stinking up. Badddd especially if you keep them in your car NOT a good idea
Street sweeper bristles make make great scrapers. Look for them in gutters next to the curb while you're walking around town.
Tryed it today. It worked great. Just use gloves cuz if that dirty shit gets on ur hands it will smell
lol i just cleaned my pipe today after a year and a half of not cleaning it at all. the only reason i even cleaned it was because it was so resined up i couldn't smoke out of it anymore haha i boiled it for like 20 minutes. that loosened most of it up, so then i swabbed with a q-tip. couldn't reach all the places, so i then used 91% iso alch in a bag, and shook that shit as hard as i could. that got most of it out, but i still needed to use a pipe cleaner to get at the opposite (inside) side of the actually bowl. there was one small piece of resin that would not come out, so i left it there even though it was extremely bothersome. i don't suggest letting your bowl get that dirty haha
Fuck all the boiling and shit, I just unbend a paper clip and shove it through the pipe like a needle. Gets all the resin loose, and when I blow into it chunks of resin flies out. Simple cleaning.
