per request from shbongled and others....
this tutorial is for a multi-chamber/perc so some steps wont be necessary if you've got a regular single chamber
to begin, put bowls/downstems aside and take your shamefully filthy piece and run hot water through it for a few minutes to loosen and soften up that disgusting black gunk that would be coating your lungs if you didnt have this fabulous water filtration device. next, we reach for our old pals Alcohol and Salt:
get 99% if you can find it or 91% at least. 70% still works ok but takes a hell of a lot more effort/soaking. pour that whole bottle and some salt (the salt acts as an abrasive) in, some in the top, some in the bottom. cover the bottom hole with some press-n-seal/plastic wrap and secure with a rubber band. grab with both hands turning it horizontally covering the mouth hole with one palm. proceed to shake that shit out of that mofo until all the black crap comes off:
pour the alcohol back into the bottle and put it aside, we'll use it in a moment. rinse thoroughly with hot water and you should now have this:
on to the smaller parts, bowls, downstems, this method also works for small pipes:
pour some of that slightly used alcohol into a ziplock bag with some salt and the downstem and shake the shit out of it. a stick/poker of some kind comes in handy to help scrape those hard to reach places shaking cant quite get:
you can use this same bag for bowls and pipes. i suggest soaking them for at least a few days fully submersed in the alcohol to loosen that shit up. the longer you soak lessens the effort required to scrape em out. if you only have one bowl and no time to soak you've got a lot of scraping in your future. so now your glass should be sparkling clean, almost like new. perhaps a few hard to get patches and some hard water stains. for most occasions this is perfectly acceptable, but what if you're trying to impress and really want that shit like new? what to do about this? how can we get it absolutely like new?
and boom goes tha dynamite:
throw some in the top and the bottom, fill to the brim with hot water and let it soak in for a few hours or overnight. rinse thoroughly and enjoy your completely spotless crystal beauty
this tutorial is for a multi-chamber/perc so some steps wont be necessary if you've got a regular single chamber
to begin, put bowls/downstems aside and take your shamefully filthy piece and run hot water through it for a few minutes to loosen and soften up that disgusting black gunk that would be coating your lungs if you didnt have this fabulous water filtration device. next, we reach for our old pals Alcohol and Salt:
get 99% if you can find it or 91% at least. 70% still works ok but takes a hell of a lot more effort/soaking. pour that whole bottle and some salt (the salt acts as an abrasive) in, some in the top, some in the bottom. cover the bottom hole with some press-n-seal/plastic wrap and secure with a rubber band. grab with both hands turning it horizontally covering the mouth hole with one palm. proceed to shake that shit out of that mofo until all the black crap comes off:
pour the alcohol back into the bottle and put it aside, we'll use it in a moment. rinse thoroughly with hot water and you should now have this:
on to the smaller parts, bowls, downstems, this method also works for small pipes:
pour some of that slightly used alcohol into a ziplock bag with some salt and the downstem and shake the shit out of it. a stick/poker of some kind comes in handy to help scrape those hard to reach places shaking cant quite get:
you can use this same bag for bowls and pipes. i suggest soaking them for at least a few days fully submersed in the alcohol to loosen that shit up. the longer you soak lessens the effort required to scrape em out. if you only have one bowl and no time to soak you've got a lot of scraping in your future. so now your glass should be sparkling clean, almost like new. perhaps a few hard to get patches and some hard water stains. for most occasions this is perfectly acceptable, but what if you're trying to impress and really want that shit like new? what to do about this? how can we get it absolutely like new?
and boom goes tha dynamite:
throw some in the top and the bottom, fill to the brim with hot water and let it soak in for a few hours or overnight. rinse thoroughly and enjoy your completely spotless crystal beauty
Yeah dude, get a pipe at your local smoker's shop for like $10-$20.
