How do you clean your glass [without loads of chemicals]
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skiskate
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Salt is MUCH softer than glass, It wont scratch glass. Its like taking talc to quartz and trying to scratch it, it just dont work.
Bubbleponic Chronic
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For my water pipe I use 50% Alcohol 50% Hot Water and 2 Tbsp White Rice. The rice cleans the walls like no other.
stumps
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Salt is abrasive. Glass is a liquid. But I can't find shit to prove one way or the other. I was once on a crew that used salt to etch windows. I don't know why we didn't use sand on that job.
The Son of Man
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glass isn't a liquid---damn.
stumps
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Oh but it is.
The Son of Man
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hazyintentions
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I found the whole salt and shake thing quite useful.
I have a color changing bowl that I prefer to just swab out with q-tips soaked in 90% alcohol, Takes about 3 minutes, a little elbow grease, and 3 or 4 q tips but I get it pretty clean every time.
I preserve the color of the glass after it's been exposed to the resin.
I'll try the salt and shake method next time it gets really messy.
EDIT: On the glass being a liquid thing I mean I'm sure stumps can go find an article that states all these "quotes" from famous people saying it is.
I have no opinion either way but I remembering debating this with my physics teacher who is ridiculously smart and he was persistent is telling me that glass has no true crystalline structure as compared to say diamonds where there carbon structure is very apparent.
I truly don't know. But I think this debate is venturing away from the topic. Just a side note lol
I have a color changing bowl that I prefer to just swab out with q-tips soaked in 90% alcohol, Takes about 3 minutes, a little elbow grease, and 3 or 4 q tips but I get it pretty clean every time.
I preserve the color of the glass after it's been exposed to the resin.
I'll try the salt and shake method next time it gets really messy.
EDIT: On the glass being a liquid thing I mean I'm sure stumps can go find an article that states all these "quotes" from famous people saying it is.
I have no opinion either way but I remembering debating this with my physics teacher who is ridiculously smart and he was persistent is telling me that glass has no true crystalline structure as compared to say diamonds where there carbon structure is very apparent.
I truly don't know. But I think this debate is venturing away from the topic. Just a side note lol
stumps
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ok I give. lol
There is no clear answer to the question "Is glass solid or liquid?". In terms of molecular dynamics and thermodynamics it is possible to justify various different views that it is a highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. The difference is semantic. In terms of its material properties we can do little better. There is no clear definition of the distinction between solids and highly viscous liquids. All such phases or states of matter are idealisations of real material properties. Nevertheless, from a more common sense point of view, glass should be considered a solid since it is rigid according to everyday experience. The use of the term "supercooled liquid" to describe glass still persists, but is considered by many to be an unfortunate misnomer that should be avoided. In any case, claims that glass panes in old windows have deformed due to glass flow have never been substantiated. Examples of Roman glassware and calculations based on measurements of glass visco-properties indicate that these claims cannot be true. The observed features are more easily explained as a result of the imperfect methods used to make glass window panes before the float glass process was invented.
There is no clear answer to the question "Is glass solid or liquid?". In terms of molecular dynamics and thermodynamics it is possible to justify various different views that it is a highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. The difference is semantic. In terms of its material properties we can do little better. There is no clear definition of the distinction between solids and highly viscous liquids. All such phases or states of matter are idealisations of real material properties. Nevertheless, from a more common sense point of view, glass should be considered a solid since it is rigid according to everyday experience. The use of the term "supercooled liquid" to describe glass still persists, but is considered by many to be an unfortunate misnomer that should be avoided. In any case, claims that glass panes in old windows have deformed due to glass flow have never been substantiated. Examples of Roman glassware and calculations based on measurements of glass visco-properties indicate that these claims cannot be true. The observed features are more easily explained as a result of the imperfect methods used to make glass window panes before the float glass process was invented.
RhymesWithGosh
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I saw Marc Emery clean his bong on National Geographic's "Marijuana Nation" and he used rubbing alcohol and kosher salt. Just letting you know how the prince of pot cleans his pieces.
Michael Phelps
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Formula 420! Im tellin you that stuff works wonders, my friends dad uses rubbing alcohol and salt method but it takes forever. Personally if its just a pipe, i will smoke out of it till its hella resinated, throw it in a droor, and go buy a new pipe.
skiskate
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It doesnt take forever, I clean my bong from disgusting brown to perfectly clear in under a minute. Even the tree percs come out clean that quick. Looks brand new every time I clean it. This is with 99% iso though, so maybe you tried with less.
Michael Phelps
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well im not sure exactly what my friends dad uses, i just know its rubbing alcohol so im assuming its iso.
But i was reffering to actual glass pipes and bubblers, bongs are def easier to clean.
Do you have one of those magnet scrubbers? Those work awesome
IAm5toned
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and so isnt sodium....
skiskate
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Magnet scrubbers? Got a link for that? sounds cool
I use iso for my pipes as well, they go in a ziploc bag with salt and 99% iso and again it only takes about a minute and everything is gone. I give it a rinse and its perfectly clean.
Michael Phelps
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Oh damn, god i doubt my friends dad has ever done it in a ziplock bag, thats a hella good idea, thanks skistate.
Here is a link
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/16818
Essentially you put your cleaning solution in your bong, then there is a a magnet that has a scrubber on it, you just drop it inside your bong and you can move it around from the outside, its pretty nice for those hard to get spots.
Here is a link
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/16818
Essentially you put your cleaning solution in your bong, then there is a a magnet that has a scrubber on it, you just drop it inside your bong and you can move it around from the outside, its pretty nice for those hard to get spots.
Straight up G
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I think it is just best to avoid the use of salt if you can, came to my mind to avoid it as soon as someone said it, not sure y
rice eh?, will give it a go
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A vicious battle
The Son of Man is one cold customer
I am going to allow it
he also called you a damb fool, pm'd it to me
lol
I would like to see a list of the ingredients and I will let you know
tree percs?
but is it?
magnet scrubber?
??? wrong thread?and so isnt sodium....
yea me too
Straight up G
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