clean bong/oil rig getting me higher?

Hey guys. heres something I want to discuss.

earlier this week, my oil rig with 5 fingers perc it was COMPLETELY clogged. it happens every 2-4 weeks. to the point where you can barely suck air through it... between the 5 fingers, youre only getting a pin hole worth of air.

so last night, with the clogged oil rig, I was feeling brave and I threw a pretty damn big hoot on the nail... smoked it all (felt like I was suffocating the whole time because the bong was so clogged), and when I went to exhale, there was barely any smoke.... bullshit, I just smoked like .10!!!!! bong was clean of all smoke, I got the whole hoot, and I barely felt it.... wtf??

I then cleaned my bong with everclear, made it brand new except foggy glass now (dont use alcohol to clean bong). now I am able to get massive air flow through it, and after 1 hoot I am absolutely stoned again. wtf??

I am thinking with it clogged youre not getting enough air and getting the smoke deep enough or letting it expand in your lungs, even if you do a nice inhale after taking your mouth off the bong.

try it out guys... if your rig or any of the pieces is getting dirty and clogged, clean it somehow, and then try a hoot through your clean piece... you will be amazed at the difference!!!! you think its not clogged/theres no resistance... well its just been building up by .5% every day and you dont notice it. cleaned mine and noticed like an 80% improvement!!!

do I also need to mention that it tastes way better too. I gotta quit letting it build up so thick.. I think subconsciously Im a horder and enjoy seeing how much I can make/collect in there. nothing more satisfying than topping off a reclaim collector

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five finger perc:

Are you going to saline wash it and re smoke it?

On topic, I feel the same way. I don't think it has to do with the amount of smoke you are getting because I feel benefits from clean water and glass not having to change it because it was clogged.

I like to think that its the other resins in the glass that are hitching a ride on the fresh smoke making it harsher on your lungs and exposing your capillaries to older resins first and your missing on on the new ones you just smoked. Vice versa when its clean you only get what you just smoked, just my 2c. (Really makes a difference in 100% clean glass bowls for me)

glad to see im not the only one that notices it.

yes, I pour just a tiny splash of everclear to clean it (not recommended), then pour it into my stainless steel oil dish and let it evaporate, scrape it, throw it in the vacuum chamber, and then sometimes smoke it if I got nothing else around, or if it doesnt taste too weird which it usually kinda does. im pretty picky.

i actually use ro water in my pieces dont think its makes a difference, but i reclaim and winterize everything out of my piece. i soak in ever clear pour into a cup set in freezer for 48 hours filter and then set it in the cabinet for about a week then i put in the vac chamber for an hour or so to boil of the water from the everclear and remaining everclear. it is some of the most potent hash i make its retarded and it actually tastes sweet not like reclaim, i think because i winterize it. i am actually going to try to make caramels, i have a half ounce of it sitting around

vacpurge said:

glad to see im not the only one that notices it.

yes, I pour just a tiny splash of everclear to clean it (not recommended), then pour it into my stainless steel oil dish and let it evaporate, scrape it, throw it in the vacuum chamber, and then sometimes smoke it if I got nothing else around, or if it doesnt taste too weird which it usually kinda does. im pretty picky.

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put it in the freezer and winterize it, it will taste 20 times better and it pulls out all the ash and other bullshit that its sucked up into your piece, the filter looks gross when done but definitely worth taking the extra time to do so since your not trying to smoke it right away

hmm interesting, I will have to try that. I just had a dish of around 20 grams of random oils I threw in, mostly reclaim, some second rinses, it was gross haha. I should have tried winterizing it.

I think there are a few reasons for your getting higher..thc doesn't stick as easily to the clean slick glass ..if resin or even water residues from not drying completely after cleaning are on the glass, the vaporized cannabinoids will stick to it easier and get rid of some if your hit..and the same way a "steam roller" works a clean piece shoots the air down into your lungs quickly and is less irritating. ...I'm sure there are other factors too.......water temp and cleanliness as well as how hot your nail is or whatever.... but yea mostly the resin on the side grabs the suspended cannabiniods in your vaoor

hmm very interesting makes sense too. im excited for my friends to come over and try out the clean glass now too haha!! they thought it got them high before, now well see.

i like that idea twitch. its a good idea, just have your reclaim jar of everclear on stand by, smoke your rig, clean it every couple weeks or soo. and re use your reclaim jar till it gets pretty thick, winterize, evap. yeee.

i feel so wasteful sometimes..

Is there any kind of time table for keeping an extract in everclear or ISO? Minus the ash or whatever that would absorb does it do anything to the THC or molecular structure of the finished product? (Prolonged periods of time I mean)

Nope... product is more stable when in solution of etoh or iso than a natural slab