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I think I remember reading a post on this site that was a good way to clean a pipe. I'd like to know a really good, easy way to clean a pipe that can be done by soaking it in a solution that would best get rid of resin using basic, household chemicals. So glad to see you have overcome them.
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You cast your demons out
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Most pipe cleaners contain mostly acetone, so go figure that it works as itself. In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. ~Baba Dioum
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Posts: 2291 Joined: 26-Mar-2008 Last visit: 12-Jan-2020 Location: The Thunderbolt Pagoda
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That's the only way SWIM does it.
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yeah, Acetone or rubbing Alcohol works best. Just soak it like you said... WS All posts are fictional short stories depicting the adventures of WSaged!! None of these events have actually happened and any resemblance to any real persons or incidents is totally coincidence!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i just asked this q. recently, and went on to soak it in salt and rubbing alchol. then I boiled it in water on the stove. I repeated the cycle a few times. then I used a bent q-tip, and some rolled up paper towels. clean pipe. It was a pyrex spoon. "Infinite Diversity, in Infinite Combinations."
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Teotzlcoatl
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Garden hose connected to the bowl piece. Shoots everything out. Good for a quick clean. WARNING: DO NOT INGEST ANY BOTANICAL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT FULLY RESEARCHED AND CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED!!!I am Teotzlcoatl, older cousin of Quetzalcoatl. My most famous physical incarnation was Nezahualcoyotl, but I have taken many forms since the dawn of the cosmos. In this realm I manifest as multiple entities at a single time. I am many, I am numbered. I am few, but more than one. I am a multifaceted being, a winged serpent with many heads. We are Teotzlcoatl. "We Are The One's We've Been Waiting For" - Hopi Proverb
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Posts: 1813 Joined: 18-Jan-2008 Last visit: 17-Oct-2013 Location: Heart of the Sun
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If using alcohol or acetone, just let the glass piece soak, fully immersed, over night & in the morning, running hot water from the kitchen sink through it will wash out any resin effortlessly!! I love glass pipes because of this! Soak over night & you've got a brand new piece!! WS All posts are fictional short stories depicting the adventures of WSaged!! None of these events have actually happened and any resemblance to any real persons or incidents is totally coincidence!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Acetone and alcohol work great but also put some salt, sugar or sand in this will help scrap the hard to get areas. This is the same concept of the formula 420 preparations. A pipe cleaner or Q-tips will help as well.
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Qtips and acetone work incredibly well for SWIM. He never has to leave his glass pieces soaking and gets them clean in minutes.
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I use Dr. Bronner’s soap. Get a bucket, fill with warm water, throw your pieces in there, and let them sit for about a half hour. Then I get a little scrubbing tool, or a rag, and everything washes right off. Everything I post is made up fiction. SWIM represents a character who is not based in or on reality.
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In a pinch I've resorted to using mouth wash. Listerene is a bad choice because it leaves a smell, but pretty much everything else works fine, they just need a good rinsing afterwards. This combined with salt will clean any pipe if you don't feel like going anywhere. By allowing this message to pass through your cornea, into your retina, you accept it as is and agree to my disclaimer regarding my posts that they are a complete falsification by doing so freeing me of all liability, direct, indirect, consequential or incidental that may arise from the instillation of this post in your memory bank.
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I would never use acetone. Too nasty smelling! I just use Rubbing alcohol and salt. My buddy uses epsom salt because it's big and coarse, but most any kind of salt will do.
I've never had to soak using rubbing alcohol and salt. I cleaned my roomies bong in 20 mins and it was REALLY clogged up! Just use q-tips or pipe cleaners to scrape out all the tough stuff.
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Posts: 2291 Joined: 26-Mar-2008 Last visit: 12-Jan-2020 Location: The Thunderbolt Pagoda
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hexagonomicon wrote:I would never use acetone. Too nasty smelling! I just use Rubbing alcohol and salt. Seriously? SWIM finds that he can only smell acetone directly above it and the smell does not linger and it evaporates so quickly. The smell from IPA always seems to linger for SWIM, and it always seems to require water to wash it away. SWIM uses copper mesh, so he avoids the use of water as much as possible.
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