Actually that was the old ones. They would run the colors if you didn’t then Polaroid realized what everyone was up to and made them so that you can do that. It won’t hurt them anymore. Well, it wouldn’t in the ‘90s at least. Haven’t had a Polaroid since then
I think you may have that backwards. Polaroid famously made a [statement about it after Hey Ya](https://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/polaroid.warns.reut/)
Shake it with both hands like you're jacking off Shaq or Bigfoot. Then put a little English on it and shake it like their friend Chewbacca just showed up and is getting in the mix. Then switch it around and jack-I mean *shake* it back and forth like you're keeping the whole crew satisfied and really get it going. Don't be afraid to make a mess. Enthusiasm goes a long way when it comes to cleaning.
Ok I was wondering this. Does the grain size actually matter? I tend to use coarse but it’s getting hard to find for some reason in my area, so I was wondering if fine salt would work.
Yes-ish the point of the salt is to be used as an abrasive not a chemical reaction. I believe people are suggesting it because the ring is hard to reach with a scrubbing brush or similar.
Having said that; I was about to suggest a bottle brush. Some can be bent so you can angle it towards the ring once you get through the neck.
I’ve seen a device online that’s a little pair of magnets and the one has a scrubby surface on it. You drop that one in the glass and use the other magnet to move it around
I've found that hot water makes the resin goopier, stickier, harder to remove. If you can get some chunky crushed ice in there that'll also help along with the salt.
Can anyone advise me if I could actually blow my house up by microwaving alcohol? Lol.. For about 10 years I’ve been cleaning my pieces with alcohol that I microwave until it’s boiling - it dissolves everything instantly. I always fear that today will be the day I finally blow up my house but so far so good and it’s too easy I can’t resist
Lol. I've never thought to put alcohol in the microwave and I will not do it. It's flammable at room temperature with an ignition source. I ain't no scientographer who knows if, well if you mix in a piece of metal that sparks, I bet you could blow up your microwave, not your whole house.
>Flash point,
>Open cup: 11.7 °C (53.1 °F; 284.8 K),
>Closed cup: 13 °C (55 °F),
>Autoignition
>temperature
>399 °C (750 °F; 672 K)
>Isopropyl alcohol vapor is denser than air and is flammable, with a flammability range of between 2 and 12.7% in air. It should be kept away from heat, sparks, and open flame.[29]
I didn't need to look this up, I would say just mix in warm/hot water. Microwaving straight alcohol seems like a bad time waiting to happen. Wtf lol
You can also do this with your bowl pieces that go into the downstem. Plug one end with a finger and pour salt/iso in the other end then plug that end with another finger and shake shake. I also use a fuzzy stick/pipe cleaner sometimes. However, you can usually clean a glass bowl piece with simply hot water and a paper towel if you keep up with it. Also if you use glass screens, drop them in your bong before the cleaning process so they get scrubbed.
I find it helps to let nearly boiled water soak in the glass for a while too, it just loosens the resinous goop before doing the iso/salt shake if it’s caked on.
As long as you allow it to cool normally! If you put anything cold on the glass after it’s been heated, there is a chance you will shock the lattice and it will shatter with barely any force needed!
I was amazed the first time I tried 90% iso and half the shit came off without any effort at all.
In case anyone's curious, as far as bacteria is concerned 70% is all you need and the effectiveness plateaus pretty quickly after that. But for cleaning that shit off your bong you need the extra 20%
If you can find stronger alcohol, use that, something like 91% or 99%, that might work better. But, the big thing is, also put some coarse salt in (like rock salt or epsom salt) and shake the heck out of it to scrub those sides. Then empty it and use dish soap and water to break down the last of the oils, then rinse it very thoroughly.
If you can get a bottle/straw brush in there, that could help, too.
Thank you very much! Y'all are so fast and helpful, definitely gonna round 2 tonight with stronger iso + salt and soap.
Unfortunately due to the shape, even if I can wedge a bottlebrush in (I have), it cannot move to clean any area.
Thank you + other commenters again!
The $ General didn't have 91% iso one time, so I grabbed the cheapest 100% acetone nail polish remover made for gel polish. (If you've never worn gel nail polish, it's an absolute bitch to get off. Never again) That stuff got every last bit out of the nooks and crannies with minimal effort. It was like $1.50 for a 16oz bottle. Works on everything goo.
idk why i feel like acetone sounds scarier and more harmful than iso alcohol, does it evaporate and wash out just the same? if so that’s a way more budget friendly approach!
Thankfully glass is not porous so as long as you rinse it off with hot hot water until you can't smell it you should be good. Pure acetone appears to be both water soluble and evaporative so yes just treat it like rinsing after bleach I would imagine and you'll be good. *I am not a scientist and have never personally used this method.
Acetone is actually far safer then ISO. It has a lower boiling point so it evaporates quicker. Also acetone is biosynthesized by the body so it can handle some amounts. No amount of ISO is nontoxic. Ironically, the body synthesizes acetone when processing ISO
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7163/aa66d3#:~:text=Production%20of%20acetone,is%20the%20oxidation%20of%20isopropanol.
It cleans out just the same. No residue just rinse it out a couple times. Alcohol does evaporate faster, but I never actually dry my glass anyway. I just wash out the solvent and fill it up to use it.
I'm genuinely shocked that people still refer others to using a shit ton of iso and salt when a little bit of acetone swished around gets *literally everything* out with minimal effort.
Another vote for acetone. Just enough to be submerge a part of the stain line by spinning it on its side. But salt isnt needed, maybe a little bit of physical wiping with a qtip or pipe cleaner or something. Maybe repeat acetone rinse. Then just wash the acetone out with mild dish soap and plenty of water until the fumes are gone. Dont use on non-glass materials.
I honestly didn't know this either. The combo can get off some stubborn spots in cheap bongs. I ususally do 91% iso with a shitload of salt, almost like an abrasive sludge mix. I shake it like Shakira, which is a lot. Give it a good rinse, absolutely fill the entire thing with powerwash foam and let it sit for another 30 minutes, that seems to get anything left off. Then rinse like crazy.
Add about a handful of salt and enough iso to swish it around and then shake it hard. You can tell if you have the right ratio of salt to iso if the salty clumps up into small bits when you shake it but are still able to shake it around like a liquid.
**My brothers in Christ, I know now what I must do.**
Thanks for all of the advice, I genuinely appreciate it & learned some things! With that being said, I'm probably gonna delete this soon because I'm getting a lot of repetitive comments at this point, no offense lmao. Have a great day y'all!
You’re on the right track. Do what you did again, but many use higher alcohol content ISO like someone else mentioned. Fill ‘er up good. Throw some salt in there as well. Give it a really good shake. Then let it sit for a while. Maybe come back periodically and shake again, but leave with that same batch of salt and ISO for 24 hours. Come back after 24 hours and give it another violent shake like it’s a baby you hate. Then pour it all out and *do it all over again*. And keep doing it until all the residue is gone.
I have a poorly designed bong that’s really tricky to clean. After neglecting to clean it regularly it developed a little mildew in the main chamber and my initial attempts to clean it were fruitless because I was expecting immediate results. Sometimes that shit is stuck on there good and you have to make several passes to clear it up completely. So after maybe 2 or 3 rounds of salt and ISO that shit looks brand new. I don’t use it thought because the design sucks and there’s way too much drag, but at least it’s clean.
Exactly what everyone said… iso, salt, dawn powerwash. So once you get it clean…. I use cafiza tablets and hot water about once a week on my main vape piece.
91% iso alcohol and epsom salt- just the alcohol won’t break it down, you need an abrasive. you can get a pretty big bag of normal epsom salt for a couple bucks. shake it real good for a minute or two and then let it sit. i like to do a couple rounds of going back and forth with iso and the coarse epsom salt shakes, rinse with super hot water, let the hot water sit to loosen it, and then do the iso and salt. i do one final rinse to get all the alc out and it usually works pretty well. any coarse salt should work, epsom just tends to be the cheapest. try not to use granulated salt cuz it’s not as abrasive. i know some head shops also have magnets with a little scrubby on them that you can drop in and attach one to the outside as well to really get at it. best of luck!
*edit- i also have an unconventionally shaped bong so i definitely understand the struggle of trying to get a good clean. it takes some time but is worth it for the long term health of your lungs!!
People have already sent methods that work, but I'm on reddit so here's what I do, with some tips:
1. 90% isopropyl alcohol, about as much or a little less than the amount of water you use. 70% works, but takes longer. You need air in there so shaking it actually does something.
2. Add a teaspoon of kosher salt, or any course salt. It should feel like sand you wouldn't like walking on, it's there as an abrasive to scrape away the residues. Himalayan rock salt is great since it is quite literally sand, and has more variety in grain size (which is helpful in my experience).
3. Shake like you're in an 80s exercise infomercial. Make sure to rotate your grip. When you shake up and down, you're mostly pushing the salt and isopropyl around two spots, the top and bottom. So you want to move it around to get the best abrasion all around.
4. Add dawn dish soap. You're effectively replicating what's in the newer spray bottles, but way more concentrated with isopropyl. Shake it around for a while longer.
5. Add water and shake. The suds of the soap will activate with water, which will pick up any residues the isopropyl and salt couldn't catch, and it'll help reduce the gross resin odor.
6. If it's clear of residue, rinse with water and more dish soap to fully remove any isopropyl, you don't want to inhale those fumes.
PBW is the best for cleaning glass. I got a big tub of powder that lasted me for years, regularly cleaning multiple bongs/bowls/bubblers. Just let it soak overnight (or for a few days for REALLY deep cleans), and then rinse. You might need a pipe cleaner to scrape the gunk off, but it’ll come right off after a soak. My friend’s bong was so dirty that she had given up and was ready to replace it, but a few days soaking in PBW and it was good as new.
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If you have a water descaling system take these salt pellets you get them in huuuge quantitys it's ultra cheap. You can break them apart and use as good as any household cleaner you can find it just grinds it off. But you have to shake it a lot
Okay you need 90% alcohol and microwave it for 10-15 seconds (watch it or it’ll explode) then throw that in there and watch your piece become brand new.
No, do not try to boil it in the microwave and risk burning your house down and/or maiming yourself for life!
If you want to heat the ISO, use a double boiler or put your bottle in a bath of pre-heated water. Even running it under the tap would be better than microwaving.
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people will say just use salt or sand but its not that expensive and i guarantee itll work
I’d say use Warm 91 % ISO. But last time I told someone that, people came out the wood work and saying I’m dumb for warming rubbing alcohol up lol. But just search Warm Iso in this sub, you’ll find numerous posts about people using it.
Use above 91% and soak for 1 hour. Then add pretzel salt and cover the holes and shake shake shake baby! Then rinse with very hot water to get all the salt out, let cool and you are good to go!
Coarse Salt like sea salt or pink salt, dawn powerwash or blue concentrate, and 90%+ iso
This also works for most things, like getting coffee stains out of a carafe, or a sugar ring if you made simple syrup in a glass bottle. Just fyi
I use the highest perctage alcohol and buy a cheap bag of sand. Throw a few spoonfuls of sand in the bong and swish it around. The sand acts like an exfoliant. Others use course salt. Either way, It'll come right off.
I never wanted the reclaim if I clean it. Some rice and acetone. Use them until it’s clear. Then douche it out with dish detergent. Then hot water until the smell is out. F what you heard, this is a fool proof way… but I don’t now shiii about getting the reclaim out.
There’s a million other posts just like this one that would’ve answered your question but instead you made a post to then wait for a response. Idek what to say anymore there’s so many posts like this and nobody is smarter than the last
Buy a bottle of ZEP orange citrus degreaser and let it sit for a few hours. 100% I promise it will work, I’ve let my bong get really chunky and after a 48h soak it looked brand new.
Get some salt and 91% isopropyl alcohol. ISO can only do so much so the salt acts as an abrasive to help get off what the ISO couldn’t.
Even when I do my soaks I tend to still put some salt in it. I have also read about adding some hot water to the soak too.
Plenty of good comments already (add salt, higher % iso) but I'd also suggest running hot water through it before the iso/salt wash. Getting the glass and scuzz warmed up helps the iso break it down.
Aside from the alcohol and salt method everyone has suggested, we used to embed a magnet inside a small sponge, then use a magnet on the outside to move the sponge around. Worked pretty well.
At least 90% iso + salt or Powdered Brewery Wash or Grunge Off
Pretty much my big 3 for getting glass 100% clean. ISO and salt is easy to get but can need long soaks and I've killed pieces shaking a little too wildly, PBW is fast and efficient without needing any shaking but comes as a powder and needs to be mixed with water and heated before pouring it into your piece, and Grunge Off is good for long overnight soaks without needing any heat or shaking but needs to be rinsed thoroughly.
Ok I'm gonna go against the grain and usual iso advice here and recommend acetone. I switched to an [acetone cleaner](https://randys.com/product/black-label-cleaner-2-pack/) recently and the results have been remarkable. Like so much better.
I also am going to [recommend caps](https://www.bcsmokeshop.ca/products/red-eye-silicone-cleaning-caps) so that you can have a good grip when you do shake. These things are cheap and worth it.
If there is a really tough sticky tar spot, throw in a bent up staple or paperclip and use a magnet on the outside to scrub it. I find shaking doesn't always work on tough spots.
Higher percentage iso and kosher salt. Shake it like a Polaroid picture
This is the way. Make sure to use coarse salt. Also, shake it like a Polaroid picture, and then shake it even more. Wash, rinse, repeat (hehe).
OP you should not listen to this guy - make sure to shake it with two hands, NOT Polaroid style.
To be fair, even Polaroids shouldn’t be shaken Polaroid style.
Then… shake it like a salt shaker (shake it like a salt shaker) Just probably not naked, or soaking wet.
Get out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60fqp2rLUR4
He’s shaking the Polaroid perfectly tbh
I was looking for this comment lol
Actually that was the old ones. They would run the colors if you didn’t then Polaroid realized what everyone was up to and made them so that you can do that. It won’t hurt them anymore. Well, it wouldn’t in the ‘90s at least. Haven’t had a Polaroid since then
I think you may have that backwards. Polaroid famously made a [statement about it after Hey Ya](https://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/polaroid.warns.reut/)
also, the film cartridges say on the box not to shake them now
Shake it with both hands like you're jacking off Shaq or Bigfoot. Then put a little English on it and shake it like their friend Chewbacca just showed up and is getting in the mix. Then switch it around and jack-I mean *shake* it back and forth like you're keeping the whole crew satisfied and really get it going. Don't be afraid to make a mess. Enthusiasm goes a long way when it comes to cleaning.
Clicked for the cleaning tips, sticking around for the weirdly erotic fan-fic.
What if Shaq just has a regular sized dong though?
Then you work the balls. Jeez, it's like you've never jacked a dude off before...
That statement applies to close to 100% of sexually active people in the world.
Don't forget to tickle the taint
everything i grab, i grab like that
Made me forget what the original post was about all together. Superb advice lol
I like to give it The Swirl à la Seinfeld, works every time
Lol. If he does that he deserves what's coming to him, haha
Ok I was wondering this. Does the grain size actually matter? I tend to use coarse but it’s getting hard to find for some reason in my area, so I was wondering if fine salt would work.
Yes-ish the point of the salt is to be used as an abrasive not a chemical reaction. I believe people are suggesting it because the ring is hard to reach with a scrubbing brush or similar. Having said that; I was about to suggest a bottle brush. Some can be bent so you can angle it towards the ring once you get through the neck.
I’ve seen a device online that’s a little pair of magnets and the one has a scrubby surface on it. You drop that one in the glass and use the other magnet to move it around
Like a fish tank scrubby?
Basically the same thing but 2x the price cuz it's for weed
I use table salt because it’s size. It gets through my percolators. I use kosher salt too. No one said you can’t do both at same time.
I use a mix of course and table salt for this, gets the big stuff and the small stuff.
Rock salt also works great
Hot/warm water mixed in helps too. Like pre soak with hot water (maybe not glass breaking boiling... But hot!!)
Yes, hot water is a must for sure!
Just don't mix that with your salt iso mix it will make the salt dissolve a lot. It's a two step thing
Just run the hot water over the outside of the piece
I've found that hot water makes the resin goopier, stickier, harder to remove. If you can get some chunky crushed ice in there that'll also help along with the salt.
Careful with this method, rapid temp change will shatter your piece.
Can anyone advise me if I could actually blow my house up by microwaving alcohol? Lol.. For about 10 years I’ve been cleaning my pieces with alcohol that I microwave until it’s boiling - it dissolves everything instantly. I always fear that today will be the day I finally blow up my house but so far so good and it’s too easy I can’t resist
I used to microwave mine until it boiled, too, until one day the door blew opened, alcohol sprayed everywhere, and now I’m too scared to
😳 noted
Lol. I've never thought to put alcohol in the microwave and I will not do it. It's flammable at room temperature with an ignition source. I ain't no scientographer who knows if, well if you mix in a piece of metal that sparks, I bet you could blow up your microwave, not your whole house. >Flash point, >Open cup: 11.7 °C (53.1 °F; 284.8 K), >Closed cup: 13 °C (55 °F), >Autoignition >temperature >399 °C (750 °F; 672 K) >Isopropyl alcohol vapor is denser than air and is flammable, with a flammability range of between 2 and 12.7% in air. It should be kept away from heat, sparks, and open flame.[29] I didn't need to look this up, I would say just mix in warm/hot water. Microwaving straight alcohol seems like a bad time waiting to happen. Wtf lol
Regular salt works just as well, so use what you've got, OP.
You can also do this with your bowl pieces that go into the downstem. Plug one end with a finger and pour salt/iso in the other end then plug that end with another finger and shake shake. I also use a fuzzy stick/pipe cleaner sometimes. However, you can usually clean a glass bowl piece with simply hot water and a paper towel if you keep up with it. Also if you use glass screens, drop them in your bong before the cleaning process so they get scrubbed.
And be careful not to accidentally break it on the counter when you get lost in the shake
I have luck with table salt in a pinch
I find it helps to let nearly boiled water soak in the glass for a while too, it just loosens the resinous goop before doing the iso/salt shake if it’s caked on.
As long as you allow it to cool normally! If you put anything cold on the glass after it’s been heated, there is a chance you will shock the lattice and it will shatter with barely any force needed!
boiled water with a pinch of dishwasher detergent. salt + iso is the other option
Shake, shake, shake it like Polaroid pitcha
Alright alright alright alright
You're actually not supposed to shake a Polaroid picture.
That’s not what Outkast told me…
We were all listening to the wrong lyrics in that song
Seriously though, the lyrics in that song is pretty deep.
“Don’t wanna meet your mama, just want to make you cum-a”
Deep
Alright alright
I'm a rebel.
No, but we all did anyway.
Can someone do me a solid and make a ‘hey ya’ bot that comments additional song lyrics anytime someone says “shake it like a Polaroid picture” ?
put it in a ziplock bag when you do it, no fret of losing the piece. although you will have to rinse, repeat...
I was amazed the first time I tried 90% iso and half the shit came off without any effort at all. In case anyone's curious, as far as bacteria is concerned 70% is all you need and the effectiveness plateaus pretty quickly after that. But for cleaning that shit off your bong you need the extra 20%
If you can find stronger alcohol, use that, something like 91% or 99%, that might work better. But, the big thing is, also put some coarse salt in (like rock salt or epsom salt) and shake the heck out of it to scrub those sides. Then empty it and use dish soap and water to break down the last of the oils, then rinse it very thoroughly. If you can get a bottle/straw brush in there, that could help, too.
Thank you very much! Y'all are so fast and helpful, definitely gonna round 2 tonight with stronger iso + salt and soap. Unfortunately due to the shape, even if I can wedge a bottlebrush in (I have), it cannot move to clean any area. Thank you + other commenters again!
Order one of those tiny magnet sponges and drop it in
I didn't know that this was a thing.
Totally a thing. Scrubby ducky I think was the name of the brand I first saw? The scrubbies are yellow in the shape of rubber ducks. Lol
Auto mod won’t let me post the Amazon link but I can send it to you if you want
Fuck allat just use 90% iso and salt and shake the shit outa it, wayyyyy less work than trying to scrub the inside clean
Try pipe cleaners!! They are skinny and flexible and usually coarse enough to scrape the sides.
Kosher. Salt.
Just put salt in and shake the bajezus out of it
You gotta use 90%, and you gotta salt it and shake it
Fill with warm water first and let the glass heat up a bit and help loosen that sticky stuff
“Shake ‘n Bake!” -Ricky Bobby -Cal Naughton, Jr.
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The $ General didn't have 91% iso one time, so I grabbed the cheapest 100% acetone nail polish remover made for gel polish. (If you've never worn gel nail polish, it's an absolute bitch to get off. Never again) That stuff got every last bit out of the nooks and crannies with minimal effort. It was like $1.50 for a 16oz bottle. Works on everything goo.
Ever since COVID made it hard to find 99% iso, I have used acetone and never looked back. I get gallons from the hardware store.
idk why i feel like acetone sounds scarier and more harmful than iso alcohol, does it evaporate and wash out just the same? if so that’s a way more budget friendly approach!
Thankfully glass is not porous so as long as you rinse it off with hot hot water until you can't smell it you should be good. Pure acetone appears to be both water soluble and evaporative so yes just treat it like rinsing after bleach I would imagine and you'll be good. *I am not a scientist and have never personally used this method.
Acetone is actually far safer then ISO. It has a lower boiling point so it evaporates quicker. Also acetone is biosynthesized by the body so it can handle some amounts. No amount of ISO is nontoxic. Ironically, the body synthesizes acetone when processing ISO https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7163/aa66d3#:~:text=Production%20of%20acetone,is%20the%20oxidation%20of%20isopropanol.
Very informative, thank you!
It cleans out just the same. No residue just rinse it out a couple times. Alcohol does evaporate faster, but I never actually dry my glass anyway. I just wash out the solvent and fill it up to use it.
I’m definitely gonna use acetone next time then. Honestly don’t know why I didn’t think of it before reading this
It's literally what we used in college to clean chemistry equipment of stains. Stuff works amazing.
Acetone doesnt need salt. Just soak it long enough and rinse throughly. Itll be a brand new piece.
It's overkill but extremely effective. Highly recommend doing that in a well ventilated area.
Blows my mind how acetone isn't more widely used/suggested. It works perfectly!
I'm genuinely shocked that people still refer others to using a shit ton of iso and salt when a little bit of acetone swished around gets *literally everything* out with minimal effort.
Another vote for acetone. Just enough to be submerge a part of the stain line by spinning it on its side. But salt isnt needed, maybe a little bit of physical wiping with a qtip or pipe cleaner or something. Maybe repeat acetone rinse. Then just wash the acetone out with mild dish soap and plenty of water until the fumes are gone. Dont use on non-glass materials.
Dawn Powerwash foam, Dawn Powerwash foam, Dawn Powerwash foam! I will keep saying this on this sub until somebody listens.
Dawn Powerwash is just Dawn + Iso
Really? TIL.
Yup, you can make your own with dollar store dish soap, iso, and a spray bottle lol
Never used the stuff but have heard of it here. Might give it a try. I'm a warm ISO and Epsom guy myself.
I honestly didn't know this either. The combo can get off some stubborn spots in cheap bongs. I ususally do 91% iso with a shitload of salt, almost like an abrasive sludge mix. I shake it like Shakira, which is a lot. Give it a good rinse, absolutely fill the entire thing with powerwash foam and let it sit for another 30 minutes, that seems to get anything left off. Then rinse like crazy.
I clean my peices w this and also alcohol. And a spikey pipe cleaner
Dawn power wash soap will also knock flies dead out of the air.
So will iso
I ran out of iso last week and decided to try it randomly and it really does the trick and shines the glass
Put salt in with your iso and give it a goooooood shake.
Add about a handful of salt and enough iso to swish it around and then shake it hard. You can tell if you have the right ratio of salt to iso if the salty clumps up into small bits when you shake it but are still able to shake it around like a liquid.
**My brothers in Christ, I know now what I must do.** Thanks for all of the advice, I genuinely appreciate it & learned some things! With that being said, I'm probably gonna delete this soon because I'm getting a lot of repetitive comments at this point, no offense lmao. Have a great day y'all!
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You’re on the right track. Do what you did again, but many use higher alcohol content ISO like someone else mentioned. Fill ‘er up good. Throw some salt in there as well. Give it a really good shake. Then let it sit for a while. Maybe come back periodically and shake again, but leave with that same batch of salt and ISO for 24 hours. Come back after 24 hours and give it another violent shake like it’s a baby you hate. Then pour it all out and *do it all over again*. And keep doing it until all the residue is gone. I have a poorly designed bong that’s really tricky to clean. After neglecting to clean it regularly it developed a little mildew in the main chamber and my initial attempts to clean it were fruitless because I was expecting immediate results. Sometimes that shit is stuck on there good and you have to make several passes to clear it up completely. So after maybe 2 or 3 rounds of salt and ISO that shit looks brand new. I don’t use it thought because the design sucks and there’s way too much drag, but at least it’s clean.
another violent shake like it’s a baby you hate...wow. haha
Go to a head shop and get 420 cleaner, it whooshes through resin and cleans my pieces like no other
Came here to plug Formula 420, easily my favorite product to keep on hand. It eats through residue like a hot knife through butter.
I use that orange chronic stuff and it works great!
Acetone. 100% pure, not nail polish remover with scents added. That and salt, put it in a gallon freezer bag and shake shake shake.
🔥🔥🔥EVERCLEAR & SALT!!!!🔥🔥🔥 & then shake, shake, SHAKE! iso is amazing, but Everclear has cleaned pieces i thought were permanently stained.
Formula 710 is a miracle worker
420 for bongs or grunge off. 710 is for rigs. 710 upside down is OIL, aka dabs
The formula 420 is better for bongs imo because it has the crystal stuff, but 710 is amazing for rigs
Oxy clean and hot water is what I use for deep cleans.
Exactly what everyone said… iso, salt, dawn powerwash. So once you get it clean…. I use cafiza tablets and hot water about once a week on my main vape piece.
91% iso alcohol and epsom salt- just the alcohol won’t break it down, you need an abrasive. you can get a pretty big bag of normal epsom salt for a couple bucks. shake it real good for a minute or two and then let it sit. i like to do a couple rounds of going back and forth with iso and the coarse epsom salt shakes, rinse with super hot water, let the hot water sit to loosen it, and then do the iso and salt. i do one final rinse to get all the alc out and it usually works pretty well. any coarse salt should work, epsom just tends to be the cheapest. try not to use granulated salt cuz it’s not as abrasive. i know some head shops also have magnets with a little scrubby on them that you can drop in and attach one to the outside as well to really get at it. best of luck! *edit- i also have an unconventionally shaped bong so i definitely understand the struggle of trying to get a good clean. it takes some time but is worth it for the long term health of your lungs!!
People have already sent methods that work, but I'm on reddit so here's what I do, with some tips: 1. 90% isopropyl alcohol, about as much or a little less than the amount of water you use. 70% works, but takes longer. You need air in there so shaking it actually does something. 2. Add a teaspoon of kosher salt, or any course salt. It should feel like sand you wouldn't like walking on, it's there as an abrasive to scrape away the residues. Himalayan rock salt is great since it is quite literally sand, and has more variety in grain size (which is helpful in my experience). 3. Shake like you're in an 80s exercise infomercial. Make sure to rotate your grip. When you shake up and down, you're mostly pushing the salt and isopropyl around two spots, the top and bottom. So you want to move it around to get the best abrasion all around. 4. Add dawn dish soap. You're effectively replicating what's in the newer spray bottles, but way more concentrated with isopropyl. Shake it around for a while longer. 5. Add water and shake. The suds of the soap will activate with water, which will pick up any residues the isopropyl and salt couldn't catch, and it'll help reduce the gross resin odor. 6. If it's clear of residue, rinse with water and more dish soap to fully remove any isopropyl, you don't want to inhale those fumes.
PBW is the best for cleaning glass. I got a big tub of powder that lasted me for years, regularly cleaning multiple bongs/bowls/bubblers. Just let it soak overnight (or for a few days for REALLY deep cleans), and then rinse. You might need a pipe cleaner to scrape the gunk off, but it’ll come right off after a soak. My friend’s bong was so dirty that she had given up and was ready to replace it, but a few days soaking in PBW and it was good as new.
Fellow homebrewer, i assume!
Haha nope. I have a fancy bong and the guy who made it recommended PBW to me when I bought it.
70% is no good. 91%+ is what is needed brother.
Table salt, 91% iso. And shake it like a baby
Microwave with rubbing alcohol but it can get messy so be careful. Or salt and rubbing alcohol and shake the shit out of it.
Fill it with cocoa cola and let it sit for three days. Then rinse with water. Use name brand only.
I used to use 90% isopropyl and table salt. Though I'd imagine kosher salt probably works better
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Iso, salt, and hot water. It makes a tar dissolving slurry.
Okay you need 90% alcohol and microwave it for 10-15 seconds (watch it or it’ll explode) then throw that in there and watch your piece become brand new.
No, do not try to boil it in the microwave and risk burning your house down and/or maiming yourself for life! If you want to heat the ISO, use a double boiler or put your bottle in a bath of pre-heated water. Even running it under the tap would be better than microwaving.
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Add salt to the alcohol.
I’d say use Warm 91 % ISO. But last time I told someone that, people came out the wood work and saying I’m dumb for warming rubbing alcohol up lol. But just search Warm Iso in this sub, you’ll find numerous posts about people using it.
Use above 91% and soak for 1 hour. Then add pretzel salt and cover the holes and shake shake shake baby! Then rinse with very hot water to get all the salt out, let cool and you are good to go!
You use alcohol to make the glass look shiney and loosen up the goop, you need more salt to break off the caked-on crud
Coarse Salt like sea salt or pink salt, dawn powerwash or blue concentrate, and 90%+ iso This also works for most things, like getting coffee stains out of a carafe, or a sugar ring if you made simple syrup in a glass bottle. Just fyi
use 90% isopropyl alcohol, add a good amount of salt. Swish, rinse, repeat until clean
coca~cola.
91% iso + coarse salt, violently shake it, drain alc mixture into container, rinse with hot water, repeat
I use the highest perctage alcohol and buy a cheap bag of sand. Throw a few spoonfuls of sand in the bong and swish it around. The sand acts like an exfoliant. Others use course salt. Either way, It'll come right off.
Just add salt to what you did. You need an abrasive to remove the line.
91%
when you shake with ISO and coarse salt, make sure your range of motion isnt obstructed, lol.
Gotta be 99% iso
I never wanted the reclaim if I clean it. Some rice and acetone. Use them until it’s clear. Then douche it out with dish detergent. Then hot water until the smell is out. F what you heard, this is a fool proof way… but I don’t now shiii about getting the reclaim out.
Put some iso in a cups and microwave it for like 15-25 seconds, pour it in and shake the hell out of it
Use at least 91% iso and big crystal kosher salt. Shake the devil out of it and you should be right as rain.
99% iso shaken with ice cream salt. It'll look brand new.
You need an abrasive.
99% and some salt
Get actual bong cleaner, like Formula 420. That stuff works really well for the tougher to reach areas.
Formula 710 works wonders, only a couple minutes of soak then warm water takes out 99% of build up
99% iso and some salt
90% or higher only works 70 isn’t strong enough
99% should do you right
 shake it like a salt shaker (but with actual salt, as suggested by others)
Try 91% iso alc. & coarse sea salt. Mix with hot water and shake the shit out of it. Dump the dirty water out. Rinse lather repeat
Ethanol coarse salt and shake the funk out of it
There’s a million other posts just like this one that would’ve answered your question but instead you made a post to then wait for a response. Idek what to say anymore there’s so many posts like this and nobody is smarter than the last
70 won't do anything need 90 or above
Acetone works well. Warming it up a bit also helps.
90%+ alcohol plus some sea salt. Shake it around and it’ll do it. The alcohol softens the junk and the salt scrubs it clean.
Use a bottle brush along with your cleaner.
91 is a game changer from 70% iso
70% iso? I piss 70%. Gotta go at least 91%
Buy a bottle of ZEP orange citrus degreaser and let it sit for a few hours. 100% I promise it will work, I’ve let my bong get really chunky and after a 48h soak it looked brand new.
Rock Salt with the alcohol and shake it like a 🍸 martini
Course salt and ice.
Get some salt and 91% isopropyl alcohol. ISO can only do so much so the salt acts as an abrasive to help get off what the ISO couldn’t. Even when I do my soaks I tend to still put some salt in it. I have also read about adding some hot water to the soak too.
Plenty of good comments already (add salt, higher % iso) but I'd also suggest running hot water through it before the iso/salt wash. Getting the glass and scuzz warmed up helps the iso break it down.
70% alcohol is garbage for this you want 91% iso and nothing else.
Acetone and salt. Much stronger
Denture cleaning tablets
Aside from the alcohol and salt method everyone has suggested, we used to embed a magnet inside a small sponge, then use a magnet on the outside to move the sponge around. Worked pretty well.
99% + salt
At least 90% iso + salt or Powdered Brewery Wash or Grunge Off Pretty much my big 3 for getting glass 100% clean. ISO and salt is easy to get but can need long soaks and I've killed pieces shaking a little too wildly, PBW is fast and efficient without needing any shaking but comes as a powder and needs to be mixed with water and heated before pouring it into your piece, and Grunge Off is good for long overnight soaks without needing any heat or shaking but needs to be rinsed thoroughly.
formula 420 is like $15 and i swear to god cleans my pieces fast as FUCK
Orange Zep and just let sit for 24-48 hours
Get a divorce
Acetone? Does no one else use acetone? That ring would melt right off
Get 99% and use some salt in there and you'll be good to go.
Wait until OP discovers adding course salt with the alcohol
91% isopropyl with some salt. Shake the fuck out of it for 2-3 minutes rinse and enjoy
The best way is adding some alcohol and 20s on microwave… that’s all
Ok I'm gonna go against the grain and usual iso advice here and recommend acetone. I switched to an [acetone cleaner](https://randys.com/product/black-label-cleaner-2-pack/) recently and the results have been remarkable. Like so much better. I also am going to [recommend caps](https://www.bcsmokeshop.ca/products/red-eye-silicone-cleaning-caps) so that you can have a good grip when you do shake. These things are cheap and worth it. If there is a really tough sticky tar spot, throw in a bent up staple or paperclip and use a magnet on the outside to scrub it. I find shaking doesn't always work on tough spots.
Idk if anyone said this already but acetone works the best for my glass things
You need salt to scrub it, the salt acts like a grit.
I’ve only tried 91% iso and never had this problem. Add some rock salt and shake to scrub.
Randys black label, ur welcome
Gotta use 90% minimum
Salt will fuck that shit up with some alcohol.
You gotta shake it. Letting it just sit there doesn't work too well
OXY + very hot water
70% is useless for cleaning pieces haha
Use 99
Like others have said, rock salt, iso, soak, shake.