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Twin Gats
08-02-2010, 02:28 AM
So i have this really nice bubbler that i got for cheap. the only problem is, it was dirty as fuck when i bought it and it still is. Alcohol got some of the gunk out, but the sides are still black because there was so much resin in there, it was literally clogged with resin and its a 8" bubbler. I have tried pure rubbing alcohol and salt 3 times since the first time and each time it has failed to get any more of the gunk stuck to the walls off. I want to sell it on craigslist so it needs to be clean.

What i am asking here, is if alcohol didnt work, what should i use to make it spotless clean?

Really Awesome Nickname
08-02-2010, 02:37 AM
put some alcohol in some thin heat proof container and boil it in a hot water bath. then put that inside your pipe and shake it around, then let it rest just a couple of minutes before washing it out.

If that doesnt do the work it means all of that is ash thats gotten bonded into the glass. That wont go away, so you can just sell that to some kid and get a decent new bubbler.

btw, this is for broccoli, weed resin is not water soluble. hot water works before alcohol. if alcohol (room temperature) did not work hot water on itself wont either.

Fractals
08-02-2010, 02:38 AM
Boil it water dude. Works wonders.


And if that doesnt work all the way, after you boil, while the pipe is still hot and the resin is soft. Soak it in alcohol and salt again and shake it around real well.

This. And if that doesn't work, try acetone. If that doesn't work, soak/boil in a NaOH solution.

BungHole
08-02-2010, 03:05 AM
soak/boil in a NaOH solution.

This. And if that doesn't work, boil in pure, molten NaOH.

Really Awesome Nickname
08-02-2010, 03:07 AM
This. And if that doesn't work, boil in pure, molten NaOH.
This. And if that doesnt work melt your pipe.

BungHole
08-02-2010, 03:18 AM
This. And if that doesnt work melt your pipe.

Uh, too late....

zombo.com
08-02-2010, 04:09 AM
brake cleaner. it does wonders...make sure its all gone before smoking again though.

Retard Synrdome
08-02-2010, 10:04 AM
Vodka.

Twin Gats
08-02-2010, 06:17 PM
brake cleaner. it does wonders...make sure its all gone before smoking again though.

That sounds pretty ghetto i might try it, the only problem is if it doesnt get all the gunk out of it and it isnt spotless then i will have brake cleaner resin in the pipe along with the moldy resin that is already there

and it cost 150 new but i didnt pay that, it is seriously a work of art. so many little details in it and its thick too

negative_zero
08-02-2010, 06:19 PM
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Twin Gats
08-02-2010, 06:23 PM
ur kidding

Fractals
08-02-2010, 06:29 PM
seriously, just boil it in water.

negative_zero
08-02-2010, 06:36 PM
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Slapshot
08-02-2010, 06:37 PM
zippo lighter fluid works good.