Bong cleaning solution

Head shops will have many variety's of bong cleaning solutions with fancy titles and bottles to entice people to buy their over priced products. This is absurd since all the bong cleaning solutions have the same main ingredient in them being isopropanol 99%. The joke about this is they use isopropanol with fragrances and a few other additives to claim their bong cleaning solution is better then all the rest but is this true? absolutely not! You can achieve the same cleaning power by buying isopropanol yourself and adding a bit of table salt without your bong smelling like fruitloops. In another articles such as
How to clean your bong and cleaning guides for pipes and downpouts we show you how to get the same results as those over priced bong cleaning solutions just by using isopropanol and salt for half the price. Maybe it's time to stop giving into the sales tactics of those companies and just buy the right products yourself. We encourage you to read our other articles on cleaning your bongs and pipes because they are step by step and will have your bong looking brand new.

Finding isopropanol
If you are having trouble finding isopropanol which is rubbing alcohol then you can buy it online. For intance most drug stores only have small bottles of isopropanol so why not buy bulk isopropanol online, You save money while you sit and wait for it to arrive. Since cleaning your bongs takes up so much bong cleaning solution you really need to have a ton to ensure your bong is clean everyday.

How to clean bong bowls - Pipes and downspouts guide

Step by step guide to cleaning glass bong bowls or metal bowls

After a few uses your bong and its weed bowl will usually have a build up of weed ash and weed resin. At first this may not be a big deal but over time your bongs bowl will get so dirty it will literally get clogged up with resin and you will be unable to smoke through your bong or at lest its bowl anyways anymore until you clean it. Many bong shops will try and sell you their over priced bong and pipe cleaners without informing you there is cheaper better solution to cleaning your bowls. All you have to do is invest under 10 dollars in buying isopropanol 99% rubbing alcohol which can be found at most pharmacies.By cleaning your bongs bowl, pipe, or downspout you can with very little work make your equipment look just like the day you bought it.

How to clean your bongs bowl - cleaning your bongs bowl in a bag

A very clean easy way to keep your bowls

1.  Use a Ziploc baggie and pour ispropanol about 1/4 of the bag.
2. Add a few tablespoons of salt.
3. Now add your glass bong bowl or metal bowl.
4. Close the seal and shake for about a minute.

Now depending on how much weed resin has built up in the bowl your may need to let the bowl sit in the solution for about 30 minutes.

Other ways to clean your bongs bowl - Using the finger method

This is perhaps the best way to clean your bongs bowl fast and easy. Be careful not to drop the bow.

1. Place your finger inside the bowl lightly.
2. Turn the bowl upside down.
3. pour salt in the bottom of the bowls downspout but only a small amount.
4. While continuing to have your finger in the bowl add isopropanol 99% in the bottom.
5. One the isopropanol 99% is added take another finger and hold the bottom end.
6. Shake around for about 1 minute and dump out the dirt.
7. Take some tissue and clean the weed bowl top, It will be soaked in isopropanol 99% so it will clean. easy.
8. Your done.

Cleaning your bongs bowl - leave in method

The best way to insure your bowls are always clean is to leave your bowls in isopropanol 99% over night.

1. Using Tupperware pour in enough isopropanol 99% to cover your weed bowls.
2. Add salt and stir or shake.
3. Place the used weed bowls inside and let sit over night ( make sure to put a lid on the container)
4. Moving on to the next day: your bowl will be nice and clean so just rinse and use.

How to clean bong downspouts

Like all bong equipment your bong downspout should also get a daily cleaning.

• Use any of the above methods to clean your bongs downspout.
• If you have a diffused downspout you might not want to use the finger method since the solution will leak
• A good way to always have a clean bong downspout is to buy an extra and let site in isopropanol 99% when not in use.

Caution is in order when cleaning bong downspouts. They can break very easily.

Cleaning weed pipes - Best way to clean weed pipes

You defiantly will want to clean your weed pipe since when pulling a dirty pipe will not be good for dental hygiene

1. Place your finger over the choke hole of the pipe and also inside the bowl.
2. Tip upside down and add salt and isopropanol 99% in the mouth piece.
3. Taking another hand or finger also cover the mouth piece.
4. Now shake around the weed pipe with the isopropanol 99%  and salt inside for about 1 minute. 
5. Pour out the isopropanol 99% and salt and take tissue and clean the bowl.
6. Rinse and you are done. 

Polishing up the bongs bowl, downspout or pipes
Want to achieve that head shop sparkle in your equipment like the day you bought it? After you clean try giving the bongs, bowls, pipes, downspouts a rinse of Windex or window cleaner. By doing this it stops the water marks that appear from the drying water after you cleaned it. After you rinse with window cleaner then rinse again with water. The last rinse gets rid of the window cleaner chemicals will stopping hard water stains on the glass.

How to clean bongs and pipes

Always clean your bong or pipe and there is a easy and fast way. Get isopropanol 99% anything less will be hard to clean with and a ton more money as you will have to use more then if you got the 99%. Now get salt (that's right) salt, regular table salt fine grain because it acts like sandpaper for your bong. It will not ruin your pipe or bong, break it or scratch it. Now empty the bong leave no water and pour salt in, and next you want to pour about 1 cup of isopropanol in and plug the spout and the shaft ( use your thumb for the spout, and your palm for the shaft ) Now shake.

Now its clean like magic and if for some reason you have NEVER cleaned it before which would be gross, Repeat again after your dump out the sludge. Oh my! its clean I bet your never thought it was possible, but this is the best cheapest way to clean them and super easy.

Others have recommended (Paint thinner, jewellery cleaners etc) again don't bother with these types. How often do you have to repeat this? Well that's up to you, but Every week would be a start. Also clean the bowl's and downspout's this way to even your metal grinders. I have not tested this on plastic bongs for damage so be careful. Don't be fooled at cleaners you find at your local head shop, isopropanol works just as good, as long as you get the full strength solution and use salt or even rock salt or a mix.You can buy ispropanol at any drug store.

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