Glass Bong cleaning question please??

Midzy · Post by **Midzy** » Sat 29th May 2010 08:48 am

Do you know the best household cleaner to use? I got some overpriced bongcleaner and it was crap (fairyliquid repacked I think) anyway I tried some oxy vanish stuff that I found in the kitchen (I think my GF uses it in the washer or dishwasher or summat) it got it spotless everywhere BUT it left a white film behind, It wiped away easy but of course there are those hard to reach places

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Sat 29th May 2010 09:36 am

table salt and rubbing alcohol....pour in some alcohlo..a bit of salt..shake and yer done and clean

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 29th May 2010 09:45 am

yea salt and 90-99% alchy. i use rock salt but thats just my preference.

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Sat 29th May 2010 09:57 am

70 percent is fine...dont waste yer money....

Midzy · Post by **Midzy** » Sat 29th May 2010 10:13 am

Thanks guys

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 29th May 2010 06:58 pm

USBONGLORD wrote:70 percent is fine...dont waste yer money....

its all ov like 25-$1 more here. i used 70 with some moretons rock salt the other day and the ash catcher just wasn't getting clean. i was shaking that thing like a yoohoo fiend that needed his fix too.

to be fair the resin stain was pretty thick. havent been taking bong hits much this or last year so had probably been 8-12 months since i cleaned it.

hardboiled · Post by **hardboiled** » Sat 29th May 2010 07:56 pm

I have tried the rubbing alcohol & salt - found it was ok, but not great.

I've used a commercial product called 'orange chronic' that works really well, and cost wise, isn't too far off.

my $0.02

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 29th May 2010 08:34 pm

hardboiled wrote:I have tried the rubbing alcohol & salt - found it was ok, but not great.

I've used a commercial product called 'orange chronic' that works really well, and cost wise, isn't too far off.

my $0.02

i wouldn't mind trying grunge off. but its like 10 bucks or more a bottle. alch and salt does the job fine for a total of like 4.50.

bleak · Post by **bleak** » Sat 29th May 2010 08:58 pm

hardboiled wrote:I have tried the rubbing alcohol & salt - found it was ok, but not great.

same here. the alcohol and salt did a great job of loosening the resin but I find to get it really clean, I have to directly clean the resin off with some kind of cleaning tool. sometimes you find those big pipecleaners which are good. I've also got a thing that came with cheap bong, its a twisted piece of wire with plastic bristles. kind of like a tiny toilet brush lol. after doing the salt/alcohol shake, I pour that into a bowl, then go to work with the brush, using the bowl to dip into and clean the resin off the brush.

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 29th May 2010 09:30 pm

i only have needed to use a brush on joints, ash catcher and diffusers/downtubes. i need a new one.

sn00ze · Post by **sn00ze** » Sun 30th May 2010 12:03 am

try coke (cola

) , leave overnight, then scrub. that shit will clean anything

Twichaldinho · Post by **Twichaldinho** » Sun 30th May 2010 10:26 am

So far, Ive used the Roor Cleaning soloution, Ico and Salt, and I have a bottle of that orange chronic shite ( got it free when I bought my new bong, aint used it yet, but I think its just Ico anyway).

Ico and Rock Salt is the shit for me. It leaves my glass super shiney.
I've found also, that if you do yer final rinse with cold water, it leaves the glass looking spectacular.

Midzy · Post by **Midzy** » Wed 2nd Jun 2010 11:00 am

thanks again guys

I found that rubbing alcohol is a US thing in the uk we call it other names but I found some rubbing alcohol listed on ebay so got that and yes mixed with salts it is an amazing bong cleaner, mine looks new again

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Wed 2nd Jun 2010 01:23 pm

titus wong · Post by **titus wong** » Wed 2nd Jun 2010 01:42 pm

Ok, here's a twist. I have a favorite bong made from an Absolut vodka bottle. The s-shaped stem is made of brass and held in place with a rubber grommet. I've been using alcohol to clean the glass interior through soaking it overnight, but I don't want to use salt as it will cause the brass stem to oxidize.

I could remove the brass stem and the grommet but (i) I am lazy and (ii) it destroys the rubber grommet in the process. Meanwhile my stem is clogged with tar.

How would u go about cleaning this with a minimum of effort because...well, see reason (i) above.