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[OC] Acetone: A Thread (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 21 hours ago (9 children)

I had a bong as a freshman. I cleaned it with acetone. I then had several tubes instead.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 21 hours ago (8 children)

Never understood why folks used acrylic bongs, like, how do you clean it? I kinda figured they were meant as disposable party bongs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

The gold standard for party bongs is shitpipes. Dunno about other places but for a Euro standard one, you need, bottom to top, 1x 100mm end cap, 1x 100mm sleeve (pipe to pipe coupling), 1x 100mm adapter to 40mm (the 100mm side should fit the sleeve), some length of 40mm pipe, some means to drill two holes, and two things not available at any random hardware store: a preferably metal what's it called in English the thing that goes into the water and some tissue to tighten that metal thing in its hole, wrap in a taper and twist in. Try to get an adapter that's angled, there's also ones with a flat step instead of (quite aggressively) tapering the diameter.

Completely and utterly indestructible at least when it comes to banging it up. In principle also fit to handle acetone those Euro standard pipes are polypropylene but I wouldn't push it. Tons of water in there, definitely bottom-heavy, and very light when empty.

You really don't clean it you let it get gunky, just replace the water, it's not like the gunk would dissolve into there. If you really have to, just spend what five to ten bucks on new hardware. Euro pipes should in principle hold up to acetone they're PP but eh, why. If it works it's probably still going to make the thing unsable for a week or so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Now that's science.

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