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ProfessorGAC

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6. I'd Use Everclear

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 12:49 PM

Mar 28

95% ethanol. Not very toxic at low levels. Can get it at any liquor store.
It's what the cannabis industry uses to extract cannabinoids for tinctures & resins.
If you have tar build-up, you can use acetone, from any hardware store. But, I'd wash it with water (acetone is infinitely miscible with water) then let it dry.
Ethanol is a less scrupulously solvent for the cyclic hydrocarbons resulting from partial combustion. You need acetone for that.
Wouldn't take much. Just enough to fill the bowl & chamber.

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How do I clean my weed pipes??? .... [View all] a kennedy Mar 28 OP

Old school remedy for glass piece... rock salt and alcohol; shake vigorously; rinse & repeat as needed. WheelWalker Mar 28 #1

It depends on the type of pipe Inkey Mar 28 #2

Metal, glass, I boil and the tar can be blown out easy. Briar or wood bowl, I use a pipe borer/reamer, ... marble falls Mar 28 #3

For my wooden one i Figarosmom Mar 28 #4

I use rubbing alcohol coprolite Mar 28 #5

I'd Use Everclear ProfessorGAC Mar 28 #6

This has all been fascinating, but just wanted to add this about acetone: nail polish remover Hekate Mar 29 #8

Good Call ProfessorGAC Mar 29 #9

Once long ago I had some fiddly little household job that called for acetone... Hekate Mar 29 #11

I use Mean Green. OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #7

Everclear, (grain alcohol) and pipe cleaners. If clogged up bad I some times Hotler Mar 29 #10