0 How To Clean Resin Off Glassware

There are many ways to clean bongs, pipes, and other smoking apparatuses. Proper techniques and tricks will successfully clean the dirtiest glassware. Careful cleaning must be observed to protect against breaking as many bongs, bowls, pipes have broken from being roughly handled when cleaning. Keeping your portable pieces cleaned and resin-free is very important. Due to the strong scent of resin, police and authorities are likely to smell the dirty resin accumulating in your pipe rather than the bag of weed. In addition, keeping bongs and larger devices clean will ensure smooth hits and better smelling bedrooms.

First piece of advice: do not clean your bong when you’re under the influence. You may accidently break it by dropping the slippery glass object or knocking it over causing it to break. Once you are sober, tackling the resin that has built up in your bowl and bong will be easy. Resin will find itself in the sink, on the counter, and on the floor. It is very sticky and easily stains surfaces; therefore it should be immed iately wiped off. If the glassware has not been cleaned for several months, soaking in hot soapy water will be necessary to loosen resin particles. Purchasing glass and bowl cleaners from smokeshops is not necessary. Your money can be better spent elsewhere as these products tend to be overpriced.

You can create the same solution by purchasing the strongest alcohol possible. Pour some alcohol with large rock salts into the bong and seal off all holes by using saran wrap and rubber bands. Shake the bong carefully to allow the rocks to scratch and remove built up resin. Rinse with hot water and repeat these steps until almost all the resin has washed off. Soaking the bong in hot water, alcohol and salt overnight may be needed to remove excess resin build up. You can also soak glass bowls in the same solution to remove built up resin and ash. Other cleaning options include OxyClean and dish washing detergent. Cleaning the outside and mouth piece with hot water and soap is also recommended. Always make sure to thoroughly rinse the bong to remove any salt and alcohol residue.

These are the necessary steps in order to properly clean glass bongs. If you are experiencing problems with bad odour, soaking your bong with hot water and lemon juice is recommended. Remember, it’s important to keep your tools clean to prevent attracting the heat and to fully enjoy your bud. Taking the time to clean and sanitize bongs and pipes on a regular basis will create proper smoking habits.

0 Kashtray - Pipe Cleaning Ashtray

This is a neat little tool for anyone that enjoys smoking a pipe but hates the job of cleaning it out afterwards.

This Kashtray simply works by using the middle part of the Kashtray to remove the residue and resin from the weed pipe while its rubber base hold it firmly on a surface giving you a free hand to be smoking a joint with.

Find out more at http://www.kashtray.com/

0 How to buy a vaporizer

So you have decided that vaporizing is the most effective and healthiest way of burning your buds but have no idea where to start when buying one.

We shall start this article with the question - What is a Vaporizer?

A vaporizer is usually electric and the process it uses to give you such a nice his is vaporization. Vaporization is a process that occurs when the bud is heated not to it's burning point but to a temperature in which the THC crystals in the marijuana turn into a very thin vapour. This vapour is then inhaled by the pothead just like they would a bong hit, leaving the ganja bud intact and saving the smoker from inhaling other elements of the bud.

Why is a vaporizer more effective and healthier?

- It removes tar and carcinogens from your smoke
- There is no need to mix your bud with tobacco
- There are less side effects (cotton mouth etc)
- It is a cleaner high without all the other elements of the bud involved

These are just a few of the pros of using a vaporizer.

So how do i choose the right vaporizer for me?

Price

The first issue when buying anything is the price. Typically you want to spend around £50/$80 on a decent working vaporizer that will last you a while. if price is an issue you can pick up a Vapbong
from www.everyonedoesit.com.
If you are looking for a more high end vaporizer like a volcano, then you can spend anything from £100 up to around £500.

Usability 

This next issue deals with how easy the vaporizer is to use. Make sure you look into how easy the vaporizer is to:

- set up
- clean
- Electricity source / battery power
- Timing it takes for the vaporizer to heat up your bud

Try and find one thats the least awkward for you to use.

Portability

You must also decide whether you want a pocket sized little one hitter, a mammoth Vape that has it's own place at the dinner table or a standard portable one that you can move around with you. The 'iolite' is a good example of a portable vaporizer for the cheeky hitter. This will set you back £150. A 'volcano' will become the new idol of your living room or you could keep a standard 'blue meanie' in your car.

What ever you decide shop around first and ask as many questions as you want to your friends or at your local headshop.

Smoke up

0 Hash Pressers & Pollen Pressers

If you are a serious hash smoker and have been looking fro something special to do with the THC rich weed crystals you have collected from your crystal sifter grinder.

hash pressers allow you to not only store the collected crystals and dust but enables you to enclose and compact them in a high pressured clamp, turning them into a solid block of super crystal hash.

Simply place all the crystal dust into the hash presser chamber, then place the weight on top followed by screwing in the clamp until the weed is compact into a solid block.

Buy a hash presser here.

2 Weed Grinders

A good herb grinder is a weed smoking necessity and if you are going to buy a grinder start your research here as there are many bud grinders available on the market.

To roll a good joint you must ensure that the bud is ground up well, to the same consistency as the tobacco it is mixed with. To accomplish this two things must be kept in mind:

1. The weed shouldn't be too wet otherwise it will mush up rather than grind out.
2. The grinder should be sharp, sturdy and kept clean so that it dosn't jam.

Here are a few of the types of Herbal grinders to consider:

Crystal Catcher

The crystal sifter is the grand daddy of all grinders. These grinders are generally made of tough steel and therefore are a sturdy and solid choice to grind your bud. But wait! There's more! There are 3 tiers to this grinder. The first to grind the bud, the second to catch the ground up bud and the 3rd to siv out all the THC rich crystals.

Tip: Get a magnetic one to make grinding easier.

Weed Grater

The next item on the grinder to buy list is the bud grater. This is a neat little tool to have even if you already have a grinder. It's easy to carry around as it clips on to a generic pack of large skins. Just rub the weed on the grater and it grinds up quite well, not as well as a grinder but for something that you will always have around it does the job.


Acrylic Grinder

Acrylic grinders are not the most effective or reliable of grinders but they get the job done and are cheap to buy. They are good to have lying around but break easily and the blades blunt very quickly when compared to a metal grinder.
They are available with magnets but if you want a decent grinder i suggest going with a steel one.

Electric Herb Grinder

From my experience with electric bud grinders, unless the weed is very dry these grinders are pretty useless. Whack your bud in, press a button and bang your bud should in theory be ground into a fine mix. Although they take the effort of grinding the bud away i wouldn't suggest buying a £5 electric grinder.
However there is a big boy on the market called the Easyleaf Elctric Herb Grinder and this bad boy does it all. It grinds the herb into the finest powder and makes a quick job of grinding.


There are plenty of other grinders available on the market. Wooden ones, spherical ones and novelty ones. They can all be found here: www.everyonedoesit.com