entrailsgalore Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Ok so I saw the video of the tealight method ( I dont speak german but I think "Teelicht" means "tealight". So I got some tealight candles and I tried it out. Here are some pics: First you want to cover the bottom layer of the bowl with foil. You dont really ahev to but in the video thats what he does so thats what I tried. Cover the bottom layer with a strip of foil and poke holes where the bowls holes are ( duh right?). In the video he double layers his foil, but I dont like wasting foil so I single layered everything. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/22545...061050066xmFEHb Next you load your shisha like you normally do then you warp your bowl like you normally do. Again I only used one layer as opposed to the video, which used two layers. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/20098...061050066XdiXMp Then I took a box cutter and cut a Rhombus shape out of the foil. You could use a sharp knife or whatever you have, and I would also presume that you could cut a cylinder if you wanted to instead of a quadrilateral. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/27173...061050066fCYKME Next find a Tealight candle just like this http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/22128...061050066gKWEXF You can find them at places like Wal-mart, or michaels and they come in a big ass bag. I think theyre like 2 or 3 bucks a bag, cheap as hell. Next you want to either burn the candle out or just physically rip the candle out with a knife or fork or whatever you have. Once the candle is completely out youll want to rinse the tin in warm water to lift up the remaining candle wax( you dont want to smoke wax...well maybe YOU do, but I dont hah). Then you will cut a circle in the middle and poke a bunch of holes around the circumference so it likes alot like the one below: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/27150...061050066gxDvUX Next you flip the prepared tealight candle upside down then place it ontop of the cylinder or rhombus ( whichever shape you choose to use). below I used a square (which is an equilateral quadrangle, in math terms). http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/21235...061050066jfJwhk heres anotehr shot of it from the side http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/20668...061050066dvBxbg Next wrap anotehr layer of foil over the tealight candle and the bowl and make sure the tealight candle stays centered with the hole that you cut out. Poke some holes where the tealight sandle end rests, I happened to just use the box cutter to poke the holes. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/20505...061050066VjQcAk Then light some coals, and place them onstop of the tealight candle. I think round coals such as quik lights will work perfect, but I only had finger coals on hand but smaller pieces worked just as well. Smoke and ejoy! http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/24272...061050066aauXoQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersnowman Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 interesting.... does it smoke good? is there anything different about it beside the preperation? ie. does it smoke better/worse/or same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPR234 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 How was your session compared to using foil the normal way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrailsgalore Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 it smoked the same. The same thickness of smoke, same buzz, etc. HOWEVER, that session was only about 30 min, but when I cleane dthe bowl out only about 1/10 of the shisha was burned because the heat from the coals were in a concentrated point instead of all over the bowl. So I theorize that you could smoke a bowl of prem shisha, like starbuzz or tangiers, for a good 3 hours. Of course youll have to relight some coals while you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrailsgalore Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 ehh I was wrong sorry it wa son the 3rd page lol. But yeah It worked out good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LB] Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 im gonna get some candles and see if it works. Id also like to see if i can improve on your method, cause it looks pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 haha I wanna try this just for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztephen Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 If you don't have tealight you could roll foil and bend it into a circle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerorox Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Ok, as a german, i'll tell you something about that ... many people use it over here. It's good for small bowls, if you've got tang heads or other big ones, you don't have to do. It wouldn't work well because the way from the coal to the shisha would be too long, the tobacco wouldn't get enough heat to smoke good. BUT : If you try it, take a tealight that's never been used before. Except that, before using, you have to burn the tealight-form out, so that there's no wax in anymore. If there are still wax-rests in it, it will taste like that, and smoking wax is not so healthy i think sorry for my english. greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrailsgalore Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 I understand what youre trying to say. What happens is the heat from the coal gets focused on one point instead of spread out which generates enough heat to burn that little section of shisha. So even though the coal is further away from the bowl, it creates enough "concentrated" heat to brun the shisha. And since the instead of the bowl is warpped with foil as well as out, the foil distributes the heat around the bowl as the top layer of shisha burns out Its the same form of physics as why you can hammer a nail into concrete but not a log of wood. A nail is a small concentrated point, as opposed to the log of wood. Although Im not a scientist. But ive only tried this method once, and it worked just as well. Although I wonder if you know who started this trend and why people do it over there in germany, Im very curious man. Greetings from teh US of A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 so would it not "burn" all the shisha since you couldnt move the concentrated heat to cover the whole bowl ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 also can you use the candle tin over and over again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainsmoke Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I also make this from time to time. Its better for the tobacco and the tobacco will burn slower but with the same smoke. Great for Nakhla and also for layalina and fakher tobacco. dont try it yet with tangiers or starbuzz. Heres another tealight method tutorial. Its just in german. you can translate it with google or i will translating it if you like You have to scrolldown to "Kopfaufbau" where you see the pictures: http://www.mountainsmoke.ch/tipps.php Greez from switzerland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrailsgalore Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Interesting methog there. Yes you can reuse the same tealight candle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 how bout making a bigger ring and doint it, that way itll use up the whole bowl instead of just that one concentrated part. It would be like using one of those bowl covers only with the charcoal on top of the cover instead of inside. Ill try it this weekend and post up pictures when I do so you can see what im talkin bout and let you know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 QUOTE (Alqoshnia)how bout making a bigger ring and doint it, that way itll use up the whole bowl instead of just that one concentrated part. It would be like using one of those bowl covers only with the charcoal on top of the cover instead of inside. Ill try it this weekend and post up pictures when I do so you can see what im talkin bout and let you know how it works. then the point of concentrating the heat on one spot is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 the point of doing it the way I said was to just get the heat without direct contact from the coal on the foil. ya dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hey , I tried the tealight method and it burnt the crap outta my shisha the worst ever , I used the same amount of coal i normally use ( just 1 ) , Is this becuase the heat is not as spread out as normal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 i remember a thread about this a week or 2 ago,it included a movie clip, and i tried it....unsucessfully. i didnt get a whisp of smoke.i like the method mountainsmoke posted though...ill try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 QUOTE (pavlakos)i remember a thread about this a week or 2 ago,it included a movie clip, and i tried it....unsucessfully. i didnt get a whisp of smoke.i like the method mountainsmoke posted though...ill try that. mountainsmoke ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 i just smoke the way i always have. Ive gotten my heat management down, dont wanna add in something new to screw me over again XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I figured out why my smoke was unsmokably harsh/nasty , The tealight candle metal was burning so It was like smoking a can lol, And Im am also done with this method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah brother up Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 hate to say it but,...damn it didnt work for me....all i got was charcoal galore!!! yummmm!!!! haha it was terrible....i just took all that shitoff and smoked the regular bowl,...but damn it was nasty :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrailsgalore Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Ill make a video of me smoking using the telight some time...For me it alwayds works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 The only way i can see it working is if you use a shit load of foil over the tea candle metal , but im sure it would start burning eventulally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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