Thick

[ara_ups]

would anyone have any tips on how to make hookah smoke thicker ?

[NickReppinThe909]

read the stickies and follow the directions on set-up and use the nifty search feature

[Stuie]

MORE HEAT!

Little bit of ice, or a few ounces of milk.

[ilikemyusername]

better shisha, right ammount of heat, milk will do nothing, and blue food coloring won't turn the smoke blue

[Codename067]

Just the right amount of HEAT!

Little bit of ice, or a few ounces of milk.

fixed

[Giant Ninja Robot]

use a phunnel bowl. For real just got one and holy crap what a difference.

[ronald_dooley]

use a phunnel bowl. For real just got one and holy crap what a difference.

+10000000

[hookah hippie]

thick smoke is all about heat management lear to make your bowl the perfect temperature and you will have giant clouds

[willbb123]

better shisha, right ammount of heat, milk will do nothing, and blue food coloring won't turn the smoke blue

ha... aww.... that would be so amazing tho...

[nmacholl]

Lots of ice in your bowl helps, the idea is to condense the metals in the smoke by cooling them, forming chains of metallic compounds.

[hilikus]

No mention of adding glycerin yet? Has anyone actually even tried that?

[imfantabulous]

add more tobacco, the reason the smoke from a phunnel bowl is so thick is because there can be over 50g of shisha in there.

[TBatcho07]

I generally use around 4-7 ice cubes and I get really nice clouds.It also highly depends on what brand of shishah you are using.Romman has very nice clouds,Al-Waha and Havana in my opinion are kinda shady.

[momatik]

Yeah the shisha is important.

Starbuzz traditionally has great clouds.

[AmunRa]

Heat management is the key here. Adjusting the number of coals, their position, and the use of a wind cover all contribute. Using cold water (i.e. adding ice cubes to the vase) will do some to make the smoke more dense as well. The brand of tobacco can make a difference as well, but it has been my experience that if you know what you're doing, you can get great clouds out of almost any type.

Keep experimenting. Best of luck!

[ASUSEAN1]

what aminra said, heat management plus a good pack job.. the brand of shisha you use is important too.. some produce more smoke

[staygone]

Cover the bowl with coals, stack like a wedding cake till the bowl cannot hold any more. Get an extra tall windcover with a fan blowing air through the top of the cover down to the bowl. This with yield the thickest smoke ever.

Now, if you want it to be good, disregard my comment can listen to the above posters.

-QM

[ahwahoo2006]

More coals than you think you will need.

Wetter shisha makes better smoke.

Less holes - I only use 16 in a # shape.

Windcover.

[MNH]

smoke zona..... I have gotten huge clouds but not much flavor at all

[SmokinMoose]

Get a phunnel (small is the perfect size IMO)
Get a thick hose.
Good heat management.

That should help. AF yields thick smoke.

[ronald_dooley]

There's only one way to get thick smoke that is safe for humans, and it's the same way that humans have been making thick smoke since the stone age: Controlled heat and wet material.

How do you get lots of smoke for a signal fire? Burn fresh timber that is very moist.
How do you get lots of smoke for smoking meat? Wet wood chips in controlled heat.
How do you get lots of smoke in a shisha? Wet shisha in controlled heat.

Here's the best way to get that controlled heat: use a quality hookah, quality coals, and quality bowl
Use a good, wet shisha like AF or Potion

Check out codename's videos. He gets those thick clouds by using quality components, controlling the heat, and using the wettest shishas.

- Ronald