Burning Grommets

[mike1406]

Hi All

I'm new to shisha smoking and also new to this forum...so HI !

I recently bought an Aladin hookha and am using El Rosha shisha with Cocobrico coals. I started using two sheest of thick grade foil to start with and found that the bowl got extremely hot and even started to melt the rubber bowl grommet. I rang my supplier and he sent me 'higher heat resistant' grommets. These also melted. The shisha is also black/burned after about 20mins.

I started to use a charcoal screen instead of foil. It lessens the heat slightly, but after 1/2 to 3/4 hour the bowl is still so hot everything is burning.

I started using 2 coals to start with and then took 1 off after 5 mins. But this didn't seem to make much of a difference.

Any Ideas? Is it the quality of the bowl...or is the coal no good?

This is the pipe I have [url="http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/fata-morgana-hose-69-cm-black-w362s-p-1655.html?osCsid=cebd704d2084db05b92f87e40d8ebdb6"]http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/fata-morgana-hose-69-cm-black-w362s-p-1655.html?osCsid=cebd704d2084db05b92f87e40d8ebdb6[/url]
And these are the coals I use.. [url="http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/cocobrico-pure-natural-charcoal-1kg-72blocks-p-1548.html"]http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/cocobrico-pure-natural-charcoal-1kg-72blocks-p-1548.html[/url]

What am I doing wrong??

All help/advice is appreciated!

[mike1406]

Oh....and just to add...I always have a small amount of shisha in the bowl and leave about a 2-3mm gap between the foil/charcoal guard.
I'v read some other articles about 'heat management' so it might be as simple as taking the coals off every so often?

It's a learning curve!

[SweetNut]

You should fill the bowl up the top, leaving only a quarter inch or so.... (not sure what that is in metric ).... between the tobacco and the foil....

also if you can get other brands, Al Fahker or Nahkla is a good place to start.

[thecoalition]

I would look into a better bowl. Perhaps the one you have is just not good with heat. I had a clay bowl once that got so hot you could remove the coals and continue smoking for 30 mins before it wouldnt keep the shisha goin.

[mike1406]

Hi, Thanks for your help.

This is the bowl I have [url="http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/aladin-shisha-tobacco-clay-bowl-black-e360-p-1336.html"]http://www.hookahshop.co.uk/aladin-shisha-tobacco-clay-bowl-black-e360-p-1336.html[/url]

I'm not sure how to spot what's a good quality bowl or not. Do you have any recommendations?

[JOE]

yah it really is the bowl, my small phunnel doesn't even get warm at the bottom, it is much larger

[mitchell8621]

The charcoal screens always caused my shisha to burn...foil was much better for me

[rhineholt]

I've never heard of the grommet burning as bad as you have said.
But like Joe said, it's probably the bowl. Maybe lessen up on the coal?

[antouwan]

you could also just use a damp paper towel. the heat would eventually dry it out, but i seriously doubt that it would burn...unless you dampen it with gasoline...

[Travis]

[quote name='antouwan' date='24 April 2010 - 09:08 PM' timestamp='1272161311' post='465293']
you could also just use a damp paper towel. the heat would eventually dry it out, but i seriously doubt that it would burn...unless you dampen it with gasoline...
[/quote]

Yep, ive been using the towel grommet for a while now, and i like it better than a "made for" grommet.

Wet paper towl, wrap around stem, push bowl on, smoke