vendetta_revived Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Okay, so I've been using my crown micro phunnel daily for a few months now, and even though I cleaned it after each and every session, it collected a lot of brown stuff in it, not on the outside, but where I can't reach to clean it, that is, the inside. I remember asking a question about cleaning it a while back, and Santino, the man himself responded saying that he himself uses Brew rite coffee cleaner in boiling water to clean his bowls, so I looked around for it, but could not find it, or any other coffee cleaner for that matter, but then I looked up it's ingredients and it only said [b]"Contains sodium carbonate"[/b], after which, I started looking for sodium carbonate/washing soda/soda ash, and found it. Yesterday, I decided to go ahead and give it a shot, so I boiled some water with the bowl in it, and then poured some sodium carbonate in it, approximately 2 teaspoons, and kept it boiling for 5 minutes, and left it in the water for 15 minutes after that. When I took it out, it looked the same to me and I was really disheartened, BUT, the second I ran it under the tap, ALL the filth inside it got washed away in one second, with the exception of a few lines...you should have looked at my face! Confident in the success of the said process, I repeated it once again, and god, the bowl came out looking new! Here it is! [img]http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7271/20120220211458.jpg[/img] [img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5879/20120220211446.jpg[/img] [img]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4953/20120220211413.jpg[/img] Now I had thought of taking both "before" and "after" pictures, but I forgot, so these are the only ones I have, but I can assure you, that the *bowl" part was almost close to black before I cleaned it! So if your crown bowls get dirty, you know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The scientific method LIVES! Purple Power works pretty well too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 im going to have to clean mine soon, the inside is almost black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Good stuff! Question though... Do you leave your bowl sitting for a while after you finish smoking, or do you wash it right away when you are done smoking? Reason I ask is because I'd wash it right away before anything could crust on there, and the bowls (Micro Phunnel and Micro Classic) always remained looking like new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 [quote name='Chreees' timestamp='1329757534' post='539701'] Good stuff! Question though... Do you leave your bowl sitting for a while after you finish smoking, or do you wash it right away when you are done smoking? Reason I ask is because I'd wash it right away before anything could crust on there, and the bowls (Micro Phunnel and Micro Classic) always remained looking like new. [/quote] I tend to leave mine sitting for most of the day. thats probably why..laziness wins again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSmokes Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Nice! I've tried Oxy clean and while that takes longer than your method (just let it sit for a day), it came out looking brand new as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floataround Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I never have to much issue with my glass bowls, but my glass screen is a different story, I will try this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gramps Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Anybody ever try an ultrasonic cleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 [quote name='gramps' timestamp='1329774977' post='539720'] Anybody ever try an ultrasonic cleaner? [/quote] if I knew someone who had one I would try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gramps Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 They're fairly reasonable now - about 30 or 40 bucks. A lot of people clean their dentures with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelios Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I tried letting my bowl sit in bleach and Budweiser for 5 hours but all it did was give me super powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang67n Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I wonder if this would work with a Tang phunnel and/or egyptian bowls.. mine are pretty gnarly, and simply boiling and scraping doesnt get rid of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta_revived Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 [quote name='king_lunchb0x' timestamp='1329757350' post='539700'] im going to have to clean mine soon, the inside is almost black [/quote] Do it! You know I thought that glass bowls don't get ghosted, because I could never smell anything out of it even after a simple rinse, but the brown stuff must have definitely been masking the flavours I smoked, because cleaning it has rekindled my love for the bowl! I am getting amazing flavour out of it! [quote name='Chreees' timestamp='1329757534' post='539701'] Good stuff! Question though... Do you leave your bowl sitting for a while after you finish smoking, or do you wash it right away when you are done smoking? Reason I ask is because I'd wash it right away before anything could crust on there, and the bowls (Micro Phunnel and Micro Classic) always remained looking like new. [/quote] Erm...yes and no! I mean I clean it after each session 95% of the time, but some of my sessions on weekends tend to run till early morning, and I try not to handle the glass bowl at that time, especially because I am drunk too, so it stays that way till the next time I set it up, so may be that's what contributes to it getting filthy! [quote name='gramps' timestamp='1329780667' post='539736'] They're fairly reasonable now - about 30 or 40 bucks. A lot of people clean their dentures with them. [/quote] Still a lot more expensive than washing soda! [quote name='mustang67n' timestamp='1329813934' post='539768'] I wonder if this would work with a Tang phunnel and/or egyptian bowls.. mine are pretty gnarly, and simply boiling and scraping doesnt get rid of everything. [/quote] The problem I see there is that the clay can absorb washing soda during the process, which I can't imagine to be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang67n Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 yeah.. that was my concern.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoozle Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [quote name='thehelios' timestamp='1329801412' post='539761'] I tried letting my bowl sit in bleach and Budweiser for 5 hours but all it did was give me super powers. [/quote] Yeah, Man. That Budweiser is amazimg stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta_revived Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 I forgot to add, that the stuff Santino uses is a liquid, and what I used was powder, so afterwards, I could feel tiny particles all over the bowl even after rinsing it a number of times and drying it, so after you've cleaned your bowl using this method, you may want to boil it one more time in clean water to get rid of all the powdery stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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