Specific steps to get your beautiful bongs cleaned.
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Remove the bowl and stem.The bowl and stem is the part where you place your cannabis. You can pop this piece out, and it makes cleaning the bongs much easier. You ideally don't want to get the bowl wet when you pour the bongs water out.
Pour out the old water.Bongs water is sticky and resinous, so it's not ideal to pour it down the drain if you can avoid it. You can pour it into the trash if you have a properly sealed trash bag or you can pour the bongs water into a sealed container to throw away. You can also dispose of your bongs water outside — but don't try to water any plants with it.
Place the bong in a zip-top bag.A large gallon-size bag should be large enough and will help contain the mess. If you don't have a zip-top bag handy, you can clean your bongs inside a trash bag or over your sink. Just be careful, because the bong resin may stick to the sides of your sink.
Add isopropyl alcohol to the inside of the bong. Pour your isopropyl alcohol into the top of the bongs. Use about 16 ounces, depending on the size of your bongs, or just enough alcohol that the bongs are filled about halfway. If you're using a dedicated bongs cleaning isopropyl mixture, pour that into the bongs instead.
Add salt to the bong.This salt helps to gently scrub the inside of the bong to remove the resin. The alcohol alone cleans it somewhat well, but the salt removes the build-up from the sides of the bong. Use a healthy amount to ensure the salt can scrub off the resin.
Close the bag and shake.This part can get messy, so seal the bag in order to shake the alcohol and salt mixture around the inside of the bongs. If you have a percolator bongs, be sure the mixture enters all the chambers. You may need to tip the bongs upside down a few times to permeate all the crevices.
Let it soak for 30 minutes.Allow the alcohol mixture to sit with the bongs for about 30 minutes. This step isn't always necessary, depending on how dirty you let your bongs get, but letting it soak does improve the efficacy of the alcohol in cleaning your glass.
Remove the bongs and dispose of the bag.Here's why the bag is key: you can simply seal the bag full of dirty bongs water and throw it away. This avoids the resin mess in the sink.
Rinse bongs with warm water and soap. It's best to get all of the alcohol and salt out of the bongs before using it — especially because alcohol is flammable. Dish soap and warm water work well to break down any residual oil on the glass.
Soak the bowl and stem in alcohol to clean them.Use a pipe cleaner to scrub any stuck-on resin out of the stem. Rinse it well with hot water, and let it dry completely before loading it with cannabis to use the bongs.
