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noob bowl smoker requesting help

jd4083

Active member
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sounds like you just have a poorly designed bowl, honestly. get a nice "spoon" shaped piece and you won't have this issue. And you don't have to suck it down like a porn star either.
 
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SeaMaiden

I smoked my first hit of weed when I was 10yo. I'm 47 now.

If you're not familiar with bowl smoking etiquette, take some care to watch others when you begin sharing bowls. One of my huge pet peeves are people who light up the whole top of the bowl, leaving everyone else with nothing but black to hit. Hit the SIDE of the bowl, leave some green for me, please. If you need, I'll show you how to do it.

I also agree with jd, because I've learned that different glass blowers are able to create a bowl that doesn't leave me with a mouthful of crap. Took my breaking a whole buncha pipes to learn that, but there you have it.

I like the little glass flowers, those look cool. I'm sure I would lose them, but they still look very cool.
 

WelderDan

Well-known member
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Aluminum and Copper are not good choices to be smoking out of if you are concerned at all about health and longevity.

I never mentioned copper. As for Aluminum, perhaps you should educate yourself about the amount of Aluminum you consume on a daily basis before giving me advice. Aluminum is, after all, the most abundant metal on earth, and you eat it, drink it and breathe it without even knowing it. Every day.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=190&tid=34

You are more likely to have health issues from inhaling burning plant matter on a regular basis than the occasional use of aluminum foil as a makeshift screen.
 

Weird

3rd-Eye Jedi
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i was in drug treatment at 13 again by 15, when i was a kid i was getting adults high

in fact there was the was this time when i was 14 when i smoked up some bikers i met in a local park when they asked me if i wanted to go back with them to their house for some "very potent" L

dont take more than one

lol

yeah ok

seriously sounds like you choose the wrong bowl for screen less puffing

i like smoking out of glass if im not rolling a doob

a proper piece of glass will be designed to avoid the ash mouth

maybe learn the fine art of toking lighter at the end of the bowl, which if your new at smoking you might forget by then cause your already high

seems like a win win to me

good luck
 

yortbogey

To Have More ... Desire Less
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get over it........the ash is natures way of saying it'z time to reload another bowl.......:dance013:
 

delta9nxs

No Jive Productions
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"at 14 1/2 i was smoking ciggies and weed and drinking whiskey and beer."

you forgot chasing whores and gambling!
 
Z

Ziggaro

if you have a hundred bucks the illadelph bowl well never shit in your mouth.

don't poke the holes though the bowl is fragile bc of the built in screen
I just broke mine, but it says something that I'm going right out to buy another :p
 

Anti

Sorcerer's Apprentice
Veteran
I smoke 90% of my herb through a small glass bowl:

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Tips:

When you go to buy one, pay attention to the size of the bowl, the size of the hole in the bowl and the size of the carb hole and the inhalation hole. I shoot for a very small hole in the bowl and a hole big enough to get a q-tip through for the carb and inhalation areas. This makes it very easy to clean on a regular basis.

Take very light hits and you'll get a better experience.

Also, you don't have to fill the bowl to the rim. You could always pack enough for a couple of hits and then refill as needed.
 

Feyd

sunshine in a bag
Veteran
"at 14 1/2 i was smoking ciggies and weed and drinking whiskey and beer."

you forgot chasing whores and gambling!

thats nothin.

when i was 6 i was shooting ron into my eyeballs. i was knocking up hos before my balls even dropped. my first words consisted of a middle finger. i discovered a constellation consisting of only binary stars in space camp and didn't even fucking tell anybody about it until now.

i still haven't even peaked.
 

FRIENDinDEED

A FRIEND WITH WEED IS A . . .
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Hello. I have smoked joints most of my life and recently bought a bowl. It sucks. Or at least, I suck at smoking it.

The first two hits are great, but when it gets to the end, I ALWAYS end up inhaling/eating the ashes. It makes me want to toss a bowl even though there is plenty of cannabis left just to avoid eating ash.

What the hell? It's one of those cheaper, small pocket-sized bowls. Not a big long bong or a water bowl or anything.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this? It's ruining my smoking experience. Thanks.


1) get a screen no matter what. shouldnt be smoking out of a bowl without one. i wouldnt go so far as the glass type, get the regular old gold screen (pack of 5) at any/most smoke shops.

*glass bowl - smoke a lil bit of smoke out of it so it can get kidnda gunky, that gunkiness will allow the screen stay in the bowl a lil better, kinda give the edges of the screen something to hold/grab onto.

2) use smaller amounts. pretty much the amount that you inhale/pull from a joint/blunt is what you should be smoking fist OR if you notice how much of the weed you burned to fill the tube, then use only that amount for your hits untill you get accustomed to smoking out of a bong.

its normally a .2gr or .3gr crumb. start off with that.

3) when you pack a bowl and you notice theres alot of ash at the top, you can always just scrape the Ashe out into your ash tray until you see the fresh bud underneath.

4) remember you can always turn the bowl or burn only smaller sections of the bowl at a time. what i have done is mentally cut the bowl top into 4 sections and only smoke/burn a section at a time. this helps you to keep from burning your thumb nail.

5) however much weed you packa bowl with always pack your bowl tight. more weed smoke and less air flow will allow for a nice even burning.

6) you dont have to fill the whole damned tube!! - with this i mean you can inhale as much as your lungs will allow before you start to convulse or get light headed. just burn and inhale to wither fill the tube or just fill it half way.

if you want you can even just bring teh smoke up through the time little by little (this of course depends on how long the bong tube is).

***advise: start out with a small bong or even a bubbler. you'll always have the lager bong for later or when friends come by or for those days where you reeeeeally whana get fucked up fast!!! lmao

i would say a month of constant smoking out of a bong will have you smoking out of larger ones in no time

and dont forget parctice makes perfect so smoke weed everyday :tiphat:
 

Stoner4Life

Medicinal Advocate
ICMag Donor
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Hello. I have smoked joints most of my life and recently bought a bowl. It sucks. Or at least, I suck at smoking it.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this? It's ruining my smoking experience. Thanks.

OK, theoretically that makes you 25 yrs old if you've actually been smoking joints most of your life, you must've started toking @ 12 and have been doing so for another 13 yrs now; unless you started @ 9 yrs old & continued for 10 more making you 19 now, you do the math.


are you really a 25 yr old clueless stoner or you just trolling again Yummybud?
 
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