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Diffuser bead stuck in dome perc

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  1. #1 DukeBrendan, Apr 1, 2013
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    I have a diffuser bead stuck in the hole leading to my dome perc on my PHX water pipe. Anybody have any ideas of how to dislodge it? I've tried blowing/sucking it out, and used a paper clip.
     

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  2. Please help!
     
  3. Your pic doesn't work

    However I've seen this once before and its almost impossible to get it out. Idk if they ever did to be honest but we tried everything and it wasn't budging
     
  4. Could I try heating you think?
     
  5. Maybe but that one looks lodged

    Be careful, it may be fucked though
     
  6. Im letting it sit in acetone right now to try to melt the bead down.
     
  7. What's the bead made of? I hope it works for you dude.
     
  8. Very hard plastic I believe. Ill have to look at the container tomorrow.
     
  9. Usually they're glass.

    If it were mine I'd try to heat it up somehow since heat expands things
     
  10. Since its a phx and is nice glass, i was thinking the same thing. But i just dont wanna break it cuz ive only had it for 6 days.
     
  11. Balls dude, fucking balls. I feel for ya that's a shitty thing to have happen to a new piece
     
  12. you're just going to have to wait for it to naturally dislodge. it looks like shaking the piece wont do much. its going to fall out eventually, maybe when you clean it again.
     
  13. Empty all the water out and pour boiling water down ontop of the perc?
     
  14. I figure im screwed and lost my money on it now anyways. Hopefully it'll dislodge by 420.
     
  15. boiling water is bad for bongs cuz of the steam i thought.
     
  16. This is probably your best bet and then hope gravity and time will work its magic

    What about the steam is bad?
     
  17. Steam and resin is a bad combination I thought.
     
  18. Why? I've never heard that
     
  19. #19 spakky, Apr 1, 2013
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    pouring boiling water into a glass bong is a horrible idea. just get some super strong stuff that'll eat plastic, like acetone and let it sit there for a day or so. there's probably some other stuff out there but acetone pops to mind quick. you can also try muriatic acid, i've heard that'll eat plastic
     
  20. So I just had this problem and fixed it it took 5 minutes with a bit of gasoline.. I had a diffuser bead stuck in my percolator couldn't blow it out or flush it out.... i poured a bit of gas into the mouth piece let it se for 5 minutes then began flushing it with hot water and the bead fell out!
     

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