hey everyone... my bong broke about a month ago, and my bowl that i was using in homemade bongs broke yesterday, but the bowl and part of the stem were intact so i attached it to some tin foil and continued to use it. i just smoked with a homemade bong and eventually less smoke was coming through so i pushed the lighter deeper in to the bowl... doing that worked, but when i looked into the bowl shortly after clearing it, i noticed that it was completely cashed, with only trace amounts of white ash left. i'm assuming i was burning the aluminum foil... it's not even that close to the bowl part of it, but the flame probably got sucked through the hole down to where the foil is or something. anyways, should i be concerned and throw the homemade bong away, or should i just be more careful with how much flame goes down and pay attention to how much weed is there? is the smoke from the aluminum bad for me? i mean i already inhaled it because i thought it was weed smoke, so there's no going back. i'm really high right now and had to get on and post this because i'm worried. i'm still saving up for a new bong by the way. =P it's hard to balance weed money and money going towards a bong hehe. thanks.
Yes, the fumes caused by heating aluminum foil are very bad for you. Unless you spent a lot of time on this homemade, I would toss it and make a new one. The benefit of homemades is that when it doesn't work anymore you can make a new one and likely for free
Ditch it, even get a 10$ glass spoon pipe from your local headshop. Anything is better than homemade plastic and tinfoil imo. If you notice your bong water most likely gets a very piss color yellow after like one session with the foil.. And thats not good I wouldn't chance smoking with plastics and foil I used to when I was younger but even just a spoon or small bubbler is better. But then again I guess its like this. Home made pros : Water filter, bigger hits. Home made cons : Risk of plastic melting, foil burning and inhaling very bad chemicals. Spoon pros: Glass no risk of plastics and gross shit. cheap and easy to use. Spoon cons: Inhaling butane. You can get a cheap bubbler like this for about 20$ but its your call.
shit i had no idea the fumes were bad for you. i remember i did a google search on it once and read that aluminum foil is very clean, so i assumed it was fine. tonight and yesterday were really the only times smoking with aluminum foil. i'm probably fine, right?
Yea I think you'll be fine. Just try and invest in a cheap piece of glass, once you get it you'll be happy you did.
Lose the tinfoil or lose your brain, Vapourising or burning tin in any way causes it to burn vey toxic chemicals that will actually give you brain damage bro, as anotheer guy said a ten dollar pipe is much better for ya!
These guys are right, fumes from aluminum foil are really bad for you. However, a lot of people - like me, for instance - have done it a ton of times, so the one or two times you've done it won't affect you at all. It's all I used when I was 16 and didn't buy a piece, and I turned out fine.
As everyone else has said before me...YES you should def lose the tin foil. I also have used it tons of times and I am fine, but it is not something you want to make a practice of. I would go get a cheap spoon or bubbler (I would choose a bubbler but thats because I am pretty much obbsessed with them) until you can get yourself a new bong. Happy tokin and good luck on getting a new piece
