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How to Clean Your Bong Like a Pro

By Maha Haq | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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If you’re questioning whether it’s time to clean your bong—it is. Just clean it. Don’t let it get to the point where the water looks like cold brew and smells like a swamp.

A clean bong is mainly about looking nice, but it’s also about hygiene. And the difference is actually tasting your weed and dragging it through layers of old resin and regret.

The good news: it’s easier than you think. No need for a full kit or some hyper-specific cleaners. 

What You Actually Need

You just need a few basics which you might already have:

Isopropyl alcohol (higher strength, like 91% or 99%)

That’s it. Everything else is optional.

How to Clean a Bong (step-by-step)

1. Rinse with warm water

Start by rinsing your bong with warm water. This loosens up resin and clears out anything sitting in there before you go in with alcohol.

2. Add isopropyl alcohol (ISO)

Pour isopropyl alcohol inside of the bong. The amount of ISO you need depends on the size of your bong. You should ideally pour enough to cover percolators and saturate stains.

Quick note: ISO is flammable and not something you want lingering in your piece, so keep it away from open flames and make sure you rinse thoroughly later. Do not ingest or inhale!

3. Add coarse salt and shake

Add a generous amount of coarse salt, then cover the openings and shake. Coarse salt is used as an abrasive to remove stubborn stains. Shake, but don’t break your glass!

The alcohol breaks down resin, the salt provides abrasion, and the agitation scrapes everything off the glass.

4. Soak the smaller parts

Remove the........

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