The gold standard for party bongs is shitpipes. Dunno about other places but for a Euro standard one, you need, bottom to top, 1x 100mm end cap, 1x 100mm sleeve (pipe to pipe coupling), 1x 100mm adapter to 40mm (the 100mm side should fit the sleeve), some length of 40mm pipe, some means to drill two holes, and two things not available at any random hardware store: a preferably metal what’s it called in English the thing that goes into the water and some tissue to tighten that metal thing in its hole, wrap in a taper and twist in. Try to get an adapter that’s angled, there’s also ones with a flat step instead of (quite aggressively) tapering the diameter.
Completely and utterly indestructible at least when it comes to banging it up. In principle also fit to handle acetone those Euro standard pipes are polypropylene but I wouldn’t push it. Tons of water in there, definitely bottom-heavy, and very light when empty.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
90%+ rubbing alcohol and rock salt actually does a really good job, it just takes more elbow grease. Still won’t be as clean as literally fucking dissolving it, but that’s how I’d do it if I couldn’t use acetone.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I use 70% isopropyl and it dissolves everything except for a film around the inner chamber.
Like a lump of tar just stops existing as a solid thing. Looks interesting after like 6 hours.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
70% is better for disinfectant, as the water helps carry the alcohol across the cell membrane.
90+ works better to dissolve bong residues, and the coarse salt works as an abrasive