Bong cleaning made easy! 
 
Who doesn't know it - after a relaxed evening with friends, the beloved bong is all gunky again and its smell leaves much to be desired. This doesn't have to be a permanent state, so we want to give you a step-by-step guide on how to clean your glass, acrylic, silicone, wood, or even ceramic bong. 
 
How often should you clean your bong? 

To this question, we have received various answers from our customers: Every three months, after each use, or even sayings like "only when the water is thick does it really hit"... 
What the right cleaning interval is, everyone has to decide for themselves, but your herbs will always taste worse through a heavily soiled bong, and germs can settle, which can harm your health. For these reasons, we recommend that you clean your bong regularly and thoroughly. 
But don't worry: Cleaning can be quick and easy if you use our pro tips! 
 
How do you clean your bong? 
 
Honestly: Many paths lead to the goal! 
 
After over 30 years of experience, we have learned several ways to clean a pipe. Basically, cleaning can be divided into two categories: 
 
• Professional bong cleaner  

• Home remedy 
 
In the following, we will first deal with cleaning with a professional bong cleaner, for which scrubbing with a brush is usually not necessary to bring your bong back to a shine. 
 
Cleaning without a brush: 

1. Separating the components 
First, please dispose of the water in your bong. Grab a towel as a base and remove all the components of the bong (bowl, chillum, pre-cooler, activated carbon filter), as it is easier to clean the components separately. 
 
2. Cleaning the components 

Place the individual components in a sealable and heat-resistant bowl or in a freezer bag with a zip closure. Now add a teaspoon of the active bong cleaner and fill the container or bag with hot (but not boiling!) water until the component is covered. Now, you need to wait about five minutes while the cleaner battles the grime. You can observe how the dirt particles dissolve. Now you gently shake the closed container or the closed bag so that the dirt can completely detach from the part of your bong. The dirt particles should now be floating in the water, so you can remove your component and rinse it with clear water. If it is heavily dried or stubborn dirt, you can repeat the process and, if necessary, use a small cleaning brush. 
 
3. Cleaning the bong itself 
 
When cleaning the bong itself, we essentially proceed in a similar manner as when cleaning the individual components. To avoid mess, we recommend using cleaning plugs for the mouthpiece, joint, and kickhole. First, you only seal the kickhole and the joint and pour about two teaspoons (depending on the size of the bong) of the active cleaner through the mouthpiece. After that, you fill the bong to the top with hot (not boiling!) water. Bongs made of borosilicate glass can handle hot water well. After that, you also seal the mouthpiece with a mouthpiece stopper and let the cleaner do its job for five minutes. 
 
The cleaner has now broken down the residue particles on the glass wall, so you can briefly remove the mouthpiece stopper again to pour out some water. After you have securely closed the mouthpiece again, you can shake your bong properly so that the residue detaches and floats in the water. Now pour out the dirty water and rinse your bong with clear water. And here too, the rule is: If your bong doesn't shine like new, you can simply repeat the process. 
 
 
 
Bong cleaning with home remedies: 
 
There are various things in your household that can help you clean your bong. 
 
Dishwasher tablets 
 
Since dish soap alone is often too weak to dissolve the residue in the bong, many turn to dishwasher tablets. These are added whole or crumbled into the bong, which is then filled with hot water. That works quite well, at least if you help it along with a brush. However, we have experienced that the tabs leave a film on the glass wall, which dulls the shine of the bong and can end up in the bong water. 
Some people also put their bong directly in the dishwasher. However, one should definitely pay attention to the fact that inscriptions and designs on bongs are usually not dishwasher-safe! 

Isopropyl alcohol and Epsom salt 

The combination of 99% isopropyl alcohol and Epsom salt has often been recommended to us for cleaning glass bongs, but we must admit that we have never tested Epsom salt ourselves. When handling isopropyl alcohol, utmost caution is required. Please pay attention to the hazard warnings on the packaging. 
 
Freezing a silicone bong 
 
If you use a silicone bong, you can put all the parts that are made of silicone in your freezer. The residue becomes crumbly when frozen and can be easily scraped off or even comes off by "kneading" the bong. For bongs made from other materials, this cleaning process is unfortunately not possible.