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Well I've only just tried this, so it's all up for experimentation. I'd heard that brass screens are frequently used in the mideast so I decided to try it. As to thickness... this particular brass foil is .002" as I've said. Household aluminium foil is around 13 micrometers, so .0005 (and change) inches. Since it's a good thing keeping the shisha from burning, I should think the thickness not necessarily bad. Also if you look at the pic, the brass is somewhat domed above the bowl. wiki on aluminium foil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_foil I have no problem with sharing some of my leftover, the sheet was plenty large for many screens.

Lessee... the roll of foil was around $20 with shipping ($6-8 just for the roll if you can source locally), and I can make probably 20 or more of these things with it. 12"x30" roll, you do the math. To be honest, I do believe the one will last indefinitely - at the very least as long as a steel screen but then brass won't rust, so maybe longer For me it's not really about my cost, and I am not implying anything having to do with price per se. I'm more interested in reusability, trying to be a little easier on the Earth. edit: I only smoke Nakhla so I can't speak to other mu'assel

Hello all, I'd like to share a bit of kit I've figured out. I've posted this elsewhere, some might have seen my post I know that most people just idolise aluminium foil, but I find it a bit wasteful, so I've been looking for alternatives. I've hit on using an .002" thick brass foil that is obtained at hobby shop/outlets, made by K&S Engineering: [img]http://www2.gpmd.com/image/k/k%2Bsr6005.jpg[/img] I put the foil over the bowl just like an aluminium foil screen would go, after first heating the brass foil on a stove to cook off any coatings that might have been on the brass. I saw no smoke, although the foil did discolour, but the discolouration didn't surprise me. Please see below pix of the installation of the brass foil: [img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5940219635_963036943a_z.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5940220701_47e9990de6_z.jpg[/img] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"]I used the brass screen on an Egyptian bowl packed with Nakhla DA, two coconaras. At first I couldn't get enough heat (three coals would have done I think). But then I put the windcover over and -BAM!- went off like gangbusters and I had good smoke, good flavor and over an hour sesh. if you ask me, it's best of both worlds: foil's heat mgmt and small holes to keep ash out, and ease and reusability of the steel screen. [/font] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"] [/font] Someone suggested that this wouldn't be 'airtight' like aluminium foil, and I will address that suggestion by stating that aluminium foil isn't airtight either (unless you're sealing it with silicone or similar). Keepin' it green, t.

I've discovered that putting a charcoal screen on 'upside down' or in other words, dished side up, keeps the coals off the shisha much more effectively

Pleezed to meetcha. hope to learn stuff