Ash In The Hoses?

[chrjacks]

Hey whats up everybody. First post so here goes.

We have a little MYA hookah and for the longest time we have been having problems with ash in the hoses. Sometimes when we take a pull we'll get chunks of ash all in our mouths.

We've tried simply blowing through the hoses and blowing water through the hoses. We have to blow water through the hose every single session otherwise we will be chewing on chunks of ash.

Any help or input would be appreciated.

Thanks

[boomhauer]

its normal for there to be some crud to build in the hoses which you will inhale from time to time sorta. H-S sells some filters you add to your hose to catch this. smack your hose on the ground then you use a simple cheese cloth and inhale as hard as you can about 4-5 times. and this will catch all the crud and you can smoke without any of it.

[lilbrownindian]

have you ever washed this hose? if so did you let it dry correctly, i dont think its ash in the hose could possibly be rust. Edited August 3, 2007 by lilbrownindian

[boomhauer]

its not a rust, its a natural buildup that happens when you smoke.

[chrjacks]

we don't really wash the hoses, just blow water through them. it just seems like the ash we are getting is a little excessive.

thanks for the input guys

[lilbrownindian]

well at the time what i thought was "ash" was rust, and i found out by cutting it open, when you blow the water through what color is it when it comes out?

[chrjacks]

when i'm blowing water through it its straight black. a lot of the time its just black dust-like particles but sometimes there are some sizeable chunks.

[lilbrownindian]

hmm no clue could be buildup like boomhauer said, but mine started with the black specs and then eventually i just cut it open and it was rusted.

[chrjacks]

yeah its not a big deal just wondering if anyone had some secret tips for me. thanks all

[Allia22]

Hehe, secret tips like throw it out? It's what I had to do to my Mya "washables." Save the ends but remove the hose part, you can make a supa-sexy vinyl hose with wood and metal ends.

[jaker29902]

quick way to check if its rust your getting instead of ash is to take a kitchen magnet and see if you can get the magnet to attract the particles

[Rani]

Hey whats up everybody. First post so here goes.

We have a little MYA hookah and for the longest time we have been having problems with ash in the hoses. Sometimes when we take a pull we'll get chunks of ash all in our mouths.

We've tried simply blowing through the hoses and blowing water through the hoses. We have to blow water through the hose every single session otherwise we will be chewing on chunks of ash.

Any help or input would be appreciated.

Thanks

When's the last time you gave your stem a serious scrub down? I had this problem one time - and only one time. I discovered the hard way my up-until-the-mouth-full-of-ash quick cleaning method just wasn't cutting it. There is a certain amount of oil in smoke (vaporized glycerin) that causes the residue to build up inside the stem and it doesn't rinse out with only hot water plus whatever. If you don't seriously scrub it with the brushes it's going to build up and chip off during smoking resulting in what seems to be granules of ash. Now it gets scrubbed every single time I smoke it.

'Rani

[Erica]

Tip:Buy a new hose.

[chrjacks]

thanks everyone. we keep the hookah pretty clean. it usually get scrubbed pretty regularly. will try what i can but it looks like time for new hoses anyway.

thanks again