Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Hi guys,I went to Tunesia last week and bought me a nice waterpipe over there.I just tried to get it started, crunched the Nakhla tobacco into small bits, put them in the bowl and placed a foil over it...But then i wanted to light my coal (Alyamama, i got it with the hookah...) with a candle, and it just won't burn!I've held it in the candle for 5 minutes, and when i touched it it wasn't even hot, the only thing that happens is a little fireworks effect the first time the fire touches the coal...When i light it too long, it just turns into ashes...I guess it's just the coal that sucks, or am i doing something wrong?Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Oh Dear Right. First off - CRUNCHED?! How dry is that stuff? It should be at least a dry moist.second - CANDLE?!?! How do you light the candle? Use a lighter for the coal.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamscott06 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Are those coals quicklight or natural? i'v never even heard of them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) Ok, when i mean 'crunch' the shisha i mean not dropping a whole chunk of it in the bowl. I'm dutch, so i can't always find the right words in English The shisha is brand new, so it is still very moist.And i lit up a candle to save my lighter gas! I think the coals are natural, but i wonder what that sparkling is about the first time you light it... Edited September 18, 2007 by Disintegration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenSilk Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Yeah, the fireworks effect make it sound exactly like a quicklight coal, and it's totally possible that the coals just are really crappy. WHy not use different coals, look in the reviews section, you'll find some nice ones. And crunch??Shisha shouldnt "Crunch" my friend, ifg you meant that literally, then you need some new shisha...If that was a figure of speech, then you shouldnt be crunching it, you should be mixing it with the juices and lightlty sprinkling it into the bowl and fluffing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenSilk Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (Disintegration @ Sep 18 2007, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok, when i mean 'crunch' the shisha i mean not dropping a whole chunk of it in the bowl. I'm dutch, so i can't always find the right words in English The shisha is brand new, so it is still very moist.And i lit up a candle to save my lighter gas! I think the coals are natural, but i wonder what that sparkling is about the first time you light it...Only quicklights have that fireworks effect. ANd since it's ashing, that means it's going. But it's not hot?? It's probably just not a good coal to be using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (Disintegration @ Sep 18 2007, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok, when i mean 'crunch' the shisha i mean not dropping a whole chunch of it in the bowl. I'm dutch, so i can't always find the right words in English And i lit up a candle to save my lighter gas! I think the coals are natural, but i wonder what that sparkling is about the first time you light it...LOL - ok Lost in translation Those are not naturals if they spark. Just use a lighter to get it going.ensure it's finished sparking and then blow it until it goes Red and Hot.Then wait until they ash slightly then put them on the charcoal.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) It was a figure of speech, I sprinkled it in the bowl instead of dropping a whole chunk in it And when it 'sparkles', it immediately goes out again, no glowing, no heat, nothing, just a bit of black smoke coming out of it Edited September 18, 2007 by Disintegration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 hmm.Photo time.Give us a clue what we are working with JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamscott06 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (Johnny_D @ Sep 18 2007, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>hmm.Photo time.Give us a clue what we are working with JDI think we should make a forum rule that if you have a problem with it not smoking right or something you take pictures, unless you dont have a camera. But almost every single thread like this would be solved so much quicker with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 No problem, hang on, i'll take some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) Ok, here you go!The hookah i'm using (about 45cm tall):The shisha I'm using:The Alyamama coals:A coal:The bowl:If you guys want a small movie of the sparkling thing that happens, I'll upload it! Edited September 18, 2007 by Disintegration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamscott06 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 So have you tried just lighting the coal with just the lighter instead of the candle? That def looks like a quicklight to me .. i think lol. If the lighter doesnt light that thing up .. put up that video i gotta see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelflage Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 wow that looks like the crappiest of the crappy quicklight coals ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (camelflage @ Sep 18 2007, 05:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>wow that looks like the crappiest of the crappy quicklight coals ive seen.Camel may well be right.And considering your in holland(?) then you are living in the home of some of the best quick-lights! 3-Kings of course.However - I am sure that with a lighter you can get those coals to work.Just hold a lighter under them for a good few seconds - they should take - unless they are totally shafted.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Is there a difference between lighting them with a candle or with a lighter??I'll put up the video so you can see what happens...And by the way, I'm from Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (Disintegration @ Sep 18 2007, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Is there a difference between lighting them with a candle or with a lighter??I'll put up the video so you can see what happens...And by the way, I'm from Belgium Belgium, Holland - i'm close enough JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Sure! Here's the video of me trying to light the damn thing...I've also tried it with just the lighter, but exept of my fingers, nothing got burned http://youtube.com/watch?v=16PFxKpuuIc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Same thing happend to my quick lights, they were just cheap ones they gave me with the hookah, dont really burn they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Did you get them to burn one way or another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Well...I just let it sit under the lighter until it sparkled all the way but it was supposed to turn bright red but never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelflage Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 just run to the store and grab some 3 kings. might as well use quality stuff anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 QUOTE (camelflage @ Sep 18 2007, 06:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>just run to the store and grab some 3 kings. might as well use quality stuff anyway.I'm with Camel. Dump 'em. Either that or be prepeared to blow torch 'em each time.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disintegration Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) Allright guys, thanks a lot for the help! Gonna search some 3kings tomorrow, and stick to cigarettes for the night, hehe.Oh and I just smoked the place out here, dropped the crappy coal into the candle Edited September 18, 2007 by Disintegration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoshman Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Good Luck on your next attempt!! Enjoy the smoke! It should be the best ever since it would be the smoke of, "now it finally works!! Yes!!!"I know that feeling. LOL. That was the best smoke EVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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