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Dude, My Tray Is Like Melted To My Stem.


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so i put alota coal in my tray, and its goodtimes, so i go to clean my hookah the other day, and i couldnt get the damn tray off! its like it had melted to the stem or something, has anyone else run into this issue?

what should i do?
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It might be that the heat expanded the metal, the bowl sunk down just enough and stuck there. Then when it cooled off, it contracted so tightly that you cant do anything to get it off. Heat it back up with a port-a-torch or something till it has expanded enough to feel loose. Steady the stem in a vice or something that doesnt move, then pop it off. Please wear welding gloves or something that wont burn when you place pressure against the tray.
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QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Jan 21 2008, 02:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It might be that the heat expanded the metal, the bowl sunk down just enough and stuck there. Then when it cooled off, it contracted so tightly that you cant do anything to get it off. Heat it back up with a port-a-torch or something till it has expanded enough to feel loose. Steady the stem in a vice or something that doesnt move, then pop it off. Please wear welding gloves or something that wont burn when you place pressure against the tray.


I think Bulldog has ht the answer right on the head here. I doubt the coals would melt the metal, Just be careful when you heat it up again to try out this method.
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