TwitchyKid Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 as most of you have seen my thread about my bad hookah experiance, well my friend came over today, and i put way less shisha in the bowl, the perfect amount, and we used the same coals but just 1 and half. smaller holes in the foil, and man, we had a great great hour long hookah session, when one of us would feel buzzed we would just pass the hose. we used my double apple this time. nothing like apples but still good. we found if we took a hit of the hookah, blew out the smoke and took a sip of coke it was AWESOME!! after i cleaned everything and put it neatly in its case, 4 other friends came over, and begged to smoke again, so we did with the peach stuff. 6 people and 4 coals later it was great. really good start to spring break.only thing i had problems with though was that the bowl would NOT stay on. no matter was, it was uber loose just staying there. we cleaned the gromet good and everything and it was just loose. other then that the stargate was great. i even got some action shots.[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Bananaboy/IM000277.jpg[/img]my friend alex enjoying[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Bananaboy/IM000278.jpg[/img]and a very crappy video [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Bananaboy/?action=vie"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Ban...boy/?action=vie[/url] w¤t=IM000279.flv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt486 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 your using the large egyptian bowl that came with it, and the fat white grommets?Mine doesnt stay on too well either. I use a tangiers bowl now, much better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwitchyKid Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 i would order a new Tangiers bowl but i can only pay with paypal. hopefully he'll see this post and let me buy one off him on paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahEnthusiast Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 looks like you guys had a nice session...good to see the new machine is running properly (except for the loose bowl) one of these days ill get around to getting some pics of my stargates up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I didn't have that bowl problem when I first got my stargate, but eventually did when the grommet started to turn to a brown color due to the staining of the toabcco.Now if I have that problem, i just take a papertowel, soak it in water, wring all the water out so its just damp, tear off a long narrow strip, and wrap that around the grommet. This helps make a nice, clean, tight connection and you shouldn't have a problem with it becoming loose. Give that a try if you want a quick cheap alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 If your problem is the bowl slipping "up" after you seat the bowl on the grommet, try this: Get some really coarse sandpaper and sand the inside of the bowl (the part that the grommet slips into) until you get it roughed up pretty good. Also, wash it after each use, so the molasses doesn't make it slip. Roughing it with sandpaper will cause it to "bite into" the grommet and hold. Kinda like snow tires for you bowl. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwitchyKid Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 also, i do have another problem with my hose. i already email taqseem but i have yet to get a responce. the opposite end of the hose, where theres supposed to be another wood piece. well that wood piece is clogged with some kind of plastic. so its not like its supposed to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 ahh... first do you put the grommet on the stem and then add the bowl? if you do try stuffing the grommet into the bottom of the bowl and THEN pushing it on the stem. As for the plastic..i'll bet its a blob of hot glue...fry a coat hander or a piece of something ling and thing and GENTLY try to push past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I've had the same problem with the wood ends not being drilled out good. There were restrictions. I have a long 1/4" drill bit that bores them out nicely. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se7n Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I recently got the exact same setup, and my bowl is having problems staying on the rubber grommet aswell. I will try sanding the bowl soon and see if that works, besides that this thing is AMAZING, I'll get some pictures up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwitchyKid Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 hopefully tasqueem will just send me a replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahEnthusiast Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hmm....i got a 32'' blacknickel stargate from taqseem about 6 months ago and havent had any problems with it...i also just recently (2 months ago) purchased a 25'' stargate from him and havent had that problem with the bowl or hose....mayb you just got a bad bowl setup as well as a not so good borred out hose....just contact him and im sure he'll be more than willing to help you out but the suggestions of bubble and yash should help in the mean time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Still could have been humidity shock...after the tobacco saw your air, it acclimated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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