rhineholt Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 So I just bought a hookah from Syria I think it was, and a brand new hose. Not too sure what kind because it's at my friends house. I was just wondering if it was normal for the first 5 min or so of smoking to taste like plastic. Is it?And is that because of the hookah or the hose?I was smoking SB Blue Mist btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Sounds like the hose needs to get broken in. It'll go away after a few sessions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Most likely the hose. Smoke through a couple of strong flavored bowls and you'll get it going. It just takes a bit. Or you can run a warm mix of lemon juice and water and clear it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combs08 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Alot a ne hoses have that problem. Lemon juice, baking soda, ater, vodka are all your friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Yeah, just smoke through it. Its normalish. A good leather hose wouldn't do that, but a plastic Chinese hose will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Jul 15 2009, 09:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah, just smoke through it. Its normalish. A good leather hose wouldn't do that, but a plastic Chinese hose will.nearly all my KM hoses have this plasticy/metallic taste...it goes away anywhere from a few pulls to a few sessions. bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 As stated the taste is from the hose. Which also should mean its washable. So if you would rather get rid of the taste without having to suffer through it for a few sessions, get you some lemon juice, and hot water. Pour a bit of lemon juice in the hose, then add hot water to fill it up about half way full. Then using your fingers to cap the ends, just slosh it around a bit. Drain it out, run more hot water through, and blow through a bit, and hang to dry Or you could just smoke the taste away xDBe careful, you want to make sure its a washable hose first. Smoking rust is no fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinodos Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 definately the new hose. I just smoked throught it with 3 sessions and my nammors cleared up on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhineholt Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Yeah, it went away. I smoked again today and there was absolutely no taste. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TizaNabi Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Same with a regular classic tobacco smoking pipe. You need to smoke it until a thick layer forms inside and "sweetens" the pipe. Back when I was 15-17. But its rare that a new hose needs more than one smoke to get it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TizaNabi Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Where did you go in Syria? Did you fly straight or hop a few countries on your voyage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 a few sessions will do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 If you have a friend who is a student and lives with a bunch of roomates. Give them the hose to smoke with it for a week or so. I did that for a hose that I used like 5 times with no luck. Those guys would smoke using it a bunch of times a day and they really do not mind shitty shisha or crappy plastic taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookahsmoker2 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Its most likely because its just a new hose but just be be safe check ur bowl and make sure that nothings melted to in or inside it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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