xruggiox Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 hi guys!i ve a question..!is it normal to find green water in the vase? i was thinking that it's fault of my old hookah which made of copper!and even if i clean it...it s always a kind of dirty of copper oxide :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1024 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 yes and no.depending on what shisha you smoke, your water will turn different colors. brown is normal for most shishas, but ive seen my water turn green from smoking mint shisha.then again my friend had a green base and his water was almost always green so its hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xruggiox Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 whatever kind of shisha i smoke i always find my water green!with weird things at the bottom of the vase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 could be corrosion or oxidation...whichever is the correct term.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Don't worry about it. Its not uncommon to find green shit in your stem when you clean it. Just one more reason you should clean your hookah regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shisha fan Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 that green stuff in your base is most likely brass oxidation. its not harmful but you have to give your hookah a thorough cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1024 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 the color of your base can also have an effect. my friend had a green base that would always have green water, then he switched bases and his water was more brownshit in the bottom is probably shisha that leaked through, are you using a phunnel or an egyptian? if the stuff looks like tobacco it probably is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 clean your stem/downstem...thats where it is coming from.I leave my noname egyptian on my backporch 24/7 setup and everytime I clean the stem, green water comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 my old piece of sshit rotator used to get green crap in the downstem, but never in the water unless I was smoking AW mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2G Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 My friends did that becuase his water is not filtered, its well water with all those minerals and stuff. After a session it would turn green. Basically if we smoked at his house we had to change out the water every 30 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelflage Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 QUOTE (xruggiox @ Aug 12 2009, 09:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>whatever kind of shisha i smoke i always find my water green!with weird things at the bottom of the vase! like mutant chipmunks and banana peels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzbizz Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 It could also be your coals.. I bought some shisha co. coals and they don't flake, instead the ash is like little pellets and I noticed they make their way to my down stem a lot easier and when I clean it out after my session dark green water that comes out, my base water is also colored. Oh and I use a small tang phunnel so its definitely not my shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon` Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If your not using a phunnel bowl the liquids from the shisha will leak down into the vase causing the water to change colors, nothing's wrong with it, it happens to everyone just make sure you wash it out after your done with your session Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foibled again Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Corrosion of brass depends on the copper and zinc levels in it. The green is typical verdigris and should be cleaned as verdigris is toxic. When exposed to air and water, oxidation of copper forms copper carbonate and sometimes copper chloride if the chloride content in the water is high enough. This could be the green stuff you are probably seeing. Dezincification of brass appears red or reddish-brown and is less likely to occur in the base. It requires high temperature, acidic or alkaline water, or an electrolytic solution, ie salt water, because zinc is highly reactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xruggiox Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 ..i clean my hookah very often!now everytime time i smoke but 1 yes and 1 not... i always clean it with lemon juice plus baking soda plus i connected my brush to the drill to clean it very well... n i notidfied that when i clean it the hookah cannot stop to leak brown-green water..but if i try to take a look inside the pipe the brass seems to be good,shiny and clean... :/ dunnoi use a normal bowl so for sure the water changes its colour even coz the juice from the bowl leak down but for every kind of tobacco i smoke the water is always green in the vase... dunno :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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