Nahkla Problem

[MeNouA]

I packed a mod bowl with nahkla sweet melon. first 10 minutes were good but it just got way too harsh too smoke. I tried taking a coal off, same problem. Let the bowl cool down, put it on again and still same thing. Its hitting wimpy, not too much smoke..okay flavor but way too harsh. I packed it pretty loose, like how I pack diff flavors. Put 3 japanese charcoals on it then took one off but way too harsh. Anyone know how what the problem is and how I can fix it? Edited August 19, 2009 by MeNouA

[Giant Ninja Robot]

3 coals is way too much for a mod bowl in my experience. try 1.5, and if that isnt enough try two, work your way up. Also sometimes packing Nak a little bit tighter helps, not as tight as tangiers but tighter than others like AF or SB.

[MeNouA]

so pack a little tighter and start with less coals? alright ima try it right now and see whats up..

[RingsMaster]

toooo much coal!! lol try same method but less coal

[MeNouA]

i packed it a little tighter, much smoother but no smoke. the coals got too small though, im lighting new ones

[Sonthert]

You're on the right track, I think.

You were underpacking before.

[ilikemyusername]

how much tobacco are you puting in that bowl, what kind of coals are you using?

[hookah hippie]

try packing the bowl to a little under the brim and poke larger holes

[chinodos]

You also may want to try and be patient heating the bowl up. Start with one half- wait 3-5 minutes then add another half on the opposite side. If you need a third half after 5 minutes or so put it on. Sometimes you have to heat the bowl up slowly for it to burn smoothly. I found this out the hard way

[ilikemyusername]

or overflow the bowl and use a rediculous ammount of coal, like 3 coconut coals and as it gets to be tooo much, knock the heat back, thats how i learned, except I wasnt using coconut coals I was using lemonwood coals in an orange plastic bag. I would litterally fit the coals to cover the bowl in a mosaic type pattern and remove 1 piece every so often.
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