Q Regarding Windcovers

[oliverhookah]

hi,

quick question. What metal is the cheap standard windcover made of? It's not rigid, it's obviously a high melting point, but it's light and obviously cheap stuff...

[mushrat]

Mya has stainless steel, Ive seen cheap pot metal, and I've seen brass.

I've also seen people use aluminium cans with holes punched in the top and sides.

[Venger]

mine is a $6 chromed tin. works good.
Ray

[NitetimeReign]

My wife and I actually made mine out of aluminum foil and I put some weight at the bottom of it and it works great. It's the same HD foil I use for my bowls. I reuse it over and over as well so it's not like a one time use thing either.

[MrIsrael]

I'm thinking aluminium

[F16WarBird]

I use the skulls of my fallen enemies. [img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/post-5619-1201289386.gif[/img]

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Actually, mine is the ordinary nickel alloy windcover that most of the online retailers sell. At least, it feels like nickel. I didn't do a spark test to see if it's steel.

[bobbo21]

Aluminum has the highest specific heat capacity of the common metals. So theoretically, that should be the best in terms of heat distribution.