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Ok... Now I'm sad. I was washing my small phunnel after 1 USE... let it soak in hot water/lemon juice mixture to try to get some of the AW strawberry that was baked on off... When scrubbing, but not like really really hard, my bowl broke. Yes, a Tangiers bowl is broke so that means that he just killed a masterbating kitten... But seriously, now I'm gonna have to order another :/

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Didn't drop it, it just snapped off... Oh well, just loaded up my medium phunnel... I guess it's the perfect time to test the bigger version...

And no, Persian, I don't think i'll be gluing this.
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Bowls are suprisingly delicate. The free clay bowl that came with my hookah-shisha order broke the first time I tried to use it. Luckilly the Mod Bowl that came with an old hookah that broke on me is still fine. I really should get a second bowl incase of an accident.
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Tell who ever you ordered from that your bowl just broke. Maybe they could give you a break on your next order. We give 15% off for breakage at Smiley's. That sucks. I bet you were "what just happend". Very pretty bowl. I know we use rubbing Alchol (I think I spelled that right) to clean the glass bowls we use at smiley's. Maybe that might help in cleaning. The stuff just comes off.
Good Luck
Smiley
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QUOTE (djbomberto)
geeez diz, i just run water thru mine and rub my thumb into it, maybe you went a  little too far happy.gif well least you still have another bowl.


Yeah, that's all I ever do. Maybe a little rub with a sponge or something. I can't believe how fantatical some of you folks are about keeping your shit clean! biggrin.gif
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you can clean them just by fillin up the sink and soaking them in warm water for a half hour then run water through it for a minute and dry it down. I have never had a problem breaking one and it wont smell anymore.
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I soaked it in warm water/lemon juice mixture for a few hours and was just rubbin my thumb against it. Used a cloth for like 30 seconds and was just about to give up when i apparently pushed too hard. This is my first broken bowl, btw.
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Weird, I would think it was a manufacturing defect. I have a standard large tangiers bowl as well and its supposed to have a "Crackle" appearance and well, it looked cool and everything was great. I had some xx apple the other night and when I took the foil off to clean it, the bowl was literally "Sweating" shisha juice out of those teeny little cracks...like little beads of shisha juice sweat...it was bizzare. I told Eric about it and he didnt seem to understand what I was talking about. I think its because I was taking a really hot bowl and putting it under water before letting it cool and its making teeny little cracks. Eric said that you can take his bowl and after a smoke stick it in cold water and it should be fine...has this happened to anyone else???
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I think it was jsut me being OCD and accidentally pressing too hard.... Oh well, I might get another bowl that'd look sexxier on my QT smile.gif The Medium black to blue is uber sexy till i put the foil on... then you can just see the black...
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I don't know a lot about how or why it happens, but certain ceramic items, if fired a certain way, will soak up water and become brittle. I think it is the more coarse clays (like the clay on the funnel) that has problems.

I used to work with ceramics a lot for sculpture and learned this fact after completing an awesome piece. I soaked it for a night to get some cobalt residue off and it broke into pieces the next day.
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