DubStyleeCA Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I am new here and have been reading up, A LOT... I cleaned my GF's little $30 hookah that she got froma smoke shop a few months back with the lemon juice/water combo. I even boiled in clean water the stem and used a brush on the inside of the stem, taking apart all the pieces.basically, it was super clean. now i look at it not even 24 hrs later and a nice new family of rust is moving in everywhere on the inside.did i not dry it enough? should i not put it back together after cleaning until a certain amount of time? (more than 2 hours)?is the hookah just cheap, and will rust no matter what... (if so, i got a new SS one coming in anyway)anything else?really frustrated cause i spent lots of time cleaning it last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tony Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 QUOTE (DubStyleeCA @ Jan 3 2007, 03:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>is the hookah just cheap, and will rust no matter what... (if so, i got a new SS one coming in anyway)I think that's your problem. I clean my Mya QT all the time, and I rarely dry it all the way. It is made of stainless steel so I have no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerodynamic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 CLR and scrub. that should take care of any surface rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubStyleeCA Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 HERE ARE some pics[attachment=23:S5000184.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubStyleeCA Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) opinions on if the thing looks cheap. CAN'T WAIT FOR my SS stainless steel, or whatever it is, its stainless.so i shouldnt use it until the rust is gone right? lol[attachment=24:S5000186.JPG] Edited January 3, 2007 by DubStyleeCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubStyleeCA Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 i cant get these pics bigger for some reason.. file size issue. last one[attachment=25:S5000187.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerodynamic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 yes it is the cheapness... buy a better quality SS and be done. You can smoke with the rust tho.. i dont see any reason as to why it would hurt. But if you wanna save the thing, get some CLR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 QUOTE (Zerodynamic @ Jan 3 2007, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You can smoke with the rust tho.. i dont see any reason as to why it would hurt.im sure the rust doesnt help it taste good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfbum Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Had the same problem with mine! FIX:rinse hookah with baking soda and water after lemon juice or vinegar cleaning to neutralize the acids from cleaning.worked for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerodynamic Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 QUOTE (ASUSEAN1 @ Jan 3 2007, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Zerodynamic @ Jan 3 2007, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You can smoke with the rust tho.. i dont see any reason as to why it would hurt.im sure the rust doesnt help it taste goodat this point its only surface rust, the oxidiation hasn't penetrated the base metal. Smoke coming into contact with surface rust should pose no harm, nor will it contain any flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 The quality of pipes has gone down shockingly in the past 12-18 months. Crummy Chinese imports made out of aluminum, and formerly all-brass hookahs or brass-core hookahs are being replaced by coated steel and formerly coated steel hookahs are being replaced by cold steel. Yet, prices haven't come down. Too many profitiers in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke69 Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 You should make some hookahs sonthert. I bet theyd be great quality and a lot of people would buy them. but if you do make sure you can ship them to Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Thats what I wanted to do before I was encouraged to make tobacco by the guys at Fumari...make hookahs. Unfortunately, Mexico is the next, best alternative and their costs on manufacturing by way of companies already established in Mexico have always been too high and they are getting higher. The owners must think they are rich and like spending lots of money and passing the costs down to other people. I do like Mexico, though. Its dirty and stinky, the way the US used to be years ago, but a man can work and live there and make a living. If you're too rich, they hijack you and ransom you off...thats a problem. It is a form of progressive tax, though and it creates jobs for personal security teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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