Smoking a bong
When smoking a bong, an important thing to consider is keeping the pipe clean. A dirty or clogged pipe screen can ruin an expensive herb or tobacco and can also render your bong useless. Keeping your water pipe screen is not that difficult, for it only takes a few steps and tools to do the job.
The only things you will need are tweezers and a match or lighter. First, place the pipe in a sink and gently remove its screen using the tweezers. You have to inspect the screen to see whether it is still worth saving. Totally worn-out pipe screen must be automatically replaced by new ones. If the pipe screen seems to be still intact, then blow on it to remove any dirt and again inspect it. You can use the pipe screen if it is clean after this process.
If the screen is still dirty, hold it with the tweezers over the sink in the flame of a lighter or a match to burn off any residue. Let the screen burn until the residue is gone and then let it cool for a moment. Then blow on it once more and inspect it to ensure it is clean and intact. If so, you can use it again.
These simple steps will help you maximize the use of your pipe screen and continue smoking your bong without ruining your tobacco and herbs. However, the cleaning should be done carefully, because screens are delicate and can be easily damaged.