color changing glass question

[smoke_the_dank]

Is there any way to make my color changing piece turn colors quicker? I smoke out of it a couple times a day- yet there are a few places that arent as rich in color as they should be...

[punkyworld]

It will help if you run warm water through your piper after each use.. peace

[Samus]

anyone wanna tell me exactly how it changes color? do they put like really thin paint in the glass, and the resi darkens it?

-Samus-

[punkyworld]

Its an activated "gloss" over the glass...

[Samus]

ooh, i see i think.. thanks, still a little confused at how it all works but thats why im not a glass blower

-Samus-

[hippie john]

i think its some sort of like chemical reaction or somethin? dunno, still comin out of a daze

[billy dempsey]

yeah i was curiuous about that too, ive had my color changing spoon for about 6 months and have probably smoked out of it hundreds of times, but it still never fully changed on the end where you put your mouth...and recently i was tryng to find some bud, but had bad luck so i scraped it and the color was gone the next day (the reason i say the next day is because it was at night outside when i did it so it was hard to see the color and i didnt notice til the day after)

[ReeFerCraVinGs]

its when the resin thickens on layers and reflects a color.... ive had my new spoon and the background colour has change multiple times. writh now the mouth peice is sky blue twisted with black and the neck is bright orange swirly things and the bowl ig orange yelow and dark green..... so cool looking...... 3d snake figure on top of color ... awesome

[adamBC]

im pretty sure there are little bits of different metals mixed in with the glass that react with the heat of the smoke to show color.

gold = yellow/orange
silver = blue/purple
zinc = green

im not sure if these are accurate, but Im quite positive.

My brothers friend had a pipe that his buddy made for him (he was a glass blower) and it had a 25$ piece of gold mixed throughout it, and now the pipe is bright bright yellow.)

[IndianaToker]

I think that's why they fume pipes with silver and gold. The buildup of resin on this type of pipe is what produces all those amazing color swirls.....

[12inchbong]

Here's what it says in the FAQ for color changing glass in the grasscity store....

"Small pieces of metal (usually silver and/or gold) are held in the flame of the torch until vaporized (often called 'fuming'). The glass is rotated in this vapor stream until a fine layer of the vaporized metal is visible on the surface of the glass. After this, clear glass is applied (often in 'dots' and 'lines') to 'encase' the vaporized metal in between layers of glass. There are many techniques and methods of applying the fumes and clear glass making a myriad of different colors, and endless types of patterns that one can come up with. The colors produced with fumed metals are best when they are translucent, vibrant, and reflective. As the pipe darkens with use, the colors (many barely visible) become darker and much more conspicuous, thus causing the appearance of 'color change' (the glass doesn't really change colors though)."

[thccrystals]

when pipes are fumed they aren't always done so 100%. Certain sections may just turn black from resin b/c they weren't fumed. For the sections that are fumed, the color shows up when a black background is present(the more you smoke, the more resin builds up for that background you need).

[smokin&tokin]

the hotter it gets the more it changes..... i think... i have a color changin spoon n it changes colors.

[streetballa]

i think you have to toke some more to make it change colors ive used a color changing glass pipe once and i baked alot and thats how i got it to change colors

[Skreebly]

i think its the silver or gold fuming in the glass that makes it look like its changing colors as resin builds up in it, thats why its back to normal when you clean the thing out