My glass pipe was getting kind of dirty so I ran it under hot water form the tap to clean it. Once I did that some of the design on the pipe faded away, why's that? It's not noticeable until you put it under light.
Some glass changes color as it gets used, here's an example of such cheers -Appreciate what you got cause one day it can all be gone-
Idk if that's normal man. None of the pieces I've had ever changed colors but they were solid color not like painted or drawn on so I can't say if it's just the paint coming off or actual chips of the glass which would be dangerous to be smoking shards of chipped glass
I am very familiar on how weed smoking darkens pipes but that's not it. The drawings on the pipe LITERALLY start fading away from the hot water washing it off. No no, it's not that. It's the DRAWING/DESIGN that's fading away because the hot water seems to wash it off.
Huh guess so. Oh well it's not so much the water but HOT water. I guess I'll use rubbing alcohol and salt. I would but I'm too lazy.
If hot water takes off the paint rubbing alcohol and salt will likely remove it completely. Take a pic or 2 with your phone. Go to your gallery, create album and upload photo. Then click your media in the chat box...you can figure out the rest. Personally not sure how to attach pictures though.
Bake on labels? Is that what your talking about? If not applied correctly this can deff happen Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
The hot water washed away the built up resin in the pipe. Color changing glass only changes color because of the black resin behind it. Hot water didn't wash off the color. You just can't see it anymore. It'll come back when you smoke again and build up more resin.
It looks like everything has been covered. My guess would also be that you are referring to a baked on label that is coming off, or you have fumed glass.
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View attachment 153589 Before this it was nice and the design was all complete. This is what it looks like after a simple hot tap water wash. View attachment 153590 View attachment 153589 Pipe next to a regular sized bic for scale.
After some quick research...its fumed glass. Which means there is a coating of minerals on the inside of the glass.
Silver and/or gold are used during the blowing process. The glass looks clear when clean, but as resin builds up, you can see the fuming. This is what people mean when they say "color changing glass."