Help with Ceramic Nail

If you can take a picture of your setup and describe what's going on a little better, I can tell you what you're doing wrong.

 

Idk if this is your first few times dabbing but you really have to pull hard.

 

You also have to engulf the nail with the torch

 

Use the tip of the flame on the torch it's hotter. If you don't see anything going up or in than the nail isn't hot enough. If you can't get it hot enough go to the hardware store and get a propane torch. They heat up a lot faster.

 

Well, judging by the pool of oil still on your nail, you're most likely not getting it hot enough.

Ceramic nails are often advertised as "self-cleaning". This is because every time you get the nail sufficiently hot and torch from the top, you can get 100% of any residual oils to burn off, leaving it completely white just like when it was new.

In my opinion, it's stupid to torch for a specific amount of time, as there are many variables that will affect how fast it heats up (room temp, size of the flame, distance between flame and nail, etc.)

When I first started using my ceramic nail, I noticed a distinct change in the torch flame when the nail is sufficiently hot. That's what I aim for.

Basically, you want to touch the tip of the blue flame to the nail for four or five seconds, then switch directions to avoid uneven heating (you don't want to crack your ceramic nail, after all). Keep torching and switching directions until you notice an orange flame that extends beyond the blue flame. That's what tells me I've heated my nail sufficiently.


I'll take some pictures here to show you what I mean, give me a few mins.

 

Not hot enough-


Getting there-


Perfect-


Shitty pictures, but they should be able to communicate what I'm trying to say.

Also, please clean your bong

Oil hits on ceramic are so tasty through a clean rig!