So today, I just bought my first bong ever (noobie here). it is just a mini glass blong. I grinded my weed first without checking hte bowl, and when i went to pack the bowl, I noticed that the hole will just make me weed fall through, So what I did was just put a big enough nug to cover the hole. Was this correct? Doesn't that big nug just waiste weed? Or should i buy a screen? As well, when the bowl was done to clean it out i blew through the hole of the other side of the bowl. Is that fine? Dont want to bang on it to break the bowl. Was kind of gross but whatever. PS. THAT BONG, hits fucking hard. Love it.
Pics would help. Get some metal screens at your lhs, it's like 10 for a dollar. I personally use glass screens, but putting a nug in can get the job too. I know some people suggest a small pebble as well.
Your method is totally fine and the one that I personally prefer. You won't be wasting any weed as long as you smoke it until it's all gone. That slightly bigger nug in the bottom will get smoked too. A screen is a fine way to go about it if you think that would be easier for you. Personally I find that screens are just an extra bit of hassle and I don't use one unless I have to (I have one bong bowl with a hole that is just goddamn massive, I use a screen for that one). To empty it when it's gone... Some people pull all the ash through (which won't be possible with a screen). Some people turn the bowl around (holding the bowl part against the joint) and suck it into their bong water. Some people blow it out, some people tap it out, I just keep a paperclip nearby and use that to empty it into an ashtray. Whatever you choose to do there is fine too.
Thanks junkiedays, great help. When you say "some blow it out" you mean they blow through the stem right? And what do you mean by push the ash thourgh,
I mean exactly like you're doing, just putting your mouth on the joint part and blowing the ash out the end. Do you mean where I said pulling the ash through? That's when you've smoked the entire bowl down to total ash and you can simply suck on the bong (just like taking a hit) and it will pull all the ash through the hole into your bong water.
Try to get glass screens commonly called landmines. My LHS had them available in a 5 pack for a few dollars. If you get those you can usually just turn the bowl over an the ash falls right out but the screen will stay in place.
I don't know, man, I got a pack of those when I ordered my last couple pieces and I don't know if they're just too big or what but they didn't work well for me at all.
I'm not really a fan of the jack style ones, but I pick up about ten of the flower style every two weeks or so. They seem to work best because there is a little ball in the middle, so they just fit perfectly in the hole.
Ahh, yeah, I guess I gotta try the flower style ones then. Mine are the "sea mine" style. I thought they'd be really tiny, but they ended up being too large to really even use in any of my pieces. One of my pieces came with this very large cone bowl with a really big hole, and I can stick one of them in there but it only goes about halfway down so I'd have to load a really fat bowl to use it. And I prefer small bowls, personally. The flower style ones look good though. Might have to get my hands on a few of those.