Just Broke My Friends Bong

what the fuck!?

 

Pics? Maybe weak or already cracked glass and you pulling as hard as you could created a vacume inside causing the damage to worsen than when you stopped pulling the pressure dropped and the piece fell out.
Maybe??

 

well lol uhh that seems like it wasn't really your fault for it breaking since you didn't hit it on anything

 

This.

And your glad your not my friend OP. lol... thats comin outta your fuckin pocket

 

Yeah because he took too big of a rip on your shit chinese glass?

 

It was an accident, I wouldn't make my friend pay for it unless he did it on purpose. It was a clear case of spontaneous combustion.

 

The heat coming from the downstem might have cracked the bottom. The same thing happened to me with a shitty homemade bong, it could have happened.

 

It's not all that uncommon really, it happens all the time.. I've seen a few go that way myself, usually gathering/'party' bongs, which a number of people have man-handled.


The base of many, especially cheaper (or to some, disposable) bongs may seem 'OK' after taking a few rough smacks on the table or any hard surface, but they will develop flawed areas or small cracks. Sometimes the damage is visible, sometimes it isn't, but eventually a usually triangular, or circular chunk will fall right out of the base, leaving the rest of the pipe fairly well intact. It could happen sooner, or it could continue to crack gradually, and break ages after the initial hit which caused the damage.

If you notice early enough while it's still just a hairline crack you can sometimes bring your glass to a blower for a repair, they usually just remelt the area at the risk of potentially shattering it further (a risk or possibility you just have to accept, once it's already cracked). You should still treat it like flawed glass after such a repair.
Some people instead choose to seal their bongs temporarily with candle wax, and other safe non-toxic sealants or adhesives once cracked and leaking occurs, but in the end even the slightest pressure causes it to worsen and it will eventually reach the point of no return.

Have you ever watched those 'bong wars' videos? It's always the second or third hit that breaks the bong, even if it's a more gentle tap. If you know that you've clunked your bong against something solid a little too hard at some point, you'd better never do it again.
Glass can take a few good thunks, and then it will lose its integrity, and from there on out you must be extra gentle every time you touch or put down the pipe, especially if there is visible damage, and even if there is not.

This includes not allowing it to become clogged, which can build up too much pressure inside.


Are you on good terms with this friend? He may not have even known about the flaw, but on the off chance he did and especially if you both know that you didn't smack it on anything solid during that session, don't let him make you take responsibility for the break. If you were using it normally and it broke, they're unfortunate circumstances, but it's not your fault. Chip in a few bucks if he's hard on you about it, but that's it.

If you're both really good friends however and you easily have the money to spare, you're feeling generous, and you feel partly responsible because 'fate' decided that it would happen to be in your hands when it broke, then of course you can feel free to replace it.

I probably would myself, just so long as I didn't feel like I was being intentionally conned into buying a "friend" (emphasis on the quotes) a new water pipe

 

You broke it, you bought it.

Basic etiquette that should upheld to avoid hard feelings or looking like a cunt to your friends.

 

prolly cuz the bong was made outta felt

 

ive had 2 friends each brake one of my bongs or real expensive show pieces. Sucks ass. I never make them pay.....well the one guy a did cuse hes a doucher.