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Need help! Bowl just snapped clean in half

Discussion in 'Experienced Cannabis Enthusiasts' started by hotboxbrent, Mar 1, 2007.

  1. #1 hotboxbrent, Mar 1, 2007
    shit guys, I was just smoking after school and I though my neighbor saw me and I was freaking out. I dropped my bowl on concrete when i was tapping it out. The question is can I glue it back because it is a clean cut, it wouldnt take too much glue. And then if I cant glue it, would I be able to melt it back together? I could put both pieces in a vice (wrapped in a towl) then heat up each end then with leather gloves and shit on i could stick emm back together and maybe score the end parts first to get a good mash?
    PLEASE HELP ME I LOVED THAT BOWL!
     
  2. #2 Unorthodox, Mar 1, 2007
    epoxy?
     
  3. #3 emagdnim13, Mar 1, 2007
    use a very minimal amount of glue, don't want to be inhaling those tasty chemical vapors
     
  4. #4 hotboxbrent, Mar 1, 2007
    im really more interested in 'welding' the pieces back to gether with a small blow torch. The kind that you screw onto a propane bottle. I think i would be able to do that, any comments or points in the right direction?
     
  5. #5 emagdnim13, Mar 1, 2007
    are you serious?

    you can't weld it back together, either glue it or buy a new bowl.
     
  6. #6 hotboxbrent, Mar 2, 2007
    hey, ya im serious. I'm good with my hands and at fairs/themeparks ive seen people using these kinds of torches to melt glass rods and sculp glass figures. So why could I not do this with a pipe?. If anyone has any knowledgs of something related to this please help me.
     
  7. #7 ADVOR, Mar 2, 2007
    I've heard propane torches melt glass too quickly, and the glass just distorts itself without you being able to do anything.

    Just put a minimal amount of hot glue on it, try to get most of it on the outside of the bowl, so there is only glass on the inside of it.
     
  8. #8 Five To One, Mar 2, 2007
    A bowl is hollow, you cant weld it back together...i wouldnt wanna take that risk inhaling all the chemicals, ide say just buy a new bowl man.
     
  9. #9 highinhouston, Mar 2, 2007
    not worth the risk of inhaling the vapors of whetever u use to reconnect the bowl since i twill be under a direct heat source
     
  10. #10 Steve-to-tha-0, Mar 2, 2007
    You cant weld glass. If anything buy a new bowl or if you like it THAT much, try hot glue or epoxy.
     
  11. #11 highinhouston, Mar 2, 2007
    why would you do that to yourself? hot glue melts under heat and you have no idea what chemicals you're inhaling.

    listen bro i would strongly advise against using any type of sealant in a bowl as i said before.
     
  12. #12 dfurball, Mar 2, 2007
    Buy a new bowl, it's not worth inhaling toxic vapors from the glue and epoxy.
     
  13. #13 Reggin, Mar 2, 2007
    Yeah, man....the chemicals could do some damage, I would think. If the bowl means THAT much, keep it in a box and give it a bowl or two in it's rememberance on your new piece. It's worth the 20 bucks.
     
  14. #14 hotboxbrent, Mar 2, 2007
    I dont think you guys are understading me. I DO NOT WANT TO USE GLUES/APOXY. I just want to find out if there is any way to melt the glass and put it back together.
     
  15. #15 emagdnim13, Mar 2, 2007
    THERE IS NO WAY!

    trust me man, you CAN NOT do it.


    just to work on a piece it needs to be heated in a kiln, i believe, there's a small chance i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure.



    you basically have two options....

    either buy a new piece

    or use glue and take the risk of inhaling vapors.



    on a side note, i've used electrical tape on bowls and it's worked. and there's no worry of inhaling fumes since it's all on the outside.
     
  16. #16 bdlb5505, Mar 2, 2007
    go to a pet shop and look for aquarium glue used it on a bubbler when it broke, works great, made for glass too
     
  17. #17 Smoke It., Mar 2, 2007
    yea just put alittle apoxy on the edges an itll work fine
     
  18. #18 Randolphus, Mar 2, 2007
    emagdnim13 is right. you CANNOT use a torch. there is no way to evenly distribute the heat from the torch. the pipe will heat unevenly and shatter once one spot cools down. buy a new piece and keep the old one for memories.
     
  19. #19 5280fthigh, Mar 2, 2007
    I was always told to not glue it back together because of the chemicals.

    Replace the bowl if you have the fundage.

    If you dont and need a temp solution, duck tape for the win! Or an apple.
     
  20. #20 Pharcyd3, Mar 2, 2007
    I would have looked at your neighbor and told him to fuck off if he was looking at me. When I broke my bowl, I just used super glue to piece that shit back together, and it was also a clean cut so your in luck man.
     

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