"Your Smoke is only as good as the filter it goes through" - Bong Hero
We all know that dirty water is not something that any of us would drink, so why would you inhale something through that same dirty water?
A lot of people don't know that dirty bong water is actually hazardous.
Yvette Reyna of WonderBrett in California said it best:
“everything we smoke goes into our body. Bacteria, mold, fungi, and viruses can quickly grow inside your bong overnight and cause respiratory problems down the line or even in your current state of health. Just like we test and check to make sure our flower is clean, we should be making sure the items we use to smoke them in are clean, too.” Link
When you smoke Cannabis out of a dirty bong or bowl, you are losing all of the nuanced qualities that growers have been working sometimes their whole lives to perfect. The terpene profile and flavor of your herb or wax gets lost in a stickiness of tar, resin, occasionally hair and other buildup leaving you with nothing but the bare minimum qualities of what you should be experiencing.
I know that some people will argue that having that buildup of tar builds character or adds to the flavor of the smoke, but they are flat wrong. With that same logic you would be delighted to go to a restaurant and be served your favorite beverage in a slimy and grimy cup with a some unidentifiable floating debris in it.
If you cant handle that image then your lungs probably cant handle what you are subjecting them to.
If you cant see through the cake surrounding the base of your bong. Get Clean
If you no longer know what kind of percolators you have. Get Clean
If your bowl is now a dark shade and you swear it was clear when you got it. Get Clean
There are a lot of options for you to maintain your glass art collection at home. I will go over those options in a later article. But for now, Do your budtender, that sweet strain you got, your lungs and your piece a favor. Contact your Bong Hero to schedule your cleaning.