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I was kinda depressed that I spend so much time with cleaning daily and still cannot get my glass factory clean because of no manual access. It is only my assumption that having factory clean glass would allow me to have even better air quality during vaping. Also biofilm paranoia After I bought...

Yes. I am repeating myself for anyone who may have similar problems like me and don't know why. not only waterpieces but everything that comes in contact with vapor (or herb during grinding). But if you cannot tell the difference then you probably don't need to clean as often as me. Maybe you...

Today I got lazy and used the same hydratube and herb basket for two days. First day perfect as usual. Second day passable but something was off. At the end of second day slight stuffiness. When I woke up on 3rd day I coughed out clear jelly balls of mucus. Used to get that often years ago with...

You got me here. My statement is wrong because I meant improper curing which sadly happens too often when it comes to hobby growing. Sorry again. The reason why I stopped curing weed is that it is too easy to get it wrong. When bud seems crunchy and stem snaps there can still be moisture left...

I was never into eating ABV, mostly because of lack of control. I tried eating ABV maybe five times in my life. One side effect I hated most was stomach cramps even with very low dosages - I now believe stomach cramps can be caused by impurities in cannabis mainly mold or its spores Regarding...

In my case bad hygiene of grinder and grinding area was major cause of biofilm formation but I don't think I eliminated that problem 100%. Cannabis strains have different terpen profiles and some terpen profiles are known for antibacterial/antifungal effects. I guess some strains will be more...

Things are finally starting to make sense to me - problem was really my grinder and grinding area. When I stopped using it biofilm stopped to develop on my glass immediately. My glass is not foggy/cloudy/misty anymore after day of usage and smell of my glass is highly reduced too. Basically my...

There are few droplets from hard water from cleaning but rest is probably calcified biofilm read my post here. Here is another active member that would probably agree with my findings read his post here

I am still actively looking for safe solutions. I ordered some promising product based on sodium percarbonate and will inform you how effective it is after testing. Meanwhile I discovered this problem affects my weed grinder and even place where I grind my weed or store ABV... photos...

Today I found my old glass that I stopped using long time ago before I knew word biofilm or practiced proper daily cleaning routines. There was some gold/brown coating that I wrongly considered as cannabis resin. (Yes certain kinds of mature biofilm can look very similar to resin deposits) I...

Ultrasonic cleaners look promising, but most cheap cleaners work at 40 kHz As shown in this study 20 kHz is significantly better when it comes to biofilm - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00373.x/pdf 20 kHz cleaners are too expensive but I am still considering...

I found photo of very well used vaping gear. Owner completely neglected cleaning here What you see on photo is completely covered by layers of biofilm Spots that have pink and yellow color are matured biofilm taken to the extreme everything else that looks slimy and foggy are also biofilm...

iso with water should work well against planktonic bacteria - those not protected by biofilm There are so many bacteria and mold species and every biofilm may be completely different! also you are assuming that golden iso will work exactly same as clear iso... this topic needs proper academic...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471055/ I just believe such reclaim inside iso (from cleaning vaping gear) will not be pure and may contain invisible things including biofilm layers I agree inhaling iso fumes is not good. Then you should wear mask because even without spraying...

I have experience only with unprocessed cannabis flowers. No idea if it is happening with concentrates/oils when I was using volcano vaporizer and reused same batch of ISO for weeks - I immersed my solid valve parts into iso and then cleaned everything with paper towel until completely dried...

But she is manually scraping it from glass surface after short time. That is different situation I cannot manually scrub percs and glass surface from inside ever. As I stated many times in this thread this thing is happening even without water in bong. Consider humidity in air and in cannabis...

I ran some tests using cleaned and completely dried glass without any water. It is happening too but not as fast. Still need to clean it every day though. What worries me is that people report this problem only when their situation is some bizarre extreme case like here...

As somebody already mentioned in this thread it is great idea to use hot/boiling water on glass after each use. I think there may be connection between smell and bacteria activity. My cleaned glass starts to change smell after two or three hits. Hot water seems to remove this smell quite well...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860999 We must find some solution to this problem but I don't have experience with any of these yet: - Acetone - this may be risky since breathing any residue is certainly not good - PBW - UVC light - something called Base Bath which labs use to clean...

another interesting observation https://www.reddit.com/r/vaporents/comments/77sbrn/psa_iso_salt_isnt_enough_to_clean_your_rigs/ This confirms my recent findings that sometimes clean iso cannot do much against some type of biofilm without manual scrubbing. Keep in mind i clean daily without...