Scorched Banger Cleaning

[Polarbearboy]

Yesterday my new Rio arrived. First time I've ever used a banger--what fun. But I put too much shatter in and then burned it when I reheated--it was like my fifth or sixth dab of the afternoon/evening. Dry qtips were easily cleaning out the residue until that point. I let some iso sit in the bottom of the banger, but it didn't seem to help. How do I remove the scorching, or is it something that comes with the banger territory? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Ramahs]

I've always gotten that last bit of residue off my bangers simply by torching them.
Hit it hard enough with a torch, and it will become perfectly clean.
You'll need a torch you can move around to get the sides.
You may have to get it red-hot.

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

Put some water in it and then torch it . Let the water boil inside and it will take the shit off.

 

[FlyingLow]

I do not recommend scorching your banger red hot to clean, it will eventually chaz/fog up.

Use any other method for cleaning and your bangers will last years in perfect condition.

I also prefer cleaning at low temps with distilled water and qtips.


Pushing 6 re-heats is also pushing your luck. Load a much smaller amount and stop after 2-3. Qtip while still wet, if you push it you will scorch. It will become easier as you gain experience and learn your equipment.

 

[Bologna]

Yesterday my new Rio arrived. First time I've ever used a banger--what fun. But I put too much shatter in and then burned it when I reheated--it was like my fifth or sixth dab of the afternoon/evening. Dry qtips were easily cleaning out the residue until that point. I let some iso sit in the bottom of the banger, but it didn't seem to help. How do I remove the scorching, or is it something that comes with the banger territory? Thanks for any advice.

If you're careful enough with a (pencil) torch there's no need to go red-hot to remove the crusties...

But unless I forget about a dab (yeah, that never happens...), these days I prefer to try and head all that off by dropping low-temp, somewhat sealed inserts in a banger with a wide open, fully welded intake. Super easy to swab out pretty much everything quickly and effectively between each dab.

A coil and inserts makes my life so much easier...

 

[LesPlenty]

A soak in SimpleGreen overnight usually loosens the gunk up enough to wipe out with a qtip or paper towel, on a cup warmer will make the process work faster as well.

 

[bizwaxzion]

Put some baking soda in the banger with a bit of distilled water to make a paste. Work that around with a q-tip. Rinse and repeat if needed.

 

[LesPlenty]

Straight in with the abrasives...that's the way!
Sounds too much like work to me.

 

[bizwaxzion]

Straight in with the abrasives...that's the way!
Sounds too much like work to me.

If you are needing to clean the banger you want to use - it takes few minutes. That combo is surprisingly effective at baked on carbon. I've used it to clean up spills in the oven also...

 

[SixStringToker]

I haven't found anything that several aggressive boils of Dark Crystal (with banger and torch in-hand) won't remove. It's kinda fun to watch, too. If you torch the worst spots directly to bring the Dark Crystal to a boil, you can watch the boiling start underneath the crud and often lift it right off. As @FlyingLow mentioned, this also works with just plain distilled water, tho I find that it's quicker with Dark Crystal.

Just bring it to a boil VERY slowly until you get a feel for how it froths up. If you heat it too quickly, it'll shoot up out of the banger with an explosive pop.

 

[Kins]

I've heard or read that distilled water works better than iso when cleaning between dabs. Right I use 99.9 percent iso. I think it's 99. something though and I dip iso in a clean. As of right now I go threw a ton of q-tips. Reason for that is I think I spend a bit too much time cleaning the banger. Don't people just clean up a little between dabs instead of trying to clean it till it's completely clean?. I think I might be being obsessive over it but I'm not sure. From what I've read people used to even "season" their bangers by taking a few dabs first and not cleaning. Same basic idea with seasoning a pan. Once the banger was seasoned it even made the dabs taste better. This is all just what I've learned and I haven't been dabbing very long at all. Could I get some opinions on this?. I haven't tried seasoning a banger and I still would like to learn more from "seasoned" dabbers.

 

[bizwaxzion]

@Kins - My . I find no reason to "season" quartz. I use one q-tip (both ends) after a dab. I clean the banger with BS/DW every couple weeks. Dab temps are low, ~460F surface temp and my enail idles at 310F surface temp (which I find helps keep from cooking on any left-overs). Torch dabs are cold starts. There are a couple in the house that dab - maybe 5-10 [non-glutinous] dabs a day. I tend to use ruby spheres or dish in the banger - so dry post dab cleanup only - but I've used the boiled DW cleanup in the past and prefer it to boiling ISO.

 

[Kins]

Hmmm. I think I've got to try Distilled Water instead of ISO.

 

[FlyingLow]

water also works 10x better than ISO when cleaning SiC.

I set my halo at 250, and the ease of cleaning with a single distilled water qtip is astonishing!
There is no scrub, deposits just wipe out.

And is does not have to be distilled water, more often than not I just use filtered water out of my fridge or Brita.

 

[Polarbearboy]

I tried distilled water and the charing stains didn't come out. So I got one of those little bottles of Dark Crystal. Put a just a couple of drops in the core banger then heated it up with the torch: Bingo, stains mostly lifted off with remaining stain removed in a few seconds of qtiping. Poured the used fluid into my round bottom banger, which was particularly scorched, heated it, and within a minute it looked like new. Thanks for the advice.

 

[FlyingLow]

That is awesome! Glad you saved your bangers!

 

[SixStringToker]

For that really persistent crud that the Dark Crystal & swabs struggle to remove, you can drop a little piece of a scotch brite pad into the banger with the Dark Crystal and use a swab to push it around and give the banger a good scrubbing. Just be sure to let it cool off a bit first; I think the max temp those pads can handle is 350F.

 

[JCat]

I'm a big fan of a little baking soda paste to remove any buildup. Residue that I could scrub at for hours with ISO etc. and won't budge, wipes away clean in a few seconds with a banking soda paste.

 

[mudshark]

For the faint persistent scorched ring on the walls of my banger, I use a drop of acetone (nail polish remover) on a paper wipe, followed by a good distilled water rinse.