I found that I stopped burning myself, once I set my sub up in a safe place. Prior to that, it was sharing a cluttered desk, and that made it easier to slip or do something stupid.
That being said, I have stopped sharing with most friends, as the risk of someone getting goofy and knocking it over, was getting too high.
Usually, the only thing I let friends and newcomers touch would only be the mouth piece. I was demonstrating my unit @ an open mic. I gave clear instructions not to touch anything except the mouth piece. As I was serving the dab, he started trying to yank out
THE WHOLE RECLAIM PIECE instead of the carb. It literally scared the crap out of me, so i quickly secured the piece with my hand to the bong while it was intact, trying to counteract his force and mistake to try and pull out my piece. I'm not worried about the recycler, but more worried to see my One-of-a-Kind piece to be smashed. I also dislike how one of my close friends picks up my recycler with my reclaim piece when i Deliberately asked him not to lift it off the table. It's not fun seeing anything fragile suspended up 4 and a half foot up in the air, especially when you cannot recreate the same glass piece and memories tied to it.
Ironically, he also said, "Worrying is a misuse." I try to make every situation "Not to worry" by looking after it myself, but when i let my guard down, there's always one thing my friends will do unintentionally, which is making myself worry.
Remember, We are all captains of our own spaceships (Sublimators). We gotta navigate and manage the flight for a safe trip until the end! We're in control, so lets make it a safe journey for our guests, family, friends, and especially
Ourselves.
a large build up scraped there i think?
I have always just washed it all up in iso for later.
The sub is my savior for everything!