On one occasion, while acting irrationally (it's like I was on drugs or something) I decided to try vaping some other chemicals in my methpipe. Some of these chemicals didn't vape well. Then I threw a bit of kratom extract in there. That really filthed it up. While I'd been able to scrape all the pieces of char out, and heat the rest until it was all carbon, I couldn't get that off. So I was thinking, there has to be some way to get that stuff off... man... Tried soaking in solvents, boiling water in it, couldn't get anything in to scrape... and these are a particularly nice style of meth pipe that I don't see around much.
So, I had an idea - what if there were a way to literally burn it out - oxidize it to CO2 and then it would be gone.... but atmospheric oxygen won't do the trick. So I tossed in a bit of potassium chlorate (which I had around for the chlorate/sugar demo - mix 60::40 chlorate to sugar, and it will burn like a flare with a bright purple flame) - a strong oxidizer - and then I heated it with a torch (need higher temps than for vaping) and rolled the puddle around (no, definitely do not inhale the smoke), and you can see little flashes of orange as it burns away the carbon. Then let it cool fully, and rinse in water - the residual potasium chlorate, and potassium chloride formed when it loses those oxygens, are both water soluble.
I'm not sure it was worth the time, but, I was bored and high and wondered if it would work... the pipe which was almost totally coated with carbon inside is now nearly pristine and again suited for use vaping the right chemicals - ones that don't leave char behind.
So, I had an idea - what if there were a way to literally burn it out - oxidize it to CO2 and then it would be gone.... but atmospheric oxygen won't do the trick. So I tossed in a bit of potassium chlorate (which I had around for the chlorate/sugar demo - mix 60::40 chlorate to sugar, and it will burn like a flare with a bright purple flame) - a strong oxidizer - and then I heated it with a torch (need higher temps than for vaping) and rolled the puddle around (no, definitely do not inhale the smoke), and you can see little flashes of orange as it burns away the carbon. Then let it cool fully, and rinse in water - the residual potasium chlorate, and potassium chloride formed when it loses those oxygens, are both water soluble.
I'm not sure it was worth the time, but, I was bored and high and wondered if it would work... the pipe which was almost totally coated with carbon inside is now nearly pristine and again suited for use vaping the right chemicals - ones that don't leave char behind.