I get high quality crack so after 2 hits resin is already dripping down my stem. I have a thin instrument with a small slightly curved pointed end. its for scraping lobster out. Also, after taking a hit of crack, the char can be removed from the pipe and is usually caked with resin powder. Put a new piece of char in the stem and suck up a pile of resin powder, Try to use a lighter with a low flame and hold it a bit away from the pipe. Also you can hold the flame under the pipe. I just got a huge bellringer by doing this.