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How To Clean A One Hitter – A Step-By-Step Guide

Byking_adm on April 17, 2021

If you’re new to the world of cannabis, one hitters are an ideal way to get started. They are cheap, easy to use, and usually have a long lifespan if you take care of them. You’ll want to develop the habit of keeping your one hitter nice and clean at all times. Doing this will ensure you have a good toking experience every time you go to use it. No one wants to be taking hits out of a one hitter that’s chalked full of resin and other debris. Learning how to clean a one hitter will keep it going strong well into the future.

There are a number of different ways to clean out a one hitter, but there are a few ways that are the most recommended above others.

How To Clean A One Hitter

One of the most efficient ways to clean out your one hitter is to let it sit in an isopropyl alcohol/salt solution. The easiest way to do this is to pour both of the contents into a container or bag. If you’re in a rush to use your one hitter, letting it sit in the solution for around an hour should do the job. If you’re wanting the best results, then you should let it sit in the solution overnight. If you’re deciding to use a container for the solution, ensure that the container is made out of plastic. If it isn’t, then the isopropanol could cause a negative reaction in something else. You can use isopropanol for glass and metal one hitters.

Once you’ve let your one hitter sit in the solution, you’ll want to give it a thorough rinse with lukewarm water. After that, let it dry off.

Do I Need Any Supplies To Clean My One Hitter?

There are a couple of things you’ll need to get started:

• Plastic bag
• Isopropyl alcohol (use stuff that’s 91% or higher)
• Salt
• Running water
• Paper towels
• Q-tips
• Cleaner for your one hitter

Follow These Steps To Clean A One Hitter

You’ll have to follow every step listed below to ensure your one hitter is nice and clean.

1. Mix The Salt And Isopropyl

Some like to use a regular plastic bag for this, while others prefer to use a container. Regardless of what method you’re using, you’ll want to put enough isopropyl alcohol in so that your one hitter will be fully covered. After that, get around 5 tablespoons of salt and then give it a good mix. you can stir it with a spoon or just shake around the bag or container. The mixture of the isopropyl alcohol and salt work their way into your one hitter and gets rid of a lot of the resin build-up that’s on it. Some other products on the market aren’t very healthy, so this mixture is probably the healthiest one for the environment.

2. Gently Put The One Hitter Into The Container Or Bag

After you’ve placed the one hitter in the solution, try aggravating it a bit by giving it a gentle shake. Doing this will ensure that the solution will reach all locations of the pipe. If you want to take cleaning to the next level, you can also get some salt and pour it in either opening of the pipe. The salt acts as an abrasive, and that will go a long way in getting rid of the resin in areas of it that aren’t so easy to reach.

3. Give The One Hitter A Good Chance To Soak

After you’ve finished the previous steps in the cleaning process, let your one hitter remain in the solution for a good hour. If you’re in a huge rush or if your one hitter isn’t too dirty, sometimes 15 minutes is all you need, but the longer it has a chance to sit there, the more effective the clean will be. For the best results, let it sit there for the entire night.

4. Take It Out Of The Solution And Give It A Good Rinse

After your one hitter has had a good chance to sit in the solution for whatever period of time you decided on, you can take it out of the solution and evaluate how good the cleaning job is. If you’ve never cleaned your one hitter before, then you might have to give it a couple more rinses in order to get it in pristine condition. Use some lukewarm water and rinse off any debris that might be on it. If you’ve rinsed it off and still notice some extra resin in the small nooks and crannies, then try using a Q-tip to dig into the areas. After that, give it another rinse and you might start to notice that it’ll become cleaner.

5. Give It Another Rinse and Then Dry It Off

Give your one hitter one last rinse and then give it a good chance to dry off. Doing so will get rid of any extra alcohol that might be lingering on the pipe, and that’s not healthy to breathe in. The minimum amount of time that you should let it dry for is around 5 minutes. If you want to speed things up a bit, try using a hairdryer on the lowest setting. If your one hitter is a bit cold, exercise some caution, because sometimes glass will crack if you take a hairdryer to it due to the quick fluctuation in temperatures.

Additional Tips To Keep In Mind Throughout The Cleaning Process

There are a couple of bonus tips that you should always be conscious of:

1. Never Rush Things

It takes a while for a pipe to get extremely dirty. As a result, it might also take some time to get it completely clean. If you’re just looking for a bare-minimum cleaning job, then you can get away with not waiting as long for the one hitter to soak in the solution, but many people are glad that they were patient and waited the full night. There’s nothing like the feeling of smoking a nice, clean one hitter instead of going out and buying a new one. Doing this will save money and the hassle of having to pick a new one up.

2. Ensure You’re Using All Of The Tools Properly

When you’re cleaning out the small nooks and crannies on your one hitter, you’ll need tools to be flexible and delicate. The last thing you want is for your one hitter to crack apart or chip when you’re trying to improve its condition in the first place. Refrain from using metal cleaning utensils as they can cause scratches and chips.

3. Avoid Smoking The Resin Afterward

You might hear of people that save and smoke the resin after they’re done cleaning their one hitters. Keep in mind that resin is an accumulation of carcinogens and chemicals that have collected inside the pipe over time. Smoking fumes is probably the unhealthiest part of the cannabis experience. Smoking resin also results in people experiencing headaches quite often. In addition, resin typically needs to be heated up quite profusely to be smoked, and this could result in accidentally burning your lungs.

Can You Clean Your One Hitter With Items You Have In The House?

Not everyone has isopropyl alcohol sitting around their houses. If you don’t have this solution and don’t want to go out and purchase it, don’t worry because there are a couple of ways that you can still clean out your one hitter with nothing but household items.

Salt And Vinegar

Using a salt and vinegar solution is pretty close to being the same thing as the salt and isopropyl alcohol solution. Vinegar itself has been used for many different cleaning purposes. Some use it for stains, while others use it to disinfect certain things. The salt and vinegar mixture is very effective, but the only downside is that it tends to stink pretty badly. If you want to be less annoyed by the odors that result from this, leave it in an isolated area that doesn’t contain much house traffic. Ensure that no one in the house accidentally spills it, because it could end up leaving a nasty stain.

Baking Soda And Vinegar

A baking soda and vinegar solution works nearly as well as salt and vinegar. You’re really only swapping out baking soda with salt, and that’s why you won’t get as good of a result. Baking soda isn’t as good of an abrasive as salt is. The graininess of salt works better to get rid of the thick built-up residue on the inside of the one hitter.

Lemon Water

Some people have mentioned that they’ve used lemon water to clean their one hitters. It doesn’t work as well as the other household product methods, but it is still worth a try if lemon water is the only thing you have available in your home. For this method to work, you might have to exercise some patience and let the one hitter sit in the lemon water for a long period of time.

Boiling Water (Only Try This If Your One Hitter Is Metal)

If you have a one hitter made out of metal, then you can try cleaning it with boiling water. There are a couple of steps to follow for this method:

• Fill a pot with water.
• Put the one hitter inside the pot.
• Put your put on the stove and turn it to max heat.
• Once the water starts to boil, remove the pot from the stove.
• Remove your one hitter from the pot and inspect it.
• If it’s still dirty, use some Q-tips and other tools to scrub off additional residue.
• Before using it to smoke weed, give it a chance to dry off.

The boiling water method is probably the fastest way to clean a metal one hitter pipe. Ensure that you don’t let the one hitter sit in the boiling water too long. Doing so could leave it worse off than before you started. If your pipe is extremely dirty, you’ll have to use a little more elbow grease to get the job done.

Caution: Make Sure You’re Not Using Boiling Water To Clean Glass One Hitters

Many sources state that you can effectively and safely clean any type of one hitter with boiling water. Following this faulty advice will damage your one hitter in no time at all. Glass is a delicate material when it comes to quick fluctuations in temperatures. If you slide your glass pipe into boiling water, there’s a good chance that it could shatter or just lower the overall durability of it.