Chronicling An AliExpress Pipe For Science 2.0: The Re-Chronicling

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bent1

Lifer
Jan 9, 2015
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Did you see the wonky drilling? I'm surprised this passes anything LOL

A circuitous smoke draft no doubt. Maybe the factory used a faulty drill bit 🙃? Wonder if the rim will withstand the ”Knock Test” to remove remnants after a smoke? How well will the rim resist knocks?
 
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AroEnglish

Lifer
Jan 7, 2020
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The Results:

Honestly no worse for wear. The stem is just as loose as it was before, so freezing didn't change that.

I was surprised that the deep freeze eliminated all of that strange bowl coating.

So I guess if you want to remove bowl coating in your new pipe, just freeze it for a week haha!

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Well that’s something I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. What other tests do you have planned?
 
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mikethompson

Lifer
Jun 26, 2016
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Well that’s something I wouldn’t have learned otherwise.
I'm answering the real questions.


What other tests do you have planned?
Honestly I didn't think it would get this far.

What’s the returns policy?

Once you have clicked the thread, your click cannot be returned, sorry.

Apparently the coating was water soluble.

I think it just flaked off, as it was sitting at the bottom of the container.