What does the salt do when cleaning a glass piece? Make a difference which salt you use?

I know the simple solution is high proof rubbing alcohol and salt, but what does the slat actually do? Like does it mix with the alcohol and make a cleaning solution or is it like an abrasive to break up all the gunk off the glass? Does it make a difference which salt you use, like table salt or epsom salt? My buddy swears by epsom salt but another buddy also says table salt is the way to go, does it make a difference?

Table salt. 91% rubbing alcohol. Shake till it's clean and rinse.

TheShaaark said:

or is it like an abrasive

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This. The alcohol is the solvent, the salt is the abrasive.

The salt doesn't dissolve in the alcohol. It'll also make the water and alcohol separate. Since the salt doesn't dissolve in the alcohol. It's an abrasion affect with the alcohol being able to dissolve the plant tar and crud.

Bongs you pour in. Small pipes can go in a freezer bag and shaken.

I'm not sure where the idea came from first. Stoners cleaning glassware or antique bottle collectors cleaning the inside of the bottles...

The salt idea probably came from cleaning coffee pots with ice and salt. Leave a coffee pot too long and burn it? Salt and Ice and swirl that bitch clean. lol.

table salt works, but sea salt works a little better

I have always used 91% isopropyl alcohol and plain old table salt to clean my dab rig. Some times I let it go too long and I'm afraid it will be to hard to clean, but it never is!!
A LONG time ago I used products like Grunge Off...these work awesome BTW!! They leave NO nasty aftertaste and work wonders.

I like acetone and some sort of abrasive.

Helped some guys out with this tip at another forum and got good feedback from all who have tried it.

The best cleaning solution for glassware that I have found is Dishwasher Powder (Alkaline Based one. Home brand works fine).

Pull your glassware apart as much as possible and put the down-pipe and cone (I normally don't put the main body in until last) into a bucket big enough to hold all the pieces (as small as possible so your not using too much powder, but this stuff will expand when you hit it with boiling water).

Add a couple of scoops of the powder to the bucket and (CAREFULLY) pour freshly boiled water in and stir well. Try not to breathe in the fumes and not to break your glass)

Once all the powder has dissolved, put the main body in (it needs to be totally submerged) and leave it to rest. The level will slowly drop down, so keep an eye on it and top up with the boiled water as needed.

Let it cool down (you can rush it, but it is easy to break glass if you make it too cool to quickly, so best to just leave it rest till the water is warm). As the solution is alkaline, the parts will be really slippery as you remove them (and this stuff will sting any cuts or scrapes on your hands), so carefully take out each part and rinse thoroughly (rinse and put into a bucket of fresh cool water if you like), then reassemble. I had 5 year old glassware which would look (and smell) like a brand new piece every time I washed it down like this.

Kosher salt has larger crystals than table salt and will do its job a bit better, but it's a matter of degree. Table salt works fine.

ttystikk said:

Kosher salt has larger crystals than table salt and will do its job a bit better, but it's a matter of degree. Table salt works fine.

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Is Iodine salt recommended for weed grown near power plants?

Would a heavier salt require more momentum to cause abrasive action?
and how can I regain that lost/overextended energy?

Is it true if I save the salt/alc mixture, remove the liquid I now have bath salts?

How you doin this fine morning?

Grandpapy said:

Is Iodine salt recommended for weed grown near power plants?

Would a heavier salt require more momentum to cause abrasive action?
and how can I regain that lost/overextended energy?

Is it true if I save the salt/alc mixture, remove the liquid I now have bath salts?

How you doin this fine morning?

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LMFAO!

I think you have a morning's worth of important questions to investigate!

I'm doing well, thank you, Sir- I'm even more thankful today than most days that I'm not a resident of Florida.