Pre-Carbing Bowls

sshawl · Post by **sshawl** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:07 pm

I apologize ahead of time if all of you have covered this in the past. I am a newbie to the forums here

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I emailed Tyler about this recently and he was kind enough to offer some info and advice. I would like to get input from the forum on whether you pre-carb your bowls, and if so, what is your favorite recipe or technique.

Thanks!
Steve Shawl

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:11 pm

I precarb everything unless a customer requests a pipe without. I've only had one request in something like 4 years of selling my pipes.

I use the waterglass, pumice, and charcoal recipe.

sshawl · Post by **sshawl** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:34 pm

Thanks Kurt. I appreciate the reply. Could you offer a bit more detail on the recipe?

Steve

bvartist · Post by **bvartist** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:33 pm

I precarb all my pipes unless someone asks for one without the precarb. I use the buttermilk/sour cream/charcoal recipe. About half and half buttermilk/sour cream then enough charcoal to make it black.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:58 am

sshawl wrote:Thanks Kurt. I appreciate the reply. Could you offer a bit more detail on the recipe?

It's a mix of pumice and activated charcoal in roughly equal amounts, and enough waterglass to make it roughly the consistency of latex interior paint. I know some folks keep a container of this stuff around and just ad to it as it gets low, but mine seems to harden up on me before too long, so I just mix a small amount when I have a batch of pipes ready to be coated.

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:43 pm

Where does one find waterglass? I know what it is, just not where to find it.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:29 pm

Waterglass can be found at an old time drug store. Usually the family owned kind that has been around forever.

Rad

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:34 pm

Thanks Rad.. unfortunately there's none such in my area. It's all Rite-Aids and CVS's round these parts. Any ideas where it can be gotten on the web?

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:57 pm

http://www.skylighter.com/search.asp

Rad

bvartist · Post by **bvartist** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:14 pm

Out of curiosity.......why use pumice? I'm guessing it adds additional roughness to the coating when it is dried. Or is it something necessary in the waterglass recipe?

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:52 am

hazmat wrote:Thanks Rad.. unfortunately there's none such in my area. It's all Rite-Aids and CVS's round these parts. Any ideas where it can be gotten on the web?

You can also get it here:
http://www.chemistrystore.com/sodium_silicate.htm

Incidentally, that's also where I get sodium percarbonate for sanitizing my brewing supplies, and Propylene Glycol for the humidor.

But Rad's link looks WAY more fun!

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:24 am

Good stuff. Thanks guys!

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:51 am

bvartist wrote:Out of curiosity.......why use pumice? I'm guessing it adds additional roughness to the coating when it is dried. Or is it something necessary in the waterglass recipe?

Yep. just an aid to make a rough surface for cake formation.