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Glass dab straw question
    #848207 - 06/08/21 02:49 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Hi, earlier today I read online, in two different places, that GLASS dab straws should be heated with regular Bic lighters when taking dabs.
I realize that MOST dab straws have either a quartz or titanium tip which could not be sufficiently heated with a regular Bic lighter and it wouldn't work.
But I have an ALL GLASS dab straw.
I have never used it before and really want to use it now.
So should I follow the advice I read elsewhere and only heat the tip with a regular Bic lighter?
They said that a regular Bic lighter would get the glass tip hot enough to take dabs.
I need some clarification on this matter.
Thank you.


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Re: Glass dab straw question [Re: yoosername]
    #848226 - 06/15/21 12:26 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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Hey man, long time no see!

When I had an all glass straw, I heated the tip with something like this.  It didn't take long for me to break it while cleaning, I hope yours is a little more durable than mine was.




Hi friend! You're right, long time no see, how 'ya been?
I see that you posted a link of micro-torch lighters.
I have two of those; however:
I read a couple of posts from someone who works for Grav glass company and they sell all-glass dab straws, and he said to ALWAYS, ONLY use regular Bic lighters on glass-tip dab straws and never torch lighters or micro-torches.
He said glass dab straws reach the optimal temperature required for dabbing with a simple Bic lighter, and that torch-style lighters would ruin glass dab straws.
I guess you're only supposed to use torches/micro-torches on quartz or titanium-tip straws.
But how long would you need to heat the glass-tip with a Bic lighter?
I have never done this...
Also wouldn't a Bic create black soot on the tip of the dab straw?
This is no big deal really as that stuff can be wiped away easily (I used to heat oil burners with a Bic...)
Thanks for your input.


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Re: Glass dab straw question [Re: yoosername]
    #848254 - 06/17/21 01:31 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks Yoosername for your valuable input.
After talking to you and to my sister about this, I have decided to use my micro-torch lighter on my new dab straw, rather than heating it with a Bic.
I think that even if a Bic lighter worked, like some claim it does, it would probably take a very long time for the dab straw to actually get hot enough to take dabs.
Yours reached optimal temperature in just ten seconds with a micro-torch?
That is great!
I read that some dab straws take even less time to heat up to the optimal temperature.
I was wondering if you know which micro-torch(es) is/are the best?
Since I plan on dabbing a lot with my dab straw in the near future I figured it would be good to have a steady source of good torch-lighters (I don't plan to refill them when they are spent...)
Thanks again man!


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Re: Glass dab straw question [Re: yoosername]
    #848448 - 06/29/21 10:21 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Hi again yoosername.
Yes I am still experimenting, actually I haven't even used my brand new dab straw yet.
It is from the brand Pulsar, and is called "melting bubble dab straw."
It looks awesome and was inexpensive.
It really only took just over five seconds for your dab straw to heat to the optimal temperature with a micro-torch?
That is awesome.
I've heard of dab straws with glass tips melting shut, and the glass fusing together because of excessive heat from a torch.
I want to avoid this as much as possible of course.
Was your straw hot when you tried to clean it? Was that why it broke?
And why haven't you used a dab straw since?
Do you like rigs better?
If the whole dab straw thing doesn't work out for me then I have a backup plan: I also purchased an amazing "Black Leaf" glass oil pipe with a large opening on the bulb.
I will simply vape dabs/shatter out of my glass oil burner pipe - they vape hash perfectly, and from what I've read, they work great for vaping dabs too.


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