My hookah hose is dirty and i am getting a nasty taste and smell out of it. how can i clean it?

Question

i smoked my hookah once and the next time i was setting it up, the inside of the hose was smelling really bad and also when i was smoking, the flavour was tasting nasty. any ideas of what i can do to sort it?

Answer 1

Soak in 91% rubbing alcohol , from a few hours to a day or two depending on funkness.

Then use regular table salt in your alcohol mix to act as an

abrasive agent to help the large globs get off, then rinse well,

and sit back with a cold beer and some good Kush

and enjoy the fruits of your hard work.

Answer 2

Try pipe cleaners or failing that try a bottle brush but get a small one designed for cleaning the teats on babies bottle their really small and should fit.

Answer 3

Well unless you are using a real genuine Washable hose, like the Nammore, Razan, or Al Fakher Healthy hose. You are pretty much doomed to buy a new one. Most have a metal coil holding the shape of the hose, and that's what is causing your problem.

But if it is this is how i wash my hoses. 2 parts water, 1 part lemon juice and swish it around inside the hose. Do that 3-5 times or until the smell of lemon knocks you down, then 2-3 just water. And I squirt some canned air, the stuff yuo clean keyboards with, down there to dry it out as best i can then hang it up.

Here's a tip that has made my hoses that aren't washable last a really long time. Before and after each session blow them out with your mouth and let them hang, both ends pointing down over night. They just go forever!

Answer 4

Try soaking the hose in alcohol or if you can't soak it, run alcohol thru it.  It will clean the hose good.  But after your done, flush it with water real good!

Answer 5

pipe cleaners??

Answer 6

why is this in alternative medicine ? what have I missed ?