How to clean your shisha at home after use?
How to clean your shisha
Many admires of delicious shisha start buying and keeping shisha devices at home. There are many advantages to this. Firstly, at any time you can call friends to join you for an evening shisha. Or you can always be ready to entertain your friends who dropped in at your place without calling (like many good friends like to do) with a new shisha tobacco mix which you have bought and haven’t got a chance to try it out yet.
But when we gather in shisha bars, we often do not think about the fact that the shisha itself requires special attention and care. A lot depends on how we care, clean and store the shisha. The life of the device itself. As well as the taste and sensations of future smoking sessions. That is why we have put together for you a complete and easy guide on how to care for your shisha at home.
Clean a water bowl and shaft correctly
The most important thing is that all shisha components need to be washed after each use. We all get lazy from time to time. Sometimes we can leave our shisha without washing until the morning. Like dirty dishes in the sink. Only the shisha is much more complicated than kitchenware. If you leave it without cleaning, then it will get more difficult to wash it in the morning. Since by-products are formed inside the parts. And which stick to the internal surfaces.
In time, you will notice that the taste of tobacco is not the same as before. It will not be because of the tobacco’s quality. But due to the accumulated coating. If you have been too lazy lately and you have come to the point when only special resuscitation measures are required. Then stay calm. There are certain special washing substances. However, we do hope you will not need them.
Although the shisha looks like a complex device with many hard-to-reach spots, in fact, not everything is so complicated. So do not start to fall in despair. Just read the article to the end.
First, fill the water bowl with warm water to half. Then, leave it to sit up for a while. While waiting, start washing the shaft. It’s not very easy. Because this part accumulates most of the side substances that occur during smoking. So when buying a shisha, we recommend that you listen to the experts’ advice. Try to buy a really good brush for cleaning the shaft.
Wash the shaft thoroughly making quick movements. In addition, press the brush against the walls of the shaft. Do not forget to periodically flush the shaft with water between brushings. When you are sure that the shaft has been cleaned properly, go to cleaning the shaft’s ports using the same brush.
Often you can see tips on cleaning your shisha water bowl with baking soda. Rice or buckwheat. We would not advise getting started using such abrasive products. Also do not use detergents. Since almost all dishwashing detergents contain certain chemicals. Moreover, no one knows how these substances may react. When exposed to tobacco the next time you use your shisha.
Also, we would not recommend using even dishwashing liquids. As, again, micro detergents’ particles can remain inside the shisha. In this regard, they can spoil not only the taste of tobacco the next time you smoke. But possibly harm your health.
But how to care for the hose?
If you have a fabric hose with metal inserts, that it is completely undesirable to wash it with water. As its metal parts will rust quite soon. Therefore, the only thing you can do to your fabric hose is to ventilate it. In case you still prefer to use your fabric hose, because it looks more authentic. And you don’t want to switch to silicone. Then just leave your hose on any surface. In a position that will let the air to pass through it as freely as possible. For example, hang it in an upright position if you have something to fix it. Or lay it on the table strictly horizontally avoiding any curves.
If you have a silicone hose, just pinch one end of the hose with your finger. Let some water into the hose. After that shake the hose with the water inside.
Now let’s talk the tobacco bowl
Perhaps, this is one of the most hotly discussed issues among shisha lovers. One camp of smokers claims that the tobacco bowl should be washed under running water with a piece of soft cloth or a soft sponge. At the same time, some advocates that it is better not to wash the bowl at all with water. Since the material is too porous, and that the bowl does not dry out completely.
We have studied and checked both theories. At SHISHA, we believe that if you are still going to wash the tobacco bowl under running water, get one more bowl. So to say – a spare one. While your main tobacco bowl dries, you can use your alternative one. Sure, you will not want your friends to be coming over for a shisha one night to find out that your bowl isn’t still dry. So there will not be any party.
Also, if you have the time and mood for the general shisha cleaning, you can clean the grommets. The parts that protect the shisha from rubbing against other parts. When in contact with each other. Everything is extremely simple here. Rinse them under running water. Then wipe them with a dry cloth or towel. Leave them on a dry towel until completely dry.
To sum up, our Team recommends to clean your shisha regularly.