Need a solution stoners... maybe you have an answer?

[yuiyoshida]

You know how pipes have that little hole you put your thumb over, to control the smoke... simple question : How do you prevent your burning weed from burning your thumb through that little hole? I be interested in your responses

[mr_lebowski]

1. Honestly unless the pipe is really big the hole is superfluous ...

Just plug it with a little caulk or silicone and forget it was there.

That kind of hole is useful on a bong for clearing it, but on a small pipe where the 'stale' smoke volume is tiny ... it's not actually useful for anything. More a tradition than anything.

MHO

[JackSabbath]

2. It doesn't get that hot

I've smoked from that kind of pipe for 35 years and have never felt heat at the carb hole. No worries!

[SamKnause]

3. I have had many pipes and still do.

I have never burned my thumb.

I don't use my thumb.

I use my finger.

The hole is called a carburetor.

You release your thumb, or finger, when you want to release the smoke.

It is similar to shot gunning.

Also tapping the hole, while drawing on the pipe, will help to ignite the weed in the bowl.

Hope that answers your question.

Enjoy.

[yuiyoshida]

4. The pipe is small ... very small .. and a small bowl

I have found if I use a piece of wire and shove it down into the weed to the hole below, so the smoke can be drawn in better...when my bowl is clogged...that's when i get back flame... and it hurts like hell!!

[SamKnause]

5. Sorry you are having trouble.

Is it a glass pipe ???

All of my pipes are glass.

I have never had any trouble no matter the size of the pipe. (44 years and counting)

Best of luck.

[yuiyoshida]

7. Yeh its a glass pipe...

Its probably the way i pack a bowl..is probably the reason i keep getting back flame.

[luv2fly]

6. Hole in your pipe?

Time for a new pipe man!

Seriously, never had a pipe with a carb.

[Wawannabe]

8. I have a whote spot on my thumb right now from being burned through the carb

It happened outside when the lighter went with the wind. Idk how to stop it from happening because I am a clutz.
But response number one was enlightening. Maybe I will twist up a little toilet paper plug and see how that works! Damn

[yuiyoshida]

9. On my tiny pipe

I put electrical tape on it But then went back to a normal sized pipe.