Im so ready to make fun designs with this pipes!!

Definitely doing it.....💙

Brilliant!

You make some nice looking stuff i really liked the pipes and bongs lol

@lowco_ceramics

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

great tutorial!! & you’re the cutest ever!! ❤

@lowco_ceramics

2 ай бұрын

😊😊

Since I have always smoked from already purchased pipes now that making my own im just getting the grip of the pipe mechanism, so the all the holes must be connected to the center of the pipe wich is below the bowl hole right? Like the carb hole must be conected to the bowl hole that leads also to the stem hole

@lowco_ceramics

2 ай бұрын

Yep you are correct!

@user-wr2rf3vz1f

2 ай бұрын

@@lowco_ceramics thank you! Greetings from Mexico city

if i don’t have dry clay to make the glue will just water work??

@lowco_ceramics

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! It has worked for me in the past or you can take a little bit of wet clay and water and mix it around to make slip.

How do fire without a kiln?? And how would you paint/add color to them?

@lowco_ceramics

Жыл бұрын

You need a kiln to fire them. I paint the top with glaze, add glaze to the inside, but I leave the bottom unglazed so it doesn't stick to the kiln when firing.

@thedutchest

9 ай бұрын

Clay pipes that are intended for actual use aren't glazed or painted! White Earthenware clay is the safest and most common type used for smoking pipes and food contact surfaces. To change clay into a fired ceramic (pottery) to need to get to at least 1,500-1,600 degrees F. Most clays you really need to go to 1,800. Then it will be earthenware pottery or bisqueware if it is higher firing clay. Home ovens typically only go to 550 F. Above this most ovens would start to fail. Pizza ovens get to 700-800 F. This will just dry the clay. It will not be pottery (a ceramic). It will not get harder, just more brittle. It is just dry compressed powder after 500 degrees. When clay is heated enough to become earthenware it is transformed. It will never be clay again, even if you ground it to a powder. It would be what we call grog. It is sometimes used as an additive to a clay body. When clay is fired to a proper temperature it becomes a sort of stone. The chemically bound water is driven off. This is different than the water you can feel. It is water makes it clay and not rock dust. Then the clay particles begin to melt. This is changed sintering. After than it is a ceramic, not clay. @lowco_ceramics

@sabrinabennett1728

9 ай бұрын

@@thedutchest thank you so much! It was very helpful!!

@lowco_ceramics

9 ай бұрын

@@thedutchest they definitely should be glazed to keep them clean

Have you ever made multi-chambered pipes, with lids?

@lowco_ceramics

26 күн бұрын

I didn’t even know multi chambered pipes existed. I’ll have to look into it

what size is the hole in the bottom of the bowl where the herb sits?

@lowco_ceramics

5 ай бұрын

You kind of have to eyeball it. I looked at a pipe I already had and made a hole the similar size

Is it safe to smoke out of air dry clay without a glaze?

@lowco_ceramics

Жыл бұрын

I dont think so

@ShannaeJ

Жыл бұрын

I think it has to be food safe! (So, fired in the kiln)

What kind of kiln do I need?

@Rossanderson-zm7ck

7 ай бұрын

Depends on how desperate you are you can look up alternative options using charcoal or just a really hot fire

Hi ! I'm a pipe smoker in France. Could you tell me how to clean such a pipe so that I can have the ashes out of the part below ?

@lowco_ceramics

Жыл бұрын

Hey! I just clean mine like I clean glass pipes. Soak them in rubbing alcohol with some salt. Should get all the ashes out.

@sionfumaitlapipe

Жыл бұрын

@@lowco_ceramics Ok, thank you. Doesn't damage them or sthg ?

@thedutchest

9 ай бұрын

@@sionfumaitlapipe you can throw clay pipes in a fire to clean them

@sionfumaitlapipe

9 ай бұрын

@@thedutchest That has to be !

how do you clean them i am wondering

@lowco_ceramics

3 ай бұрын

You can clean them the same as regular glass pipes

If you don’t have a kiln what clay should you use to make a pipe

@lowco_ceramics

Жыл бұрын

Kiln fired clay is the only kind of clay you should be using for pipes. Air dry clay or clay baked in the oven won't be safe for pipes.

@oliviam1115

Жыл бұрын

Hello, why isnt it safe to use air dry clay?

@ShannaeJ

Жыл бұрын

@@oliviam1115 a pipe needs to be food-safe to use. So it has to be kiln fire clay. Air-dry clay isn’t food safe.

just discovered your channel cool name. was wondering what difference different types of clay make? have loads of red clay. and 3 other types. probably will make one of each ) have a nice day

@lowco_ceramics

5 ай бұрын

Not sure the differences in clay. Might need to just try each one out. Enjoy!

How does the flower not fall out of a chillum?

@cutestshorts101

3 ай бұрын

It's the way you hold it - between your pinky and your ring finger blowhole up

I want to make weed pipes out of clay to sell

@lowco_ceramics

2 ай бұрын

You definitely should!