October 21, 2020 3 min read
Traditional dabbing is a science that once mastered becomes second nature. Reverse dabbing is a technique used only for smoking with a tabletop dab rig setup. For flavorful dabs that preserve all the tasty cannabis terpenes, you need to use the lowest temperature possible. With normal dabbing, smokers will heat up the nail until it’s glowing red before adding a concentrate to vaporize. A cold start dab turns this process on its head by first loading a concentrate onto a cold nail or banger, then slowly heating it up. This method has actually been around for a while prior to advancements in dabbing such as the use of quartz nails and heat-safe borosilicate glass dab rigs.
Unlike traditional dabbing, which must go through cycles of heating and cooling, cold start dabs save time by not having to heat up the nail ahead of time so you can be smoking in mere seconds. The method should only be used if you want to take one or two dabs at a time since you’ll have to wait for the nail to cool down fully in order to clean it, reload it, and do another cold start. This technique also uses much less heat so you’ll be able to taste the full flavor profile of each dab, plus your tools will last a lot longer. Even though nearly all dab accessories today are made to withstand extreme temperatures, heavy use will wear them down overtime and cold start dabbing can help preserve your hardware. One of the main downsides that dabbing aficionados often mention is waste. Some smokers swear that cold start dabbing wastes more material because you’re heating it to the lowest temperature possible for vaporization to happen, which often leaves some of the concentrate unvaporized. However, many stoners also note that there is less burnt material and caked on residue so cleaning and maintenance is easier.
If you’re already a seasoned dabber, learning how to cold start dab is very simple and essentially the same steps as a traditional dab, but in a different order. You can use all the same tools that you should already have for dabbing.
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