Jack Jacobs November 24, 2021 4 Bong Butler is a cleaning service for items related to marijuana smoking. (Images courtesy of Bong Butler) A new local startup is looking to add some polish to a niche segment of Virginia’s budding marijuana industry. Bong Butler, a cleaning service for bongs and other items related to smoking marijuana, launched last week in the Richmond area. The company cleans bongs, pipes and grinders. Prices range from $5 to $25 based on the item. The company also offers a $20 monthly membership that provides discounts on cleanings. Smoking marijuana with bongs and pipes creates a buildup of residue in the devices. The company cleans them with an in-house cleaning solution and an ultrasonic cleaner, which uses sound waves that agitate the liquid solution to scrub items clean. Company co-founder Joe Hinton created the company’s cleaning solution after he became dissatisfied with homemade bong cleaning methods, a common one being a rubbing alcohol and salt mixture. There are also other bong cleaning solutions on the market. “It always rubbed me the wrong way when cleaning my pieces. Sometimes there would be residue left over and that would freak me out,” Hinton said. “I did some…
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