A dab is a small dose of concentrate you carry into a hot banger, where it vaporises. The whole technique takes its name from it — dabbing.
The process has four steps:
- Heat the banger with the torch from the side, not straight down into the floor.
- Let it cool. This is the step beginners skip — and then wonder why it tastes burnt.
- Drop the dab in with a dabber.
- Cap it and pull slowly.
Go small. A piece the size of a grain of rice is plenty to start with — you can always add, you cannot take away.
Swab the banger afterwards while it is still warm. It saves you an hour with isopropyl later.