Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:17 pm
Everclear should have gotten the stain out of the bowl. I say smoke it into submission. Stick to basic burley. It will come around.
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Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:25 pm
I say just smoke the sap out of it. A good 50 or so bowls shoot do the trick.
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:34 pm
MikeDennison wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:08 am I've got a Savinelli Bing's Favorite that gave off a funky taste at first; it tasted just like stain smells. That said, it smoked like a charm. The forum codgers of the day advised me to just smoke the funk out of it, which I set to doing. I put a coupla bowls through that pipe every day for weeks. Now? Just as sweet as can be. Just throwin' in my two cents.
I have to agree with these guys. Smoke, smoke, smoke. Not just once a week but every smoke till it behaves. You'll both be happier.Bruyere_Royale wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:25 pm I say just smoke the sap out of it. A good 50 or so bowls shoot do the trick.
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:44 pm
I would clean the bowl with 151 rum, then wipe it with honey diluted with the same rum. It works well for me.
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:46 pm
OK, here's what I've done. First I scraped what little buildup of cake there was, which wasn't much, until I had all I could get out without cutting into the wood. Then I cleaned the heck out of the bowl using Q-Tips loaded with Everclear. Then I wrapped sandpaper around a dowel and sanded it down to bare wood. Then I heated it up in a toaster oven until the pipe was warm and while it was warming I mixed up a couple drops of Honey with Everclear. I then coated the warm bowl with the mix. I'm going to let it sit overnight and start smoking Carter Hall & PA in it tomorrow. This pipe will either sweeten up or it'll go into the brush pile to be burned this spring. Life is way too short to worry about a foul tasting Pipe!
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:48 pm
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:53 pm
I have never had one that would not come around. If you get to that point with it, offer it up for postage before you toss it.Bamarick wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:46 pm OK, here's what I've done. First I scraped what little buildup of cake there was, which wasn't much, until I had all I could get out without cutting into the wood. Then I cleaned the heck out of the bowl using Q-Tips loaded with Everclear. Then I wrapped sandpaper around a dowel and sanded it down to bare wood. Then I heated it up in a toaster oven until the pipe was warm and while it was warming I mixed up a couple drops of Honey with Everclear. I then coated the warm bowl with the mix. I'm going to let it sit overnight and start smoking Carter Hall & PA in it tomorrow. This pipe will either sweeten up or it'll go into the brush pile to be burned this spring. Life is way too short to worry about a foul tasting Pipe!
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:56 pm
Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:53 pmI have never had one that would not come around. If you get to that point with it, offer it up for postage before you toss it.Bamarick wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:46 pm OK, here's what I've done. First I scraped what little buildup of cake there was, which wasn't much, until I had all I could get out without cutting into the wood. Then I cleaned the heck out of the bowl using Q-Tips loaded with Everclear. Then I wrapped sandpaper around a dowel and sanded it down to bare wood. Then I heated it up in a toaster oven until the pipe was warm and while it was warming I mixed up a couple drops of Honey with Everclear. I then coated the warm bowl with the mix. I'm going to let it sit overnight and start smoking Carter Hall & PA in it tomorrow. This pipe will either sweeten up or it'll go into the brush pile to be burned this spring. Life is way too short to worry about a foul tasting Pipe!
I'll do just that, but hopefully I won't have to.
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:12 pm
Re: Problem Pipe
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:36 pm
LOL, I must admit that it sounds like a good idea to buy some Rum, but the fact is that I simply don't like it, especially that spiced stuff. I drink very little, but I do keep some good Bourbon (Knob Creek) and a jar of Moonshine (legal) on hand for strictly medicinally purposes (cough, cough)
