Can some one tell me how to remove the smell of aged rubber

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recently I got a unused estate pipe (I think so) from two dot and there is a aged rubber smell inside the pipe. Can someone teach me how to remove it.Image
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It smelled terrible.
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Silver wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:48 pm Salt and Everclear.
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Thank all of you!
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Chceic wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:06 am Thank all of you!
I like that mouse . Its like hes saying ... Hey , wtf
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Hey , you said aged rubber . But is it a burnt rubber smell because thats a different thing . I cant remember why I had a burnt rubber stem one time . I mean , how did it get to that point ? Any way , I boiled it [ light boil ] a couple few times . I dont wholly recall because it was a very long time ago , and did the booze and cleaner thing a bunch and at some point it got good enough

If it is a burnt rubber thing .. how'd yours get that way ?
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It's probably an old vulcanite stem and from the picture it looks like resin built up on the interior. Get some high proof alcohol, preferably one you like and dip a pipe cleaner in it and run it through until it's clean.
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Tsal wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:49 pm It's probably an old vulcanite stem and from the picture it looks like resin built up on the interior. Get some high proof alcohol, preferably one you like and dip a pipe cleaner in it and run it through until it's clean.
in a word ... redundant :lol:
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Ruffinogold wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:58 pm
Tsal wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:49 pm It's probably an old vulcanite stem and from the picture it looks like resin built up on the interior. Get some high proof alcohol, preferably one you like and dip a pipe cleaner in it and run it through until it's clean.
in a word ... redundant :lol:
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