Well I cleaned my three pipes for the first time last night. I have run pipe cleaners through them, but never really took alcohol and cleaned them. One pipe I have had for about 10 years and it has been smoked about 20 times over those years. One pipe is a year old and has been smoked about 30 times this past year. The other I just ordered and received right after Thanksgiving. It has been smoked about 10 times.
Until I joined this forum I didn’t know I was supposed to clean them. I just assumed that running a pipe cleaner through ever couple smokes was good enough. Over the past couple days I have been reading about pipe cleaning and watching youtube videos. There are a million different opinions on the best way to clean your pipe, but this is what I did.
I used 91% isopropyl alcohol, pipe cleaners and q-tips to clean out the shank and steam. Man, I could not believe the black stuff that came out. After cleaning them real good I took extra virgin olive oil on my finger and rubbed it all over the pipes. After letting them sit a few minutes I took a soft cloth and polished them real good.
I let them dry real good and this morning they look great. I can’t wait to light one up tonight.
Until I joined this forum I didn’t know I was supposed to clean them. I just assumed that running a pipe cleaner through ever couple smokes was good enough. Over the past couple days I have been reading about pipe cleaning and watching youtube videos. There are a million different opinions on the best way to clean your pipe, but this is what I did.
I used 91% isopropyl alcohol, pipe cleaners and q-tips to clean out the shank and steam. Man, I could not believe the black stuff that came out. After cleaning them real good I took extra virgin olive oil on my finger and rubbed it all over the pipes. After letting them sit a few minutes I took a soft cloth and polished them real good.
I let them dry real good and this morning they look great. I can’t wait to light one up tonight.