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   shakey53
   

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   Any sure fire way to get the brown out of perspex and light colored lucite stems?I've tried bleach,bakingsoda and scrubby pipe cleaners.
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   unclearthur
   

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   I use alcohol and bristle pipe cleaners to good effect.

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   unclear arthur's method takes to long. Next time, take some Comet and Bleach and put them in the toilet and swirl it up with the brush (don't be a pig, make sure the toilet is empty of anything unsavory when you start this). Then take the stem off the pipe and shove it in the the Comet/Bleach slurry and flush. Use the swirling jet motion of the water to completely clean the stem. If it takes more than one or two flushes, you are doing something wrong.

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   Someone mentioned some chemical a while back.Anyone?

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   I've found that I don't accumulate any unsightly stains if I faithfully clean the stem with bristle cleaner and highgrade alcohol after every smoke.

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   As arthur said....soak in alcohol and then scrub with a shank brush. If the stain persists, soak for longer.

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   This topic came up a while ago in a thread called Cleaning stems.

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   And if soaking the stem fails , drink the alcohol and you won't care that the stem is stained!

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   i use rock sea salt with grain alchol but you have to keep filling the bowl because it does evaporate fast , also take rock sea salt and mix in a bowl then dip your bristle pipe cleaner and scrub works fine i use it on all my stems and i have some amber stems that come clean really good.

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    My primary strategy is what arthur suggests; you know, about just drinking until the stain doesn't matter.

    
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