Does it take you to get the job done?
I'm talking routine, not thorough cleaning.
Takes me 1 and a half, most of the time.
Edit: Corrected the capitalization in title, L.
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How Many Pipe Cleaners...
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Posted 4 months ago #
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If you ask Harris, quite a few! LOL
For me, each pipe takes two, sometimes three -- so about the same as you.
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I use three for every bowlful.
Cubs win, Cubs win, Cubs win....Holy Cow!Posted 4 months ago # -
Two for me!
After that, no more gunk or crud comes off without getting into more than routine cleaning.
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2-4 depending on the pipe and tobacco.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.Posted 4 months ago # -
On average two during and after I smoke one bowl. Rarely more.
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Two.
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1 to 2 for me depending on the pipe.
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So far 2.
A smile will always keep them guessing.Posted 4 months ago # -
2 for me
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one
If at first you don't succeed, have another bowl.Posted 4 months ago # -
I guess I save a fortune on pipe cleaners, I probably run one through a pipe after 4 to 6 smokes....odd thing is, my pipes never gurgle or sour or even have any off-taste. I tend to smoke my tobacco pretty dry, though, I'd guess that has summat to do with it.
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I use 3 or 4 on my favorite pipes, 2-3 on pipes I don't smoke as often. IMHO, using more dries it better and helps speed along the resting period.
"Be seeing you" —Number Six, The Prisoner
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2 to 3 for me...
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Member NASPCPosted 4 months ago # -
2-3
I have a weak spot for Billard-, Canadian-, Liverpol- and Poker-style pipes from Comoy and Dunhill...Posted 4 months ago # -
For my cobs and briars - two.
For my Falcons - one for the stem, and a couple of tissues or some toilet paper for the humidome.
"I'm always easy to please since I'm always satisfied with the very best." - Oscar WildePosted 4 months ago # -
Which-ever one that pulls out looking clean says you are done.
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One or two plus a cotton swab-out of the shank does the trick.
Russ
Smoking a pipe is true relaxation. Everything else is work.Posted 4 months ago # -
I always run a pipe cleaner through a pipe when I finish smoking and leave it there until the next time. Then I run another clean one through. Suits me fine.
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5-7 for me. I want my pipe to be as clean as possible between deep cleanings. Here is the method to my madness.
I take the pipe apart, grab the bowl and take one fluffy cleaner, double it and then run it around the bowl a few times, evening the cake. I then blow through the pipe getting any loose tobacco and ash. I then take a bristle cleaner, double it and run it back and forth through the shank. I will do that again with another fresh bristle and a third time if needed. I then take a bristle and double it and then double it again and stuff it into the shank to clean out the mortise. I than take a bristle and run it through the stem, and then take a fluffy and run that through the stem. The fluffy gets out more moisture where the bristle gets the tar and any tobacco. I have found that it keeps my pipes very clean and can make the time between deep cleanings longer. I will usually do a deep cleaning after 10 bowls or so. Pipe cleaners are cheap so I do not mind using a bunch to keep my pipes as clean as possible.HarrisPosted 4 months ago # -
I've talked to Harris and have tried to use 800 pipe cleaners to clean a pipe, but I found out that the store ran out of pipe cleaners! LOL
I find that 3 to 4 is really the most I can use.
Allan
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I use three per pipe after I finish smoking. Run it through, run another through, then I bend it into a U shape and swipe around the inside of the bowl. Then I stick one in and let it sit in there for a couple of hours while the pipe is resting.
I'm so awesome, I make myself jealous of myself.Posted 4 months ago # -
I use 2-3 during the smoke, including 1 at the end.
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Harris, what the heck do on a deep clean then???
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I was gonna say his normal clean sounds like my deep clean
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Junior Member of the Black BloodsPosted 4 months ago # -
Harris, what the heck do on a deep clean then???
I believe there is another link on here where Harris demonstrates how he uses his laboratory centrifuge and his pressure washer to perform a deep clean on a pipe.
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I use one pipe cleaner after every smoke without exception. And, I rotate pipes. My pipes are dedicated specifically to specific blends. I do not leave a pipe cleaner in the pipe. I prefer to let it air dry on the rack. I never have to do a "deep clean". I do always use a dull pipe knife to ream the bowl after every smoke. Then, from time to time, I use the Ream and Clean pipe tool to remove excess acrbon from the bowl.
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I use 3, how does it take you 1.5 rot, do you cut the other end off the cleaner and store half the pipe cleaner for later???
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain - Eric (taerin): nickname (username)Posted 4 months ago # -
I don't go so far as to clip the dirty tip off a used PC, though I am known to be cheap, frugal and very obsessive about wasting not. In fact, I use the old PCs as fire starters for barbeque - throws off a great aroma. I'm a minority, on a different track than all the posters here, since I average maybe 3 cleanings per PC. I re-use pre-used PCs on the first swab, usually into the shank where things are tarrier. I also fold over the used PCs with dirty tips, twice in fact - that gives me more circumference to work with inside the mortise. Then I run clean (or at least cleaner) PCs through till one comes out more or less clean. I set each PC on a tray in order of use, and have 5 or 6 going. Estates, which I don't run through a retort, chew up a lot of PC usage, especially the first dozen bowls.
hp
lesPosted 4 months ago # -
I usually use 2 for routine cleaning. I've been trying to get my tobacco drier so my pipes have been cleaner after a bowl.
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Eric, that's exactly what I do!
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Kris, my sons do my deep cleanings for me and they do comment that the pipe is never really dirty, but I like using Everclear after about 10 bowls to keep it fresh tasting. They use a shank brush and PC's and then polish my pipes. I do any reaming that is necessary, I have not taught them how to do that.
I know I may be a bit obsessive but my pipes have never once gone sour and I never taste anything off putting. I do get dirt off of each cleaner so it is there. I like my pipes to be as clean as possible so my tobacco tastes as good as possible.
Peck, that was funny.
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3 pipe cleaners + a nylon brush + three paper towels + 3-4 Q-tips for each of my pipes
i take my cleaning seriously
Pack and lite, hope for no bite. Tamp and Dottle, Pour from the Bottle. Sit back and smell, Ah..All is well"Posted 4 months ago # -
I use A Pipe Cleaner during my smoke to keep things dry so when its time to break one down I need one Bristle and one fluffy.
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I use one pipe cleaner and a q-tip, but I have cheap pipes, when I get expensive ones I will use as many as it takes to make it perfect for the next smoke. I get them from china for next to nothing so it doesn't really matter.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Patrick HenryPosted 4 months ago # -
A pipe cleaner as needed during smoking. After the pipe cools I dump the ash and dottle, double that used cleaner and swab out the bowl then run two fresh ones down the stem. Every 4-5 bowls I break the pipe down and swab it out with a cleaner soaked in rum.Never had a sour smoke yet.
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