A Little Restoration Project I undertook with a Peterson Supreme I got in an Estate Lot. As you can see it clearly had seen better days when I got it
I started with cleaning out the shank wich was so blocked with tars and stuff that the Stem would not fit rigth anymore. After what felt like an eternity of cleaning
What you can see in the Background is roughly 1/3 of the Pipe Cleaners necessary to get this back in working order. Next was the bowl itself, starting with some 3000 Grid Sandpaper and wetsanding very carefully to remove any lava on the rim and all the dirt that had settled in.
The Results:
The next step was the inside of the bowl. There was not much Cake but that was exctly the problem. One of the walls had begun to develop a serious case of beginning burn out with visible spider webbing, so I cleaned out what I could and gave the entire inside of the bowl a coat of a mixture of Water, Waterglas and medical grade charcoal. After letting it dry, a final polish and a coat of olive oil and:
I am kind off proud of this one, as I first thougth I would be unable to get this even near presentable.
I started with cleaning out the shank wich was so blocked with tars and stuff that the Stem would not fit rigth anymore. After what felt like an eternity of cleaning
What you can see in the Background is roughly 1/3 of the Pipe Cleaners necessary to get this back in working order. Next was the bowl itself, starting with some 3000 Grid Sandpaper and wetsanding very carefully to remove any lava on the rim and all the dirt that had settled in.
The Results:
The next step was the inside of the bowl. There was not much Cake but that was exctly the problem. One of the walls had begun to develop a serious case of beginning burn out with visible spider webbing, so I cleaned out what I could and gave the entire inside of the bowl a coat of a mixture of Water, Waterglas and medical grade charcoal. After letting it dry, a final polish and a coat of olive oil and:
I am kind off proud of this one, as I first thougth I would be unable to get this even near presentable.