The Rossi Gets A Makeover

didimauw

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I was getting sick of the ugly finish that kept bubbling off.
So some acetone, some really REALLY hard scrubbing, and a light coat of carnuaba, went from this...

To this...

Ahhhh so much better without the makeup.

 

cortezattic

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Looks like there was some decent cross-grain underneath. 'Bet it smokes better too!

 

jaytex1969

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My generic German #26 from P&C has a similar high gloss treatment. I'm beginning to see some tiny bubbles around the inner part of the rim.
It's good to see your outcome. I really like the briar shape of my cheap-o and can see me applying your technique in the future.
Thanks for sharing. Any wax brand recommendation?

 

didimauw

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Yeah, why would they hide that beautiful grain???
Jaytex, I bought a regular bar of carnauba from Amazon. Very cheap, lasts forever.

 

madox07

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I have a rossi too, please elaborate on the process .. i would like to do the same on mine. Let me tell you, i had some experiences with my rossi pipe. It only smoked latakia heavy blends, i still smoke it,but it is turned ugly as hell over time ...

 

mso489

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It's a whole new pipe, and far better. Good show.

 

didimauw

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Madox, all I did was put acetone on those cotton rounds, and scrub like hell. When I got all the thick ugly shiny off, I buffed it with carnuaba wax using my dremel tool. Very simple, for a drastic change.

 

stvalentine

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That gloss coat is shellac and is used widely on pipes. I feel that shellac is much too delicate and will always start to flake off. Thank god its easy to remove. Good job!

 

fishnbanjo

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Nicely done and much nicer looking and will probably smoke better as well.

banjo

 

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instymp

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Looks good, will have to do it to mine, I bought one like yours because it was the ugliest most caked up pipe I had ever seen, in a post about a couple of months ago.

Really looked like you enjoyed & smoked the crap out of it!

 

didimauw

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Instymp, I remember that! How do you like yours??

 

jpmcwjr

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Nice stuff! How did you clean did you get the rim? (a little hard to tell - did you get down to wood?)

 

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mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast

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The pipe looks much better and you did a nice job, but briar? C'mon man, what will your cobs think? :lol:

 

didimauw

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Jpmjwcr, I did get the rim down to wood. I tried cleaning it with saliva so i could get the rest of the lacquer off, but the cake was so hard, it didn't help. I used acetone to get the final clean of cake and lacquer.

 

didimauw

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Mothernature, The cobs do get jealous occasionally, but then when it's their turn, they work even harder to please me. It's kind of like the stories you hear about the divorced parents fighting for their kids love.

 

dunstanhillwell62

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A very nice job done.
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wyfbane

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That turned out really Well! Nice work.

 

rcanderson

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That pipe looks much better than when it had the factory finish now. They were covering up a lot of the beauty in that wood which the wax has brought out now. Beautiful job.
RC