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Help! Cleaned My Favorite Pipe with 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol
The rum extract method worked. Thank you sumusfumus!! The first smoke after the extract clean I could still taste a little bitterness for a few pulls, but the pipe has been completely restored as far as my memory serves. My McClelland Matured Cake tastes delicious again in this Peterson. Thank...- spurgeon12
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Free Pipe Project
Wow, this is incredible. I am a new pipe smoker. 30 years old, married, with one daughter and another baby on the way. I was inspired to smoke a pipe after I read the Chronicles of Narnia on my summer vacation (finished the whole series over the summer!). I'm now onto Lord of the Rings, which...- spurgeon12
- Post #648
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Help! Cleaned My Favorite Pipe with 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol
Thanks everyone for the replies. Just to clarify: I used 70pct isopropyl, which has chemicals in it. Could it still be the dip stain? Or the chemicals? Or both? I have not had a chance to pick up any rum (or extract) yet but will. I ran hot water through it and left it apart for a couple of...- spurgeon12
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Help! Cleaned My Favorite Pipe with 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol
Hi all, new pipe smoker here who fittingly made a rookie mistake. I cleaned my 1 month old Peterson pipe with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. I dipped a pipe cleaner in it and ran it through the briar opening after I took the mouthpiece off. I then put it in a pouch and smoked it the next day, and it...- spurgeon12
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