Accidentally Removing a Finish

[Akoni808]

The other day I was smoking one of my smooth finish Rossi, and my zippo caused a little darkening of the rim from flame impurities. I went and dampened a paper towel with water to remove the darkened areas, and as I removed the darkened area I noticed some light red on the paper towel. My question is, is a little bit of dampness and light rubbing able to remove a finish used on these pipes?

 

[didimauw]

My first Rossi started to bubble on the rim after 3 smokes. I took acetone to the whole stummel and not only did it look better but it smoked better. Super easy to do. I'll have to find before and after pictures tonight.

 

[Akoni808]

My first Rossi started to bubble on the rim after 3 smokes. I took acetone to the whole stummel and not only did it look better but it smoked better. Super easy to do. I'll have to find before and after pictures tonight.

Interesting. I'd love to see it! Thanks.

 

[wordheavy]

I had a Sav 320 that lost half it"s color in the first week. I took the rest off. After all the handling it looks good, darkened nicely.

 

[Akoni808]

I had a Sav 320 that lost half it"s color in the first week. I took the rest off. After all the handling it looks good, darkened nicely.

I didn't realize how easy it could come off. Good to know I'm in not the only one.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I've found that Savinelli pipes do not fare well with moisture on the rim; I made the mistake of moistening the rim of one of my new pipes to avoid rim charring and ended up messing up the finish. Since Rossi is owned by Savinelli, they probably wouldn't do well with a moistened finish either.

 

[Humblepipe]

I use acetone from time to time, but generally only when I want to strip varnish/lacquer off a pipe (crazy they use to do that!). I would start with rubbing alcohol. It's a little easier on the briar. If you have 3m scrub pads around use those as your "scrubber". Move up to acetone if the rubbing alcohol does not do the trick, but I bet it will...

 

[jpmcwjr]

Just me, but I wouldn't strip off finish from a stummel just because of rim darkening or lightening.
In some pipes, the rim is finished differently than the rest of the briar.

 

[kcghost]

I've never heard of this happening in my life. I smoked a lot of pipes in the last 48 years but rarely a Savonelli product but even then I've never heard of it.

 

[kurtbob]

I have a bunch of Savs and Rossi pipes and never had this issue.

 

[Akoni808]

I've never heard of this happening in my life. I smoked a lot of pipes in the last 48 years but rarely a Savonelli product but even then I've never heard of it.

I have a bunch of Savs and Rossi pipes and never had this issue.

I’ve never had the issue with my lucite savinellis that have a clear finish on the rim. It’s only happened with my Rossi that has more of a red finish.

 

[JAWz]

The other day I was smoking one of my smooth finish Rossi, and my zippo caused a little darkening of the rim from flame impurities. I went and dampened a paper towel with water to remove the darkened areas, and as I removed the darkened area I noticed some light red on the paper towel. My question is, is a little bit of dampness and light rubbing able to remove a finish used on these pipes?

Same thing happened to me on a Big Ben Presidential billiard.

 

[Akoni808]

Same thing happened to me on a Big Ben Presidential billiard.

Did you do anything to remedy the situation?

 

[JAWz]

Did you do anything to remedy the situation?

No. It recently happened and I have just left it that way.

 

[didimauw]

Interesting. I'd love to see it! Thanks.

Here's the before



and after



I prefer the look, even with all the fills that they were covering up with the thick lacquer.

 

[Akoni808]

Here's the before

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and after
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I prefer the look, even with all the fills that they were covering up with the thick lacquer.

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That looks great! Thanks for sharing that. This makes me curious how my Rossi would look now..

 

[didimauw]

That looks great! Thanks for sharing that. This makes me curious how my Rossi would look now..

Got any pics of it?

 

[Akoni808]

Got any pics of it?

Here it is

 

[didimauw]

Here it is
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Oh wow I think that would be a great candidate for this! That is if you are ok with the visible fills. But I'm sure it has a great grain that's hidden under there!

 

[dctune]

I have a 20yo La Rocca I absolutely love. It started having a similar problem this year.