Can a Pipe be Made Lighter in Color?

[ashdigger]

Bleach works for my porn star friends.

Holy moly, wrong Forum.

 

[bullet08]

Drill a bunch of holes and plug 'em with those carburetors, see if they have titanium. If color is too dark for you, I'm not sure what can be done. Tried soaking in some bleach?

P.S. All joke. Don't suggest any of above craps.

 

[jhowell]

Not on natural pipes. Using oxalic acid results in a lighter color, but it also opens the grain structure to make a driftwood finish.View attachment 245178View attachment 245179

Wow! I've used it in the past to bleach dark streaks out of oak and hadn't experienced that - but then again, oak is as open grain as you can get...

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Not on natural pipes. Using oxalic acid results in a lighter color, but it also opens the grain structure to make a driftwood finish.View attachment 245178View attachment 245179

That texture is very interesting to see. Would a combination of treating the briar with oxalic acid and sandblasting with very fine media result in the suede-like finishes that Walt Cannoy does on his pipes?

 

[cshubhra]

Briar colors from outside … One of my green Peterson is now two tone brown and green near the tenon / mortise joint.

That does not mean it cannot color from inside as well. However I don’t know one way or the other

 

[crashthegrey]

That texture is very interesting to see. Would a combination of treating the briar with oxalic acid and sandblasting with very fine media result in the suede-like finishes that Walt Cannoy does on his pipes?

Yes, it is how that is typically done. I have some blasted as well.

 

[crashthegrey]