It's also coating the chamber with fine dust. Way to go to build the (in)famous cake.which has a huge fan venting the warm air
Never had an issue being patient either. Briar is so absorbent that even after the water rinse cleaning method it didn't take hours on end to dry. An hour or so at room temperature should suffice.It might, but I will defer to the more experienced pipe smokers on here. I've never had an issue just being patient and letting it air dry the old fashioned way, even back when I had only one pipe.
They made these for that purpose.View attachment 72780
I only have one pipe at the moment so if I want to have more than one fill a day I place the pipe upside down on the top of my PC which has a huge fan venting the warm air. Is this going to damage my pipe? The fans are pretty large but slow (700 rpm).
The shank is likely to change shape if you dry the pipe with the stem removed.I only have one pipe at the moment so if I want to have more than one fill a day I place the pipe upside down on the top of my PC which has a huge fan venting the warm air. Is this going to damage my pipe? The fans are pretty large but slow (700 rpm).
True.Briar isn't very absorbent at all... moisture penetrates to the depth of a few microns. Any built up cake will hold more moisture, but my pipes are usually dry enough to reload after several minutes.
Unless the air temp coming out of the tower is blast furnace hot I seriously doubt there will be any adverse effect.