Do I Need To Sand The Chamber?

[lithicus]

I just got this new unsmoked Kaywoodie Campus Dublin. I've never seen a chamber with a coating (??) like this before, however.





Do I need to sand this out or is it good to smoke? If I do need to sand it, any tips for getting at the very bottom??

 

[ThermionicScott]

Looks like it was dip-stained. You could smoke it as-is, but you'll probably get nasty flavors for the first couple of bowls. I've done that and lived, but nowadays I'd probably remove as much as I could with Q-Tips and pipe cleaners soaked in Everclear. The shank is probably coated on the inside as well.

 

[sardonicus87]

Yeah don't need to sand it, just cotton swabs and high proof alcohol will take the stain right out. Be sure to get it out of the inside of the shank too, if it's there.

You can also stuff cotton balls into the bowl and drip some alcohol on them and let it sit a little while, just don't let them come above the rim, and pull them out with needle-nose pliers or something.

Alcohol will strip the finish anywhere it touches, so be careful about it hitting the outside.

 

[lithicus]

Oh duh!! Why didn't I think of alcohol... Thanks guys!! And I don't know if I would've thought to check the shank. I'll make sure to check there too!

 

[SourShank]

Dont forget to let the briar dry out after removing the stain!

 

[tartanphantom]

I just got this new unsmoked Kaywoodie Campus Dublin. I've never seen a chamber with a coating (??) like this before, however.





Do I need to sand this out or is it good to smoke? If I do need to sand it, any tips for getting at the very bottom??

Congrats on the acquisition. I'd be all over that little pipe. Love nice old Kaywoodies.

 

[lithicus]

Congrats on the acquisition. I'd be all over that little pipe. Love nice old Kaywoodies.

Thank you!! I think it will be great for a quick smoke of VA/VaPer. And, I regularly smoke my old pre-war 4-hole kaywoodie drinkless. I figured this would be a great smoke as well.

I was also quite excited as it had the black clover in the white circle. The briar is quite nice, and I believe it is rumored that these black clover kaywoodies designated their better pipes.

 

[HeadMisfit]

Yeah don't need to sand it, just cotton swabs and high proof alcohol will take the stain right out. Be sure to get it out of the inside of the shank too, if it's there.

You can also stuff cotton balls into the bowl and drip some alcohol on them and let it sit a little while, just don't let them come above the rim, and pull them out with needle-nose pliers or something.

Alcohol will strip the finish anywhere it touches, so be careful about it hitting the outside.

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if your smoking camels, the taste of burning varnish would seem like the heavenly taste of pall mall in comparison

 

[sardonicus87]

if your smoking camels, the taste of burning varnish would seem like the heavenly taste of pall mall in comparison

I love Camels.

Pall Malls are OK, but Camels are better.

Or is this more pipe smoker "ew, cigarettes are gross" anti-cigarette bs? You do realize that without the cigarette industry, there would be no pipe tobacco industry, right?

Nobody cares about or asked for your irrelevant opinion, dweeb... go troll somebody else.

 

[bullet08]

Yes, no, maybe. If you never smoked coated bowl, try it. I don't have any issues with it. Some hates coated bowl. So, it depends on you.

 

[SpuddsBuckley]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

 

[tartanphantom]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

 

[SpuddsBuckley]

I love Camels.

Pall Malls are OK, but Camels are better.

Or is this more pipe smoker "ew, cigarettes are gross" anti-cigarette bs? You do realize that without the cigarette industry, there would be no pipe tobacco industry, right?

Nobody cares about or asked for your irrelevant opinion, dweeb... go troll somebody else.

Are you arguing that the cigarette industry has acted as a boon for the modern tobacco industry as a whole? Because cigarettes certainly do not pre-date tobacco pipes. Not by a few hundred years.

 

[edger]

I have a newer Grabow Royal Duke apple that came with red tinted lacquer. Too shiny and unattractive. I wiped the pipe with Everclear rather briskly and underneath was a lovely brown stain that was unaffected by the alcohol. It’s a great smoker and has darkened beautifully.

 

[Sobrbiker]

I just got this new unsmoked Kaywoodie Campus Dublin. I've never seen a chamber with a coating (??) like this before, however.





Do I need to sand this out or is it good to smoke? If I do need to sand it, any tips for getting at the very bottom??

I’d do cotton or coarse salt and Everclear.

That’s a very cool Campus, I’ve got two (a belgique and an apple).
That Dublin is nice.

 

[sardonicus87]

Are you arguing that the cigarette industry has acted as a boon for the modern tobacco industry as a whole? Because cigarettes certainly do not pre-date tobacco pipes. Not by a few hundred years.

No, I am arguing it only still exists today because of it.

If big tobacco today goes down, if pipe tobacco survives, it'll be ungodly expensive. There's not nearly enough pipe smokers to support the tobacco farming industry, especially after tobacco subsidies got 86'ed. Almost no tobacco farms don't grow specifically for pipe, pipe blenders buy leaf just like big cigarette companies do. If the cigarette industry went away, there wouldn't be enough demand and many farms would quit. Declining cigarette sales/use and overall contraction in the overall tobacco market generally has already seen a lot of tobacco farms quit the business.

This is pretty common knowledge that's been repeated several times.