Do You Ever Re-clean Your Pipes Before Smoking

[mso489]

I habitually clean my pipes after I smoke them to set up for the next bowl in that pipe. Since I have about 92 pipes, each gets a good long rest. Lately I've noticed I also like to spruce them up before I smoke them, a pipe cleaner, maybe a bristle pipe cleaner to the airway and bit, and some buffing with a cloth. Do you ever do a pre-smoking clean-up?

 

[bullet08]

Not often. However, if the tobacco's taking its time drying, I might polish the pipe waiting.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

only wiping obsidian oiled vulcanite stems clean since I often leave my pipes to rest with stems slightly oiled

 

[mso489]

Since the post-bowl clean-up feels obligatory, and sometimes it is at the end of the evening, or rushing to do something else, I feel a little extra cleaning at my convenience fills in any lapses. I prize a pipe with some age on it, so if it also looks good, and spruced up, that makes it more appetizing to smoke. A well-maintained older pipe may be even a little more appealing than a relatively new one. A little wear bespeaks enjoyment.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Pretty dusty around here so often I'll do a quick wipe down/blow out before I start.

 

[dmcmtk]

I habitually clean my pipes after I smoke them to set up for the next bowl in that pipe. Since I have about 92 pipes, each gets a good long rest. Lately I've noticed I also like to spruce them up before I smoke them, a pipe cleaner, maybe a bristle pipe cleaner to the airway and bit, and some buffing with a cloth. Do you ever do a pre-smoking clean-up?

Yes, always a pipe cleaner, and a polish of the stem and stummel with a microfiber cloth.

 

[warren]

Now and then I'll rub a briar bowl along my nose and enjoy the momentary gleem of a properly oiled briar. But, as a rule, load, light and smoke.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Especially if I haven't smoked it in a few weeks. Dust...

 

[anotherbob]

Now and then I'll rub a briar bowl along my nose and enjoy the momentary gleem of a properly oiled briar. But, as a rule, load, light and smoke.

you are part cat aren't you. All my cats loved to do that too.

 

[brut666]

Not the inside, I do always give the outside a little wipe/rub/clean, then I am very new to smoking thou so it's still a bit of a novelty ?

 

[warren]

Nose grease makes for a nice shine.

 

[cigrmaster]

After every bowl I clean the piss out of my pipe and it doesn't go back in the rack till it has had it's cleaning. Sometimes I will get lazy and clean the pipe in the morning. Those pipes don't get smoked until a day after as I don't smoke a pipe that could be wet.
I make it a point to never let dirty pipes build up into a large pile of them. The most pipes that have not been cleaned is 6. I hate a dirty pipe so I mostly clean my pipes at night or early in the evening . Sometimes I will clean a pipe just a couple of hours after being used. I always make sure the pipe is cool enough to break down so I can clean the stem and rest of the pipe before going to bed. I like waking up to a fully cleaned collection which gives me a choice of what I might want to smoke.

I remember years ago letting 6-10 pipes sit over night and not get cleaned till the morning. I even let some pipes stay dirty for a couple of days. That never happens anymore with my new system. I have found that when my pipes are totally clean, they always taste better.

 

[instymp]

Only if I can't remember the last time I cleaned it & doesn't taste right after lighting.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I disassemble, clean, and polish them after every smoke. They stay on padded mats on closet shelves and need no cleaning before using again.

 

[jpberg]

I don’t clean them until I’m ready to smoke them again.

 

[cohibajoe]

After every bowl...

 

[F4RM3R]

Yep sometimes I'll bristle out the shank before a bowl. I don't really have a "cleaning day", just soft pipe cleaner after a smoke. So the only time I'm thinking about how long it's been since I bristled is when I pick up the pipe for a smoke.

 

[DedHed Piper]

A pipe cleaner after the smoke. Enough for me.
Can’t afford spending my days cleaning pipes.

 

[sablebrush52]

Oh hell no. When I put a pipe away it's thoroughly cleaned. I've got enough to do without cleaning it again before using.

 

[larryspencer]

I usually just insert a pipe cleaner into stem/shank, to absorb any moisture, then clean the outside. The pipe cleaner is removed the next day.