Done Been Ghosted

[Snook]

Well, I finally got around to trying Rattray's Marlin Flake. It was excellent, but it ghosted my pipe like crazy. I've never experienced this before.

Any recommendations for getting the funk out? I tried searching on the forum and elsewhere, but couldn't really find any info other than it's most likely hanging out in the shank.

 

[The Benedictine]

Ghost? Smoke the hell out of it.

 

[Snook]

Ghost? Smoke the hell out of it.

That's more or less my plan as I am lazy.

 

[The Benedictine]

That's more or less my plan as I am lazy.

It does work. Try Five Brothers.

 

[LeafErikson]

1. Give it a deep cleaning with alcohol dipped pipe cleaners in the shank and stem (unless it’s acrylic then I would do soap and water).

2. Flush the pipe with warm water for a couple of minutes and let it rest and dry for a day.

3. Take wet coffee grounds and let them set in the bowl overnight.

 

[anotherbob]

1. Give it a deep cleaning with alcohol dipped pipe cleaners in the shank and stem (unless it’s acrylic then I would do soap and water).

2. Flush the pipe with warm water for a couple of minutes and let it rest and dry for a day.

3. Take wet coffee grounds and let them set in the bowl overnight.

the wet coffee grounds cured my sour pipe so. Could see it working on a ghost. If you've never had a pipe go sour it's terrible and persistent.

 

[shanez]

I don't think of Marlin Flake as a blend that ghosts so maybe your pipe just needs a good cleaning?

If not you could just keep smoking Marling Flake. It's great stuff.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I've never in my pipesmoking life heard of Marlin Flake ghosting a pipe. What does the ghost taste like... tobacco?

 

[Snook]

It does work. Try Five Brothers.

I've been meaning to try that one anyway. A good excuse!

1. Give it a deep cleaning with alcohol dipped pipe cleaners in the shank and stem (unless it’s acrylic then I would do soap and water).

2. Flush the pipe with warm water for a couple of minutes and let it rest and dry for a day.

3. Take wet coffee grounds and let them set in the bowl overnight.

I'll give this a whirl. I like the coffee ground idea. If it works to cleanse a sniffer, it probably works on a pipe too!

the wet coffee grounds cured my sour pipe so. Could see it working on a ghost. If you've never had a pipe go sour it's terrible and persistent.

Thankfully, I haven't... yet...

I don't think of Marlin Flake as a blend that ghosts so maybe your pipe just needs a good cleaning?

If not you could just keep smoking Marling Flake. It's great stuff.

I really enjoyed it, so this isn't a bad option! Hah.

I've never in my pipesmoking life heard of Marlin Flake ghosting a pipe. What does the ghost taste like... tobacco?

It kind of tastes the way that old people smell.

 

[anotherbob]

It kind of tastes the way that old people smell.

Oh man I was kidding when I said to add a layer of icy hot to your pipe chamber. So sorry I didn't think you'd take it seriously.

 

[romaso]

I'll second the wet coffee grounds suggestion, easy enough to do. But if it doesn't work, try the salt & alcohol method.

 

[Sig]

Just smoke through it.

 

[sunnysmokes]

Get a cob or meer

 

[LeafErikson]

If you've never had a pipe go sour it's terrible and persistent.

I used to just throw them away before joining this forum and learning some of the tricks. I used to just smoke 1 or 2 pipes until I tossed them. Now I mostly smoke meerschaum and have enough briars for them not to sour.

 

[damacene]

Weird, is it the Perique or the cavendish?

 

[Snook]

Weird, is it the Perique or the cavendish?

I guess it was the Perique.

 

[Briarcutter]

Yes, just smoke it. It can't be that bad if it was MarlIn flake. Not like it had decades of something grape smoked through it.

 

[LeafErikson]

I've never in my pipesmoking life heard of Marlin Flake ghosting a pipe. What does the ghost taste like... tobacco?

Idk man. I have a Tekin meerschaum that I’ve smoked at least 500 bowls of Pegasus through and it just kinda tastes like a little bit like Pegasus forever now. Haha.