Thank goodness this is a $9.00 pipe! Bowl reamed, stumble cleaned with Murphy’s oil soap, sand with micro mesh, rub a bit of mineral oil, salt alcohol soaking... all good so far.
Stem, soaked in oxiclean, sanded all the way through micro mesh pads 12000. Rouge, obsidian oil, wipe, wax, buff, looks good... pipe cleaner won’t pass. Add alcohol (to stem not me) no go. Ahhh maybe a wire will go through, saw a bit and break up whatever is clogging. Wire, no problem. Okay what if I wrap wire around bristle pipe cleaner, mid way through wire, pull through. Okay wire through, pipe cleaner not so much! Genius, pull harder... add alcohol to stem, pull...pop! Top of button flies off. Wait it gets worse....
Attempt to super glue piece back as it fits perfectly. Tiny dab of super glue around edges...and thumb stuck to stem! Sand skin off and call it a day! Hopefully the bowl will come out nice and I can have the stem replaced by a pro. Live and learn. Pipe pics are the before pics.
Stem, soaked in oxiclean, sanded all the way through micro mesh pads 12000. Rouge, obsidian oil, wipe, wax, buff, looks good... pipe cleaner won’t pass. Add alcohol (to stem not me) no go. Ahhh maybe a wire will go through, saw a bit and break up whatever is clogging. Wire, no problem. Okay what if I wrap wire around bristle pipe cleaner, mid way through wire, pull through. Okay wire through, pipe cleaner not so much! Genius, pull harder... add alcohol to stem, pull...pop! Top of button flies off. Wait it gets worse....
Attempt to super glue piece back as it fits perfectly. Tiny dab of super glue around edges...and thumb stuck to stem! Sand skin off and call it a day! Hopefully the bowl will come out nice and I can have the stem replaced by a pro. Live and learn. Pipe pics are the before pics.