Finish Bubbling on Kaywoodie Supergrain 71

[Dreadlock Holmes]

I recently got my first Kaywoodie, a 71 (I believe) Supergrain with an Oval Shank. Estate pipe, possibly from late 60s (?). Smokes like an absolute dream, maybe better than a lot of my newer pipes. It's hot in my house, 78 at night - air conditioner ain't working. So I went out for a night stroll. I'd really been loving this pipe for two days when I noticed something. Bubbles forming under the finish. I could literally watch liquid almost seem to drip and them merge together. I half a mind to actually try lancing it with a lancet and then peeling it back. Before waxing it with something.

WHAT should I do?

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

I paid about $30 for this pipe originally.

 

[Waning Embers]

Wipe it away with a cloth and acetone.

 

[didimauw]

Yup I agree with the acetone. Get rid of it all. Then if able put some caranauba on it. I had a Rossi do the same thing. It looked so much better afterwards.

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

Yup I agree with the acetone. Get rid of it all. Then if able put some caranauba on it. I had a Rossi do the same thing. It looked so much better afterwards.

Could I put the acetone on a q tip and daub it on?

How much acetone do I want to put on this rag if I do it that way?

AND - is this why so many people claimed briar needs to breathe?

 

[Waning Embers]

How much acetone do I want to put on this rag if I do it that way?

I just hold a towel over the mouth of the container and tip the container for a few seconds.

AND - is this why so many people claimed briar needs to breathe?

No, briar doesn't breath. That was just the result of air bubbles in the lacquer they used.

 

[Waning Embers]

I've removed the lacquer on a few pipes but never waxed them. I just rubbed them down with a jeweler's cloth afterwards.

 

[didimauw]

Could I put the acetone on a q tip and daub it on?

How much acetone do I want to put on this rag if I do it that way?

AND - is this why so many people claimed briar needs to breathe?

It doesn't take much. I used a rag. And it evaporates quickly if you use too much on accident.

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

I've removed the lacquer on a few pipes but never waxed them. I just rubbed them down with a jeweler's cloth afterwards.

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And no wood stains ever came off? That's what I thought coatings were supposed to keep on. Maybe the industrial scale pipe making is different. I certainly know I needed my shellac when I rusticated stained a pipe with leather dyes.

 

[lestrout]

Was that KW overcoated after manufacture?

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

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Was that KW overcoated after manufacture?

Don't have any idea on that particular.

 

[Waning Embers]

And no wood stains ever came off?

Nope

That's what I thought coatings were supposed to keep on.

Just there to make them shiny.

I certainly know I needed my shellac when I rusticated stained a pipe with leather dyes.

Set them with fire and they shouldn't bleed.

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

Nope



Just there to make them shiny.



Set them with fire and they shouldn't bleed.

Well, I had done just that, BUT it kept staining my hands anyway until I sealed it shellac

 

[Waning Embers]

Well, I had done just that, BUT it kept staining my hands anyway until I sealed it shellac

Interesting. After flame setting and buffing, I just applied carnauba with no issue.



How heavily did you apply the stain?

 

[Waning Embers]

@Dreadlock Holmes BTW, NEVER cut that hair! Looks awesome!

 

[xrundog]

Well, I had done just that, BUT it kept staining my hands anyway until I sealed it shellac

You might have used too much stain. Use a wee dram and dilute it with alcohol. A brisk rubdown with a soft cloth and it should be good.

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

@Dreadlock Holmes BTW, NEVER cut that hair! Looks awesome!

 

[Dreadlock Holmes]

Interesting. After flame setting and buffing, I just applied carnauba with no issue.

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How heavily did you apply the stain?

I just eyeballed pouring some in a mason jar in my basement, then poured in 99% iso until I thought it was light enough. Then used the dauber from the bottle. I slapped some on holding it with pliers. Then over a aluminum pan with a lighter giving me a fine light blue flame.

 

[Waning Embers]

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I used to have waist length hair but I let my son cut it. I'd like to let it grow back out but once it gets to a certain length it drives me crazy and I have to cut it. Consider me envious.

 

[Waning Embers]

I just eyeballed pouring some in a mason jar in my basement, then poured in 99% iso until I thought it was light enough. Then used the dauber from the bottle. I slapped some on holding it with pliers. Then over a aluminum pan with a lighter giving me a fine light blue flame.

I apply stain with a doubled pipe cleaner. I first dip the pipe cleaner in denatured alcohol then into the stain.