How do I sterlise a pipe after a cold..?

[steamtrain]

I am afraid to use alcohol for fear of damage to the pipes brier so what should I do for the stem and bowl..

 

[pstlpkr]

I would recommend using your favorite spirits.

Just give the stem a good cleaning and run pipe cleaners dipped in your favorite spirit.

I use Ezra Brooks, but many here will recommend Everclear.

As for the bowl... just clean it as you would normally, you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[jimbo]

Methinks you are concerned about nothing.
The cold virus becomes inert after several hours in dry air. I wouldn't hesitate smoking a normally cleaned pipe that has had time to dry out.

 

[collin]

Fact: You cannot catch a cold from yourself, nor the same cold twice.
Once you are exposed to and suffer from a particular rhinovirus, your body produces anibodies that prevent you from ever getting that one again.

 

[mlaug]

Yep, Tommy is right.
1 down and another bajillion to go.

 

[steamtrain]

I want to resell the pipe in the future...I dont want someone dying from a retrovirus 50 years from now that was latent in my pipe that they picked up at a Anituique Shop. Some bugs can be latent for quite some time

 

[expatpipe]

Do what I do. Give your pipe a long hot bath. :laughat:

 

[zunismoke]

"Do what I do. Give your pipe a long hot bath. [:laughat:]"
That tub is very original! Looks like there is a line for the next bath too.

 

[bubbadreier]

I love the tiny bath tub! Plastic?

 

[lordnoble]

If you're REALLY concerned about it, send it over to Walker Briarworks for a few day in the ozone chamber. That'll kill damn near anything. It'll freshen your pipe too!
-Jason

 

[unclearthur]

If any germs can survive the tobaccos I smoke I figure that they have earned the right to give me a cold.

 

[hauntedmyst]

If any germs can survive the tobaccos I smoke I figure that they have earned the right to give me a cold.

lol true!

 

[collindow]

Woah, haunted, when did you get the "Resident Comedian" title! I mean, you have been the resident comedian since before I joined...but official recognition from the Man Upstairs!
On topic, I don't worry about it. The cold'll die after just a couple hours anywhere besides in the human body, so, eh.

And by God, briarbully, that bath tub is amazing. It has just about made my day.

 

[expatpipe]

nope, the tub is cast iron. I could not resist to buy it. The elderly fella at the antique shop said it was an advertisement novelty for a mans pipe back when bathtubs were still a luxury item to have at home. According to him, it is a very very old item. Sure seems like it, it is small and heavy. Feels the same as those old tubs too, lol.