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Is Cake Important? Why?
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Next years Super Bowl half time show?
My theory is engineer. He tests his ideas, he eschews heuristics for measurements, and he practices pedantry like a lifestyle. The sheer persistence with which he reminds people that they can put their location in their profile suggests he has a seat on the spectrum next to mine. The seat is probably even labelled with his name.
My theory is engineer. He tests his ideas, he eschews heuristics for measurements, and he practices pedantry like a lifestyle. The sheer persistence with which he reminds people that they can put their location in their profile suggests he has a seat on the spectrum next to mine. The seat is probably even labelled with his name.
Repetition is the key. Interesting why an fda agent would want us to wash our pipes and disclose our location.
There's a youtuber I discovered, dsociald, who claims: "I don't believe in cake". His pipes are always just barely singed wood, never any cake allowed. Personally all my pipes have cake, but I feel like every pipe smoking belief I have could well in fact be a lie/based on confusion, so I'm willing to run some future tests, in the pursuit of science. Will share my findings, because ya know, peer review is crucial. 
I just want to know where jpmcwjr is getting all of these scientific measuring devices. He is so precise with his moisture content data and temperatures... Are you an FDA plant? Come on, fess up.
Well, as to fessing up, I do occasionally make up way overly specific numbers to try to illustrate a point. My scientific equipment consists of a bunch of hygrometers, accurate scale, and a bunch of thermometers.
Maybe I should apply to the FDA for grant money??
Now we know you're not doing real science.
I believe a real thin cake is necessary just to protect the inside of the bowl from charing or burning. It also helps to keep the pipe cooler in hand.
Jef
Jef
I couldn't say if what I have in my pipe bowls is cake, properly considered, or not. I wipe my pipes out vigorously with a paper towel after each smoke, and whatever carbon layer is in them doesn't appear to be growing at any appreciable rate. It works for me, and my pipes taste good and stay cool based on my smoking style. Who could ask for anything more?
Cake happens. Sounds like your cake is perfectly baked.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
So just a simple question.Do you start paper towel reaming your pipes from the very first bowl,if it is a new unsmoked pipe.Or do you put a number of bowls through it then start to ream.
I have always done the shake ash routine but have decide to give the paper reaming a go
I have always done the shake ash routine but have decide to give the paper reaming a go
The hot water flush removes more ash than any other method, unless you spend a long time cleaning the pipe. You can then dry it with a paper towel, though I find that's unnecessary with a medium ambient humidity found in most households. (40-60% RH @ 70º).
I think it would be awfully damned disappointing to have a birthday party without cake.I know what i think, theres always the possibility that im delusional, id like to find out what you all think.
I hardly think about it at all. I normally just scrape the walls of the pipe to keep it smooth. so that keeps cake there but to a minimum with no regard to how much cake is there until I think it's getting too thick then I'll give it a good reaming. I've seen enough pictures of used and grotesque pipes full of cake that makes my stomach turn.
I scoop ash from the bowl, wipe it out with a rough paper towel, pipe cleaner the airway, polish the pipe. No cake, just a thin carbon layer that does the job. The chamber stays its original size. No reamer needed; I don't own one. Pipes look fine, some after 35 or 40 years. Smoke well. However, I sure wouldn't begrudge anyone cake building. Some love it, it's half the fun. Have at it, I say.
Every old timer who I really respected all said the same thing. A thin, nice hard cake will make your pipes smoke cooler and with more flavor. I have followed their advice for over 20 years and my pipes smoke great.
The only thing I do to create cake is after a smoke, I will take a couple of fluffy pipe cleaners, double them over and wipe the inside of the bowl getting rid of the ash and any loose tobacco. That is it, not a thing more.
I do know that my flakes and plugs build a nice hard cake fairly quickly.
The only thing I do to create cake is after a smoke, I will take a couple of fluffy pipe cleaners, double them over and wipe the inside of the bowl getting rid of the ash and any loose tobacco. That is it, not a thing more.
I do know that my flakes and plugs build a nice hard cake fairly quickly.
Actually, yes, you can. You don't see any cake in these, do you? ?
I follow the same approach as with briars: wet the inside of the chamber and then a firm scrubbing with paper towel.
Of course, cleaning cobs IS a PITA, specially when you get to the heel: the gunk is never ending:
Well, I never thought it was possible to keep cobs THAT clean.
Looks like a lot of work though.
I'm not a fan of building a cake wall but I don't mind the thinnest of layers on my cobs to fill in any pits or irregularities.
Every now and again I'll find that cake is building in certain spots in the bowl, not in a uniform way. [Aro's being the culprit]
Scraping off lumps with a pipe tool can cause damage if not careful.
Recently I won several pipe tools that included a small reaming tool that's a beauty. Perfect for getting rid of lumpy build ups without causing any damage to the chamber.
[The reaming tool is bottom, 2nd from the right off course]
Not a bad score for $9.50usd
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