Its been a long time....

[patriotfirst]

Sorry I haven't been around the forum for a while, I have been doing a lot of travel for work. I have been thinking about getting another pipe, have 6 now that I have accumulated over the past year or so...and yes one of them is a cob, which is my old reliable.
Since my ADD is about to kick in, I have a question to ask the SMEs (Subject matter experts) in regards to meershaum pipes. The other day or so I decided to smoke a fresh bag of Dunhill Vanilla (very good by the way) in my meershaum and noticed that somehow I have a blue stain on it. Not sure how it got there since I havent touched it in a long time, but was wondering if anyone knows how I can get rid of it? I'm sure that if I am able to get rid of that stain then I am going ot have to recoat it with beeswax to preserve it. I had this thing for about a year and it's starting to turn brown. The only thing that bothers me is that I have that darn blue spot on it. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[hobie1dog]

welcome back

 

[fred]

Welcome back to the fold...! Regarding the blue stain, does it wipe off with a bit of your saliva on a clean white cotton rag? Where is the stain on the Pipe & is there something with this blue color in the case? Have you tried using a bit of Everclear on a clean white cotton rag with any degree of success? You can always apply white Beeswax to the Pipe, while smoking it to provide a protective surface for the Block, but I'm not sure if this is something that would best be done until after the stain is removed. Let us know what happens with your attempts to clean the Pipe. Photos would help...