Medico Pipe Restoration

[AlabamaDan]

A 30 hour salt bath must be perfect. The chamber came out clean and smell free.

 

[mikethompson]

An set-it-and-forget it salt bath works wonders on estate pipes.

 

[seanv]

Keep the updates coming. What are your plans for the rim?

 

[AlabamaDan]

Keep the updates coming. What are your plans for the rim?

Well obviously it needs to be sanded down and then reshaped. That will also result in having to probably sand the entire stummel and dye. However, that's a little advanced for where I'm at right now. I'm also thinking about once it is fully clean and sterilized I might just smoke it.

 

[joeman]

Those Medico stems are plastic. I learned the hard way some years ago.

 

[AlabamaDan]

So after dumping The salt I decided to clean the outside of the stummel with Murphy’s soap. I put a cork in the chamber and three Q-tips in the stem. A small drop of Murphy’s is more than enough lots of wiping and then polishing with a clean soft rag.

 

[AlabamaDan]

Next I went after the stem with micro meshpads working my way up.

 

[AlabamaDan]

For now anyway I decided to leave the touring on the rim and just polish it. I kind a like the patina look.

 

[AlabamaDan]

The rim is charred and really needs to be sanded off. But I’m not advanced enough for that year. Besides, I kinda like it. I dunno. I did polish it more. It’s done for now.

 

[augiebd]

Nice job, sometimes I don’t get too aggressive to remove all the wear and tear if it means it will alter the pipe too much or if I like the effect created.

 

[AlabamaDan]

Nice job, sometimes I don’t get too aggressive to remove all the wear and tear if it means it will alter the pipe too much or if I like the effect created.

Thats what I was thinking too. It’s got some character.

 

[AlabamaDan]

Here are full size pics.