Mixture 79 Ghost
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Washing the pipe out with hot water after salt treatment of any kind is a good practice. Then dry with paper towel, pipe cleaners for airway and Q-tips for the mortise.
Just as a historical note, that's the first time I've heard about ghosting problems with Mixture 79, plenty of jokes and negative comments, but never heard of it ghosting. Lakeland blends are famous for ghosting because they use uncommon flavorings. I guess M 79 does too? Any other problematical aromatics besides those? My pipes all retain a quiet tobacco smell after a good cleaning, after each instance or day of smoking. Despite a wide variety of blends, mostly non-aromatic, and a few aromatic, I have never had any carryover that bothered me, or even that I noticed. This is probably some insensitivity on my part, in which case, good.
I've never tried Mixture 79 but I've had several Estates, bought local and from afar with the same ghost that I assume were from the same oldtimey blend.
"In a serious vein, I do ask what's the problem with a bit of iodine in the salt? And why distilled water for rehydrating tobacco for that matter?"
Well said that man. It matters not that the salt be kosher or otherwise, likewise using distilled water. Two more myths surrounding pipe smoking that need either quashing or empirical evidence to support them.
However, like CE, I now use cotton wool balls though I did initially use (regular Saxa) table salt.
Regards,
Jay.
Well said that man. It matters not that the salt be kosher or otherwise, likewise using distilled water. Two more myths surrounding pipe smoking that need either quashing or empirical evidence to support them.
However, like CE, I now use cotton wool balls though I did initially use (regular Saxa) table salt.
Regards,
Jay.
Maybe the reason for distilled water is that likewise potable water is diverse. Some may have iron rich well water, or leaded city water, or bacterial infested, or hard, soft, etc... Distilled water might be just levelling the playing field, without added unexpected flavors or microbes to your smoke. Just a guess...
But, there are no hardfast rules in smoking. You can add Koolaid to your tobacco if you want.
But, there are no hardfast rules in smoking. You can add Koolaid to your tobacco if you want.
Fact: Mixture 79 is the only tobacco I've ever smoked that actually made me retch.
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I think people use kosher salt for deghosting because it doesn't contain iodine. Don't know if that's true or if it even matters.
Iodine keeps your pipe from catching gout.
Yeh, Mixture 79 is not the absolute worst tasting blend, but it's up there. If it were M79 or nothing, I'd just assume fill my pipe with yard clippings.
I have a respect for guys who smoke it. They could probably smoke axle grease and enjoy it. Tough guys like that.
Yeh, Mixture 79 is not the absolute worst tasting blend, but it's up there. If it were M79 or nothing, I'd just assume fill my pipe with yard clippings.
I have a respect for guys who smoke it. They could probably smoke axle grease and enjoy it. Tough guys like that.
There's also the charcoal method where you take activated aquarium charcoal, fill the bowl and then bake it in the oven on a low temp, apparantly it works well from reports here.
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@cosmicc: iodine prevents the pipe's neck from swelling with a goiter.
@jpmcwjr: yes, the mildew-scented (not mildewed) pipe was an eBay estate pipe from a seller in FL who must have stored it in his crawl space. I had to discard the pipe's original box. Since I wished to keep the pipe (GBD Collector Rock Root Oom Paul with a Perspex stem), I aggressively treated the mildew smell with baking soda & peroxide, 3-4 cycles, then a good washing with Castille soap & water, & a final rinse with grain alcohol.
In retrospect I should have just sent it out for ozonation as that would have been less of a headache.
@jpmcwjr: yes, the mildew-scented (not mildewed) pipe was an eBay estate pipe from a seller in FL who must have stored it in his crawl space. I had to discard the pipe's original box. Since I wished to keep the pipe (GBD Collector Rock Root Oom Paul with a Perspex stem), I aggressively treated the mildew smell with baking soda & peroxide, 3-4 cycles, then a good washing with Castille soap & water, & a final rinse with grain alcohol.
In retrospect I should have just sent it out for ozonation as that would have been less of a headache.
"Iodine keeps your pipe from catching gout." :rofl:
If all these naturally occurring elements in tap water are so dangerous we should refrain from using it to rehydrate tobacco why then not insist the tobacco plants themselves should be watered only with distilled water and not what falls from the sky and picks up said elements from the soil they grow in?
Regards,
Jay.
If all these naturally occurring elements in tap water are so dangerous we should refrain from using it to rehydrate tobacco why then not insist the tobacco plants themselves should be watered only with distilled water and not what falls from the sky and picks up said elements from the soil they grow in?
Regards,
Jay.
Forgot about activated charcoal. You could bake it, as noted, but you can also make a paste of it with water, spread it in the bowl and allow it to absorb the flavors/ghosts.
Activated charcoal mixed with plain, low- or non-fat yogurt also makes a great bowl coating.
Activated charcoal mixed with plain, low- or non-fat yogurt also makes a great bowl coating.
I too swear by cotton in place of salt. Works wonders and is so much easier. I actually have cotton pads that are for removing makeup that work quite well, as I don't like the feel of cotton balls when they squish. It is a strange textural thing for me.
If a plant is only fed distilled water, it will die. All living cells require a 15% salt solution to stay alive. I wasn't really thinking of the different waters as being unhealthy, (except maybe the lead) but by containing trace minerals that could disrupt the flavors. Nothing is nastier to my taste buds than iron water. My Great Grandmother's house as a kid had a well that was putrid with iron. It made the house stink and even the food stink. But, when I would bring it up, no one else seemed to be able to smell it. So, I think that some are more sensitive than others. Nowadays, I can even smell people that live near iron water wells. I can even smell it when we drive through iron rich areas in the state. Maybe it's because of all of the iodine in my diet. :
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"I actually have cotton pads that are for removing makeup that work quite well,..."
Crash, there is barely a square centimetre of your face left after the whiskers to apply any make up :wink:
"All living cells require a 15% salt solution to stay alive."
Cosmic, I can't put my finger on what I read or where I read it (am abed now) but that statement is actually incorrect. I shall speak with my pal at the next opportunity and try to find why it is incorrect.
Regards,
Jay.
Crash, there is barely a square centimetre of your face left after the whiskers to apply any make up :wink:
"All living cells require a 15% salt solution to stay alive."
Cosmic, I can't put my finger on what I read or where I read it (am abed now) but that statement is actually incorrect. I shall speak with my pal at the next opportunity and try to find why it is incorrect.
Regards,
Jay.
Sure, sure, it's possible. I'm going on basic Biology 101 from 30+ years ago. "Don't drink distilled water, don't put it in your eyes, don't water plants with it." Something about cells exploding trying to balance internal salt levels with the outside salt levels, and dehydrating when exposed to too much salt in the water surrounding the cells. 15% could be wrong... my old brain, ha ha.
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