Moldy Smelling Pipe

[pipedreams101]

Hey guys... i bought a little bent bulldog pipe off ebay to use as a knock around pipe for fishing and such. The pipe was in need of a good cleaning so i took the normal route, 3 salt treatments for the bowl, 2 oxy baths for the stem and two retorts til the alcohol came out nice and clean. The pipe turned out very nice, i was so pleased with myself on my first restore.....until i put the pipe to my lips. it has a faint "musty" tasting draw to it, i did a couple more retorts but cannot get it to go away. any suggestions as to what i need to do to help this pipe out? or am i just being picky and really its clean, just need to smoke a few bowls through it re break it in??

 

[kyletheaviator]

just need to smoke a few bowls through it re break it in??

That's what I'd do, but I'm no expert on the matter. All the estates I've picked up were in great conditions and needed little to no restore.

 

[pipedreams101]

thanks, ill just suck it up and smoke it a couple times to see whats up. i an inhaler and couldnt get the thought of moldy spores intering my lungs..thought id better ask for some advise before i stared smoking it lol

 

[pipedreams101]

Thanks, i dont believe this particular pipe is worth the investment of an ozone treatment, although i hear good things about the process and wal,ker briar works. i got it for a couple bucks and wanted to see if i had the knack for restoring or not. i have other pipes ofcourse and i am not too dependant on this little guy. so no worries if it manages to fall in the trash lol

 

[msandoval858]

After all that cleaning, I'd say just run a couple of bowls of a nice heavy latakia blend through it. That should knock it out.

 

[pipedreams101]

the closest thing i have to a heavy latakia right now is some epiphany. i give it a go...thanks

 

[papaskittles]

ouch tough break...

Goodluck!

 

[tbradsim1]

Sometimes a old home remedy is cheaper and effective, soak your stem in a strong lemon water mixture, if your shank is clean that might do the trick Tbradsim the old cajun

 

[hobie1dog]

Yeah, Oxiclean ( peroxide will kill everything )

 

[pipedreams101]

lemon water is a good idea... thanks

 

[grizzly86]

Try some high proof alcohol, just enough to coat the bowl don't soak it, and set it on fire. Do it a couple times then set it aside for a few days. I had to do this on a Sav my grandfather gave me that had been sitting around his house for 20+ years.

 

[pipedreams101]

thats a good idea as well grizz, ill add it to my arsenal of ideas! lol...thanks

 

[ace57]

I had one like that and came up with a way to make the yuk go away. I used cooking vanilla in the bowl and stem, let it soak for a day then cleaned out the stem but just smoked it out of the bowl, it did a good job for Me.

 

[nsfisher]

I am pretty sure there is gunk in the shank. That ALWAYS makes the pipe funky and ppl miss it when they clean. Alochol and q-tips over and over and over.

 

[pipedreams101]

thanks for all the input guys...any more suggestions are welcome, but i tell ya what i did. I took some listerine and soaked the bowl for a few mins and poured it out the shank, then used a listerine soaked pipe cleaner sit in the stem for awhile and did the same in the shank of the pipe...so far so good i think i solved it. gonna let it sit for a while and dry out and see how it goes. the mustiness seems to have gone away. plus there is a nice little minty freshness to draw lol. that i know i can smoke out. thanks again guys and any more comments or suggestions are always welcome.

 

[taerin]

Jeez, around here I would be very scared to do something like that, we are at 60-80% humidity all year round pretty much. Putting a product mostly water into a pipe sounds like a sure way to crack the bowel. Some of my pipes crack anyway just from the humidity.

 

[pipedreams101]

Wow, never thought of that!! I'll be a little more careful next time. this pipe has become an experiment for me now, so i was just trying whatever. kinda glad it didnt crack though..thinks for the input.