New custom soft bits/stem repair material?

[organizedmadman]

(disclaimer: I do not work for any of the sellers or manufacturers of below mentioned products.)

I'm one of those guys who are constantly building/modifying/inventing/hacking random objects, in doing so I keep a list of certain "can't live without" items. Last night while smoking some luxury bullseye flake and stocking up on supplies, I had a sudden flash of inspiration! I believe two of my favorite materials would be great for pipe repair/customizing.

Say you have chewed through the acrylic stem of your trusty driving pipe, or need to fix a broken tennon, instamorph might work! www.instamorph.com

And for making a custom "softy bit" you could try some Sugru www.sugru.com

And there's probably a million other uses for this stuff in the pipe world too.
Do you guys think these would be helpful to the pipe smoking community?

 

[wildcat]

Your links link back to the forums. But I looked at the products. Interesting stuff. What have you used them for?

 

[phred]

Interesting - Sugru's not certified as food safe yet, but they're working on it. I've heard good things about the stuff, but haven't played with it yet.

 

[driftstage5]

I use heat shrink tubing on some of my pipe bits.

 

[wildcat]

I use heat shrink tubing on some of my pipe bits.

Ditto.

 

[organizedmadman]

I usually use heat-shrink tubing myself.

After some testing I realized he sugru isn't good for softie stems, I managed to chew it off pretty quickly. The instamorph however makes a pretty good stem parching material. I'm thinking about making a pipe stand out of it too.