New Pipe Stain/Dye (Fiebing's)

[driziv]

Hello all,

New to the forum - been a pipe smoker for a few years. Most of my pipes are Savinelli, a few Ser Jacopos and Radices. Just purchased a Northern Briars pipe and noticed there is a really strong (stain/dye) smell. There is no bowl coating on the inside but the smell is really strong on the outside of the bowl and shank. Not sure if it due to this being a recently stained/dyed pipe... I have never noticed such a strong smell from any of the dozen or so pipes I have had, not even the ones (Savinelli) that have a bowl coating.
Still a newbie to pipe smoking so not sure if this is something that will go away on its own? Any thoughts?

 

[Coreios]

Just my opinion but and I'm not a wood stain specialist, I think it would eventually have to air out and die.

 

[OzPiper]

Take the @Briar Lee approach and give it the steel wool and oil/wax treatment
Or you can wait patiently for the odour to dissipate on its own
Or place in a container with “Odour Eaters”

 

[OzPiper]

Take the @Briar Lee approach and give it the steel wool and oil/wax treatment
Or you can wait patiently for the odour to dissipate on its owN
Or place in a container with “Odour Eaters”. Anything that works with smelly shoes should find a smelly pipe to be a piece of cake

Sorry double post

 

[huntertrw]

If the pipe was over-stained, you can remove some of the excess by wiping the bowl with a paper towel saturated with Everclear grain alcohol. This should also help to reduce/eliminate the odor of the dye.

Once you have removed the over-stain to your satisfaction, wipe the bowl dry, and then wax.

 

[mikethompson]

If the pipe was over-stained, you can remove some of the excess by wiping the bowl with a paper towel saturated with Everclear grain alcohol. This should also help to reduce/eliminate the odor of the dye.

Once you have removed the over-stain to your satisfaction, wipe the bowl dry, and then wax.

Alcohol is very effective at removing stain. I'd give this a try.

 

[georged]

Whatever solvent was used to CARRY the pigment particles---alcohol, water, etc.---is long gone.

If what's remaining smells bad there are only two possible reasons:

1 -- the pigment particles are made from ground up durian husk

2 -- the briar absorbed something nasty at some point in its life, and is now outgassing

 

[alaskanpiper]

Hello all,

New to the forum - been a pipe smoker for a few years. Most of my pipes are Savinelli, a few Ser Jacopos and Radices. Just purchased a Northern Briars pipe and noticed there is a really strong (stain/dye) smell. There is no bowl coating on the inside but the smell is really strong on the outside of the bowl and shank. Not sure if it due to this being a recently stained/dyed pipe... I have never noticed such a strong smell from any of the dozen or so pipes I have had, not even the ones (Savinelli) that have a bowl coating.
Still a newbie to pipe smoking so not sure if this is something that will go away on its own? Any thoughts?

It’ll go away. Had new pipes show up smelling a little stain-like many times. It’s just because it was stained very recently. I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Like Alaskan Piper said, it will go away, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[Laurent]

Interesting, as pipe maker I have never noticed a stain smell after staining a pipe. I also use to own my own painting business and have stained lots of wood but, that stain is different. I use the fiebings stain but they make two types. One being the alcohol base, which is the one pipe makers use the other is not alcohol base. Is the pipe really shiny? Maybe it’s shellacked? And that’s what you’re smelling?

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!! I never had a pipe that carried a noticeable aroma.

 

[burleybreath]

I once bought a pipe from a well-known artisan pipe maker and it absolutely reeked of something, either a hellish alcohol compound or maybe a hydrocarbon of some sort. I gave it away after trying to smoke it a couple of times. I should probably have tried flaming it or baking it or something, but I was ticked.