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Cake is very dependent on what and how you smoke. A virginia pipe will have a hard, thin (almost non-existent) cake, glassy, and a burley pipe will have great thick gobs of carbonized stuff on the walls. I don't keep a certain amount of cake, I try to get my pipes used to the heat of smoking, slowly break them in that way.
No cake here. Used to do cake. Nowhere nearly as much as @didimauw . That dude loves some cake! ? Now I wipe out the chamber after every bowl. I found a thin carbon layer can still hold onto the “flavor mojo“ without taking up room in the chamber.
I have also found that the "room note" is better without the cake.
What tobaccos do you smoke? Cake development is greatly impacted by the blend. Some form great quantities of soft and relatively low-grade cake, while others form little, but dense cake.
I agree with the paper towel recommendation. Interestingly, the renowned and retired pipe repairman, Ronni B, shared his method with me. He uses a green Scotch-Brite pad. Not a hard scrubbing, but enough to remove the soft undesirable cake. I’ve been using it for a few weeks. It works a spot better than paper towels for me.
? I think I see the problem; try not leaving your cob in the rain. ?
I do the same regimen, not much of a cake on my pipes, no damaged pipes, always fresh & ready for the next bowl.
Pipes are like ass cracks. Some wipe em good, some don’t wipe em at all.
It's kind of fun to build a cake, but it can be a pain to remove it later on. Because of the tobaccos I smoke my cake is always tarry, moist, and sticky. So I don't like to wipe the bowl with paper towel or anything because it will leave little white specks stuck to the cake. Normally I don't do any cleaning on my pipes. I don't even use a pipe cleaner down the stem. Just knock the dottle and ash out, blow through the stem and out the bowl.
Eventually the cake gets out of hand and I will ream it down a bit or completely remove it all by using water and rags and q-tips. If you get the cake really wet it will just wipe right out leaving you with bare briar.
Eventually the cake gets out of hand and I will ream it down a bit or completely remove it all by using water and rags and q-tips. If you get the cake really wet it will just wipe right out leaving you with bare briar.
am I the only one that enjoys reaming their pipes? There is something very pleasant about it to me. Love the little mountain of black carbon.
As long as you smoke, the cake will build, no matter what you do, no matter what you smoke, no matter how you smoke (unless you use sandpaper, as the captain said above). This is what I believe.
After each smoke, I always clean the bowl with a paper towel, but a hard cake always builds up.
In this pipe i only smoked 8-10 bowl. Also this pipe had no coating from the factory. the briar was clear.
In this pipe i smoked around 30 bowl.
I've had this pipe for 2-2.5 years, and I've smoked it much longer. I have also sanded it 1-2 times with sandpaper.
After each smoke, I always clean the bowl with a paper towel, but a hard cake always builds up.
In this pipe i only smoked 8-10 bowl. Also this pipe had no coating from the factory. the briar was clear.
In this pipe i smoked around 30 bowl.
I've had this pipe for 2-2.5 years, and I've smoked it much longer. I have also sanded it 1-2 times with sandpaper.
Or could be some tobaccos with say higher sugar contents, VA / VaPers cake more because of the sugar burning and making goo?