Most pen making suppliers should have it, but for oxidation on stems it would be like painting over rust. The oxidation just keeps spreading if not removed.
Obsidian vs Mineral Oil on Stems
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First: I've no experience with using acetone on pipe stems but i used it for a lot of things on boats.
Be careful! Acetone will melt most plastics. It may also permanently soften them causing them to pick up grit, so you end up with something always sticky and akin to a sanding bar!
I put some on a white cotton shotgun patch and wiped down the stems, and what came off was the greenish-brown oxidation. as best as I could tell the stems were otherwise unaffected, there didn't appear to be any softening or pitting or other damage. Soaking them in acetone probably wouldn't be a good idea though. What I'm curious about - but haven't had a chance to test - is whether the pen potion step is even necessary. the next time I get an oxidized stem I think I'll just use the acetone patch and leave off the pen potion #9 step and see how it fares. it's possible that future oxidation will be greatly reduced since there isn't as much sulfur left at the surface (hence exposed to oxygen and water) to oxidize.
I just find it amusing that the same people espousing that $300 for an 8 oz bag of ESO isn’t bad when you consider there’s 226 g in that 8 oz bag, and at 3 g a bowl that comes out to about $4/bowl which is cheaper than a cigar. Yet $8 for a bottle of obsidian (which will last 6 months-year depending upon the size of your pipe collection) is somehow “too expensive”(?????)
I've been using the same bottle since 2012, it doesn't take that much.
I’ve over 80 pipes in my collection, and they all get used. I smoke about 2 bowls a day, though it spikes on the weekend /holidays/ vacation. So I use more than most would use I suppose (though there are plenty others on these forums with PAD so my estimate probably fits more pipers here than you’d think.
I've been up over 200 before throwing many of them out. I'm primarily not into anything but ebonite and cover the bottle mouth with my thumb before inverting it. I wipe all but a film from my thumb back into the bottle before applying the oil to a stem. I smoke a pipe five times+ per day and do a deep cleaning after each smoke applying oil to the stem after each smoke.
Wow, you’re cheaper than me? in all seriousness, I invert bottle over my index finger wipe over top and massage to the back. Then do a second coat on back and massage to front. So even with my generous use I still get almost a year out of my little bottle. Same tightwads that claim this stuff is “expensive” are probably reusing pipe cleaners too?
I've been up over 200 before throwing many of them out. I'm primarily not into anything but ebonite and cover the bottle mouth with my thumb before inverting it. I wipe all but a film from my thumb back into the bottle before applying the oil to a stem. I smoke a pipe five times+ per day and do a deep cleaning after each smoke applying oil to the stem after each smoke.
Wiping a stem down with a jeweler's cloth after smoking helps too.
Well, you should have been around here when tufftony was still a member.
There is a guy on a FB forum that reuses pipe cleaners.? Bought several Frog tins off me, smokes highend dunhills, and REUSES Pipe cleaners? He goes cheap, on the cheapest aspect of pipe smoking.Well, you should have been around here when tufftony was still a member.
tears would probably work too. I just use a damp cloth dampened with water from a spigot. And why would I do that? Boredom like this week has been slow because the students aren't here so I cleaned the rim of my Brebbia.Spit works great to clean the exterior of the stummel ( grimy rim ) with
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