Peterson’s Explains The Black Bowl Coating!

[FurCoat]

Better add a prop 65 warning to that, I am pretty sure that is known to cause cancer in the state of California.

I don't live in Cali so I'm good

 

[FurCoat]

Unbelievable, and yet another reason why I'll continue to avoid "peterson."

I wouldn't necessarily avoid them. The pipes are great now that the coating has been removed. I personally remove all bowl coatings and right or wrong, lightly coat with honey. I see your point though

 

[Ctbill]

I have a few Petes, and every new one has had the black liner crap removed before the first smoke. I want briar to break in,
and season, not “craptastic” black coating...
Thereafter - I love my Petes.

 

[Worknman]

Can't we just get a natural bowl without a bunch of crap plastered in for no apparent reason other than to aggravate people?

 

[danimalia]

I prefer my bowls uncoated, but my newer Petes had this coating and it actually does seem to cause a cake to form faster. No goo or weird flavors that I noticed, though I may not be all that sensitive to such things.

 

[anotherbob]

I prefer my bowls uncoated, but my newer Petes had this coating and it actually does seem to cause a cake to form faster. No goo or weird flavors that I noticed, though I may not be all that sensitive to such things.

it added a tiny bit of harshness to my first couple bowls and honestly the cake did form quickly and maybe more importantly shockingly in a very uniform manner. My other pipes the cake is pretty close to even but in the pete it's bizarrely even.

 

[maduromadness]

I noticed that too, my older Petersons never had a grit to the bowl coating. The new ones did...wasn't sure if I cared for it because those grits will accumulate more readily. In the end they all smoked great. Still prefer uncoated bowls but I feel like I dont have have to baby them initially when they are coated.

 

[bullet08]

Peterson natural finishes don't have coating. But in the end, it just doesn't make any difference. They all, almost all, smoke great. Someone open a new thread to bitch about their stem. Peterson's weak point is their ability to form/cut a straight stem. As much as I love Peterson, some of their stems just piss me off. Don't get me wrong, they smoke great. They are just not straight.

 

[fightnhampster]

It’s been a long time since I purchased a Peterson’s, but I made a purchase last month from SPC for a ‘Speciality Smooth Belgique Fishtail’.

When I received the pipe I noticed the bowl coating was very shiny with a coarse texture, it looked odd to say the least, like plastic.

After smoking a few bowls, I noticed it disappearing, and the bottom of the bowl getting gooey and sticky.

I took some 100 proof vodka and cleaned it all out, and I was much happier.

I contacted Peterson’s to find out about this coating.

They told me, that in all their pipes that have black bowls, this coating is a wax mixture of gum arabic, charcoal and water.

Happy Puffing!

Interesting! I have a Brebbia I am breaking in that had that same thing happen at the bottom of the bowl the first time I smoked it. That must have been what it was.

 

[sumusfumus]

95% of everything is, bullsh*t! Including, most, if not all, of those unprovable-anecdotal, myths of pipe-smoking.

"Sell the sizzle, not the steak".

 

[kola]

The new line of the Bubble Gum Petes.