Peterson SPD 2018 106 Gets A New Shade.

[craig61a]

A few years back I picked up a Peterson St. Patrick’s Day 106 in 2018 flavor as an estate unsmoked from Smokingpipes at a discount.

The color was faded to brown on the rear right quarter of the bowl. When I got it I noticed the stem was cockeyed - not coaxially aligned. Sagged down to the left. I opened the mortise and lined it with Acraglass, and placed the stem which was coated with release agent in there at the proper orientation. I moved it forward also to close the gap between the face of the tenon and the bottom of the mortise. It’s a straight shot in the airway and I can see a nice round hole all the way down to the chamber.

This afternoon I stripped off the discolored brown finish and cleaned and polished the stummel. The polyurethane finish that was on there had most of the laser engraved logo and nomenclature, so that’s pretty much a goner. That doesn’t really concern me though.

Wiped the stummel with acetone and heated it with a heat gun before applying the stain. Then I lightly scrubbed it with alcohol and a well used Scotch Brite pad to lighten and even out the stain. Took it to a bit lighter shade than I want it prior to final finish, since I will apply what will be a bit less than a 1/4 lb cut of blonde shellac to seal it. That and applying wax will darken the shade somewhat, so it’ll probably be right where I want it.

While I was waiting for the stummel to dry I funneled the opening in the bit and opened it a bit. I don’t like those key-slot cuts…

While I have a bunch of green stained Peterson SPD pipes, I wanted to smoke this 106, which I’ve already smoked anyways, on St. Patrick’s Day. And I wanted to accessorize with a traditional shade of green instead of a turd brown pipe…?

 

[craig61a]

I have a pipe I made out of Lilac several years ago that I stained green, and it has not turned brown, with the exception of the very edge of the rim, where the flame can lick at it.

If that happens I'll probably just stain the rim on this one black...

 

[captpat]

Lookin' good

 

[ssjones]

Looks good to me, if you like a Green pipe! Heating the briar does help the stain set and grab any grain, looks liek that worked too! I'm not sure about the Shellac coating afterward, but to each his own.

 

[Laurent]

Now that’s a St Patrick pipe!

 

[craig61a]

Looks good to me, if you like a Green pipe! Heating the briar does help the stain set and grab any grain, looks liek that worked too! I'm not sure about the Shellac coating afterward, but to each his own.

It's such a light coat of shellac it's for the most part imperceptible. I mix up a thin cut such as this when I stain boards. Prior to staining the boards, I coat the end grain with this, or in the case of something like pine, apply it to the whole board. It keeps the end grain from soaking up too much stain and becoming overly dark in relation to the rest of the piece, or blotchy in cases like pine.

My hope in this case is, that in addition to fixing the stain, the coverage will help in keeping the green stain from discoloring from heat. Perhaps by sealing the stain off from air. I don't know why green tends to turn brown when it heats up... It didn't so much on the other pipe, but this pipe will be a testbed.

Normally, I just stain, apply wax, and be done with it. It will be interesting to see what the results of this are.

 

[Laurent]

It's such a light coat of shellac it's for the most part imperceptible. I mix up a thin cut such as this when I stain boards. Prior to staining the boards, I coat the end grain with this, or in the case of something like pine, apply it to the whole board. It keeps the end grain from soaking up too much stain and becoming overly dark in relation to the rest of the piece, or blotchy in cases like pine.

My hope in this case is, that in addition to fixing the stain, the coverage will help in keeping the green stain from discoloring from heat. Perhaps by sealing the stain off from air. I don't know why green tends to turn brown when it heats up... It didn't so much on the other pipe, but this pipe will be a testbed.

Normally, I just stain, apply wax, and be done with it. It will be interesting to see what the results of this are.

Have you heard of shellawax? It’s none toxic after applied. It’s actually food and pharmaceutical grade. The second you hit it with a buffing wheel, it becomes hard and dry.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Really nice work Craig. The color pops. ?️

 

[craig61a]

Incidentally, I never had much of an interest in Black stained pipes, but The Pete Darwin with a Heritage finish I recently reworked and stained Black looks really sharp to me...

 

[craig61a]

Have you heard of shellawax? It’s none toxic after applied. It’s actually food and pharmaceutical grade. The second you hit it with a buffing wheel, it becomes hard and dry.View attachment 125160

Never heard of it. I'll stick with Carnauba for now, but I'll have to look into it. If it's a wax product that outlasts Carnauba, then perhaps I might use it. I usually buff my pipes after I smoke them just to keep them shiny and have a layer of wax on them to protect them. I have a Foredom pretty much dedicated to just that task...

 

[scloyd]

I had to Google the 2018 SPD pipe to see the original green. Quite a dark green. I like your green...it pops. Well done.

 

[Streeper541]

Looks like you did an excellent job freshening that pipe up.

 

[craig61a]

I had to Google the 2018 SPD pipe to see the original green. Quite a dark green. I like your green...it pops. Well done.

Thanks. Yes, the original finish was a dark shade of matte green. You'd hardly know it was green unless you were in relatively bright light.

 

[craig61a]

Finished up and slapped some Paragon wax on her… Thats the look I was going for.

 

[craig61a]

It’s officially a 106 again… ?

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Great job!

 

[AlanH]

Nice work!

 

[Infantry23]

That's a beautiful pipe! I'm green with envy!