Pipe Mortar Problem

[CocI<King]

Hello Everyone, Wrong section to post this but i'll introduce myself a little in short i've been smoking pipes for 6 months i am pretty new to it but i've smoked cigars for 16 years. I recently started to smoke corn cobs after buying a dozen Briar Pipes. Last week i watched CaneRodpiper video about pipe mortar to Mod one of my cob. I mixed everything right with precision but everytime the mix is drying it all crumble back to powder is the plaster bad or something. I tried everything more water less water..... Sorry for my English im French from Canada. Thank You All

 

[BrightDarkEyes]

Did you use a scale to weigh the ingredients for the pipe mortar? I have used CaneRodPiper’s mortar with success before.

Maybe post a picture of or let us know the ingredients you are using.

 

[The Libertine]

Hello Everyone, Wrong section to post this but i'll introduce myself a little in short i've been smoking pipes for 6 months i am pretty new to it but i've smoked cigars for 16 years. I recently started to smoke corn cobs after buying a dozen Briar Pipes. Last week i watched CaneRodpiper video about pipe mortar to Mod one of my cob. I mixed everything right with precision but everytime the mix is drying it all crumble back to powder is the plaster bad or something. I tried everything more water less water..... Sorry for my English im French from Canada. Thank You All

Nice to have you in the forum. I'm from Paris and split my time between there and NYC.

Using a scale as @BrightDarkEyes is what you need. A list of ingredients and pictures always helps.

 

[bullet08]

Something broken in your cob? Usually, I just smoke my cobs without much bother. Typically, it smokes fine without any help.

 

[BingBong]

Something broken in your cob? Usually, I just smoke my cobs without much bother. Typically, it smokes fine without any help.

Tbh, if I broke a cob or had a bad smoker, I'd bin it and buy another.

 

[Green Hill Hermit]

You shouldn't have to mud a cob after six months, scrap it and buy a better cob

 

[CocI<King]

I mesured everything right with a scale im doing the experiment by curiosity the cob is new. The plaster looks hard and smooth by itself but when i add in the charcoal its like there is to much of it its flaking of and breaking. I will try too cut back on charcoal and disolve the salt in water before hand.

The list is 1g plaster 0.6g activated charcoal and 0.5g table salt his original recipe

 

[kcghost]

I don't understand why you are spending a minute repairing a cob. Buy another one and quit this foolishness.

 

[CocI<King]

I don't want to repair it, i want to mod it make a flat bottom

 

[renfield]

I’ve used a Forster bit to remove the bit of wooden shank that sticks into the bowl on new cobs. It’s going to burn away anyways. That leaves a flat bottom on day one. No problems with the bottom burning out after many years, no pipe mud required.

 

[CocI<King]

Thanks for the info good to know.