Pipe Mud - Thanks!

[pdmus]

I thought I was carefully breaking in my newest pipe, but I found that I had a 1/16 inch deep, 1/8 inch wide, 1/2 inch long burn - DOH!!! Quite a hot spot!!! I remembered a thread here about pipe mud, I can't find the thread, but I remembered how to do it. I got an ashtray of a friend's cigar ashes, added a few drops of water, stirred it to a paste, filled the "hole" and got it very smooth. Let it dry for 2 days, then slowly filled the bowl, slowly smoked and it worked great! No more hot spot and the bowl now has a smooth cake after about 5 smokes.
THANKS to whoever put up the post about Pipe Mud!

 

[unclearthur]

Amazing stuff! Isn't it?

 

[fullbent]

So you're saying,cigar ash and water makes pipe mud?

 

[unclearthur]

Yep. The best all round cure for internal bowl problems.

 

[ace57]

Unclearthur, do You know who ever came up with pipe mud?

 

[thesmokindragon]

This stuff is killer, made some with a cigar/pipe bacci ash and honey/water mix for my cobs...done deal..this stuff again....killer!

 

[unclearthur]

The fella is a regular over on Smokers. Can't remember his name.

 

[fullbent]

Again,Ive learned something on here! :crazy: :worship: :mrgreen:

 

[pdmus]

I was in serious despair about the burn in the bowl, but the pipe mud totally fixed it - I'm smoking PS Navy Flakes in my new Savinelli Duca, sitting outside enjoying burn hole in pipe - what burn hole! Thanks for the pipe mud recipe and fix.