Has Scott over at Aristocob run out of pipe mud. There is no Add to Cart button under the photo of the pkts. of mud.
Pipe mud
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I learn something new at this site all the time. I had no idea you could buy pipe mud. I have never owned a pipe that needed it. What does something like that cost? I cannot imagine it being a lot.
Apparently it's useful for protecting or raising the floor of a cob, or for filling and protecting cracks or burnout areas in a briar. Here's a good thread on it.
Pipe Mud :: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
I think I need a little filler in the bottom of my bowl. I have heard ppl mention "pipe mud". Is this something u make yourself, or something u can buy?
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Don't smoke cigars so I use activated charcoal powder and food-grade gum arabic to make pipe mud. Also use the charcoal with super glue to fill tooth dents.
If there's no material lost and only a dent, they can be lifted with heat.
Thanks for that, gents.
I've used the mud that Mike, at Canerod Piper has put up for our use.
A good tutorial, with the recipe is provided. Check it out here:-
I've used the mud that Mike, at Canerod Piper has put up for our use.
A good tutorial, with the recipe is provided. Check it out here:-
I bought an estate pipe once and the seller used pipe mud in the bottom of the bowl. The first bowl I went to smoke the mud turned to a find powder and filled my mouth. i to this day don’t know what the guy actually did but after scrapping the remainder of the stuff out of the bowl there was no reason at all that he even added it.
Good suggestions… I’ve used organic sour cream and activated charcoal capsules for a coating, which worked fine.
I've done the same - you can also get black cyanoacrylate that works wonders on repairing tooth marks. Buff it out and you can't see it.
Don't know anything about "pipe mud", but do have some experience with fixing briars.
About 25 years ago I had a Castello Sea Rock calabash that developed a blockage in the draft hole down near the bottom of the bowl. It was stubborn so I decided to bring out the big gun and drill it out using my drill press. For the first and only time in my life I made a measurement error in drilling a pipe and put a hole right through the bottom front of the bowl. So, instead of getting upset or throwing away a nice pipe, I fixed it. I took a large wooden match, covered it with super glue, stuck it all the way in the hold, let it dry and then cut away the excess in the bottom of the bowl, touched up the outside with a black magic marker and that was that. To this day I smoke it frequently and I would defy anyone to spot the repair.
The moral of the story is... don't be to quick to give up on a damaged pipe.
Never needed. I guess I could find a reason to fiddle with my pipes, but why bother? They smoke fine as it is.
I just made some to line a pipe that has a section of very fine grain that acts as an open window letting the heat out so the pipe can't be touched. It even bubbled the varnish it was so hot with sipping. I'm hoping a layer of protection will tone down the heat in that section so I don't get a burn out.
