PLS HELP! Is this normal to happen inside the bowl?

[Xadyx]

Hey guys! So I bought this pipe a couple weeks ago (It's a Molina) and it smokes great, but today I noticed it developed this orange/brownish stain inside the the top part of the bowl. I clean the pipe everyday after smoking it because I don't like to build too much cake, and I take pretty good care of her, but even after using a damp soft cloth, the stain won't go away. Is it normal? Is there any other solution to get rid of it?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looks like you wiped away the chamber coating and exposed the briar underneath. Was the chamber black when new?

 

[Xadyx]

Looks like you wiped away the chamber coating and exposed the briar underneath. Was the chamber black when new?

Yes it was sir. The owner of the shop said they came pre carbonized. Do you think there's anything I can do to fix this?

 

[Brendan]

Yeah... looks like bare wood.
Ironically all you can do is smoke it to build a cake layer.

 

[Coreios]

I agree, the coatings gone. Recoat it yourself or build up a carbon cake. Not a big deal though.

 

[Xadyx]

Yeah... looks like bare wood.
Ironically all you can do is smoke it to build a cake layer.

Will I be able to still use a paper towel and a pipe cleaner after every bowl to keep the pipe clean?

 

[Xadyx]

I agree, the coatings gone. Recoat it yourself or build up a carbon cake. Not a big deal though.

Probably a hard question, but how does one recoat a pipe?

 

[Coreios]

Will I be able to still use a paper towel and a pipe cleaner after every bowl to keep the pipe clean?

Theres your problem dont use a paper towel. Just smoke it and lightly go around the inside with a pipe cleaner. You're being too aggressive. It'll cake back up and be fine.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Do you think there's anything I can do to fix this?

Probably a hard question, but how does one recoat a pipe?

Smoke it until it's black again.

Ye

Will I be able to still use a paper towel and a pipe cleaner after every bowl to keep the pipe clean?

Yep

 

[Chasing Embers]

using a damp soft cloth

That'll remove everything in the chamber, just use a dry one.

 

[Xadyx]

Theres your problem dont use a paper towel. Just smoke it and lightly go around the inside with a pipe cleaner. You're being too aggressive. It'll cake back up and be fine.

Smoke it until it's black again.

Ye

Yep

That'll remove everything in the chamber, just use a dry one.

Noted! From now on I will only be using dry pipe cleaners and paper towels if necessary. Hopefully I can get that bowl color back to black again!

Thank you guys for all the help.

Happy smokes!

 

[ashdigger]

Just smoke some Prince Albert or similar Burley and you’ll have cake lickety split.

 

[UB 40]

Probably a hard question, but how does one recoat a pipe?

Just smoke it! A carbon layer will build up while smoking. And of course you can wipe the inside of the bowl as you used to do. You don’t need a thick cake to build up.

 

[OzPiper]

Noted! From now on I will only be using dry pipe cleaners and paper towels if necessary. Hopefully I can get that bowl color back to black again!

Thank you guys for all the help.

Happy smokes

There is a camp that likes bowl coatings and another that don't.
Quite a few go out of their way to buy pipes with uncoated chambers or will remove the coating with sandpaper if there is one.
I have to admit I removed the coating of a (new) pipe because the first smoke with it was so putrid.

So you have just done unintentionally what a few do on purpose
Absolutely no harm done to your pipe at all.

Just load it up and smoke it.
Be careful to sip and not puff excessively and over heat the chamber.
You don't want to scorch the wood.

It's often enough to use one or two doubled over cleaners to clean out the chamber after each smoke.
I use scrunched up paper towels only if the chamber is particularly ashy or dirty (infrequently).

Happy puffing

 

[ThermionicScott]

If it helps, I prefer to think of myself as "brushing" out the remaining dottle and ash, rather than "wiping" it out. You don't need to scrub, unless your goal is to prevent cake buildup.

 

[anotherbob]

normal? Nope. But I don't think any of us are. It's not typical to try to keep a pipe as close to brand new as possible. It's your pipes and all that. But if you do things differently then you're more likely to run into issues other people don't. The pipe looks fine. If you look at raw briar like a lot of wood it can have different shades. Or in other words it's just the wood. And something about burning leaves in there might also discolor it too.

 

[telescopes]

You didn't ruin anything. I agree with ash digger -

Just smoke some Prince Albert or similar Burley and you’ll have cake lickety split.

There was a movie once, I think it had Kevin Costner in it. He heard some words that talked about this very topic. "If you smoke it, the cake will come."

I am pretty certain that's what he heard.

 

[ashdigger]

Y

You didn't ruin anything. I agree with ash digger -

There was a movie once, I think it had Kevin Costner in it. He heard some words that talked about this very topic. "If you smoke it, the cake will come."

I am pretty certain that's what he heard.

You hit it out of the cornfield with that reference

 

[bullet08]

Some wants bare wood.. Some wants carbon layer.. Some wants honey and other.. We see them all!

Just smoke the pipe. Nothing wrong with that. After awhile, it will turn black again. You can keep on cleaning as you have, but you don't have to scrub it down to bare wood.

 

[STP]

As mentioned, you just exposed the briar. It’s normal, and I have also removed the pre-carbonized coating while cleaning without having any issues. Cake will eventually form, but if you’re still concerned, then you can coat it yourself. I used the below technique on pipes without coatings in the past with good results: