Polishing Out an Old Stem

[ABel7son]

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Hi ,
I just bought myself an estate pipe off ebay . It is a Algerian Briar French pipe , but the stem has little bite marks and is dull around the mouth part . I don't know how it smokes yet and hopefully It will very well I heard good things about them . I have a Dremel so I like to polish the stem to make it decent to smoke before sending it out if I like it alot.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Photos would be a good thing.

Also:
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[ABel7son]

I don't expect to get the teeth marks out ( maybe a little dog used to smoke it ). and will show the pipe latter when I get it, in the appropriate sec. of the forum.

 

[jpmcwjr]

View attachment 59063I don't expect to get the teeth marks out ( maybe a little dog used to smoke it ). and will show the pipe latter when I get it, in the appropriate sec. of the forum.

Oh, my, that is a mess! if it were me, I'd rub a bit of mineral oil on the stem, buff lightly, and smoke. Why polish a turd, so to speak!

 

[ABel7son]

Oh, my, that is a mess! if it were me, I'd rub a bit of mineral oil on the stem, buff lightly, and smoke. Why polish a turd, so to speak!

I was hopping to get some of it out with a deeper treatment . I could possibly sand some of it out and then polish. But would need to know what types of Materials to use. I think that's what I'll do. There's plenty of sickness to improve it a lot it certainly will not be perfect but it won't be A {Turd} as you so delicately put it.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Was a bit over the top with the turd reference, perhaps!

In any event, it'd be a learning experience, but I doubt short of a titanic effort you can make that bit up bit look good.

 

[ChuckMijo]

That’s really not bad at all. Sounds like you don’t have experience repairing stems. So start by taking a hair dryer or heat gun to it. Don’t burn it, just heat it enough to raise the tooth chatter. See what results you get with that first. If it’s still not to you liking sanding and polishing are needed.

 

[ABel7son]

That’s really not bad at all. Sounds like you don’t have experience repairing stems. So start by taking a hair dryer or heat gun to it. Don’t burn it, just heat it enough to raise the tooth chatter. See what results you get with that first. If it’s still not to you liking sanding and polishing are needed.

Thanks, I own a heat gun and polishing compound fine sandpaper and files . you should see what I found on youtube, what people are doing and I'm glad you find it "not to bad " .

 

[Chasing Embers]

Also:
You can put your location in your Profile—(please!—because people will forget!) That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc., etc..
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.

Also:
The forum has a PM function that you can send this information with—(please!—that way it's not pasted to every other thread!)

 

[ChuckMijo]

That stem is a softball!! Enjoy and have fun !

 

[ABel7son]

That stem is a softball!! Enjoy and have fun !

Was a bit over the top with the turd reference, perhaps!

In any event, it'd be a learning experience, but I doubt short of a titanic effort you can make that bit up bit look good.

very expectable to me now . thank's

 

[mikethompson]

For light dents use a hair dryer or heat gun to carefully heat the stem. Sometimes the dents just pop out, other times they can be pushed up from underneath with a toothpick.

For deep holes, I fill it with black apoxy or POR-15, let dry, then sand down with varying grits of micromesh pads.

Then a final coat of mineral oil.

It will look good as new.

 

[jpmcwjr]

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very expectable to me now . thank's

Helluva good job!