Pre Packing Pipe

[jpmcwjr]

I clean my pipes next day because they say not to remove the stem when it’s still warm as it could cause stem fit to become loose. Is this going to cause my pipes to taste funny? If so I need to clean them after an hour.

Also my cleaning is simply running pipe filters through. I don’t use alcohol or any liquid, just dry cleaners. I don’t clean out any ash or cake from the bowl walls. My pipes are cobs and only 4 months old.

Removing ash is critical for not creating a weak layer of cake.

A hot water flush is the easiest way to accomplish that, and there are other benefits, such as having a cleaner airway.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

You can pack a ? or whatever with RR or whatever and it’ll be fine the next morning without putting a ziplock on it. ️

 

[Old_Newby]

Removing ash is critical for not creating a weak layer of cake.

A hot water flush is the easiest way to accomplish that, and there are other benefits, such as having a cleaner airway.

How often do you flush your pipes and do you flush cobs? I simply blow out the bowl ensure ash is gone. I don’t wipe it out but should I with a lint free rag?

 

[Misanthrope]

I clean my pipes next day because they say not to remove the stem when it’s still warm as it could cause stem fit to become loose. Is this going to cause my pipes to taste funny? If so I need to clean them after an hour.

Also my cleaning is simply running pipe filters through. I don’t use alcohol or any liquid, just dry cleaners. I don’t clean out any ash or cake from the bowl walls. My pipes are cobs and only 4 months old.

I pretty much do it right after smoking, every single time, and I haven't really run into any issues with stems getting too loose or whatever. The one pipe I had with a loose stem came like that from the factory, and that's easily sorted by dampening the mortise with a drop or two of water, or putting some beeswax on the stem.

My post-smoke cleaning process starts with scraping out my bowl gently with the bowl scraper on my pipe tool to knock off any tarry lumps, then it's basically just gently removing the stem, scrubbing out the draft hole with folded over pipe cleaners until they stop coming out dirty, then I rub down the chamber with a couple of folded over pipe cleaners to get all the ash and any remaining moisture out of the bowl, and i run a last pipe cleaner through the stem/mouthpiece. That's about it, takes like 5 minutes and 3-4 pipe cleaners for the whole process.

Best time to get the gunk out of your stem is when it's still warm, moist, and willing to soak into the pipe cleaner--if you wait too long, the tar buildup gets all dry and resinous and doesn't really want to come off easy, even if you're working that pipecleaner like your pipe is the only available hooker in a liberty port.

As for how well the whole thing works, I've done exactly one deep cleaning in the last 2 years, and none of my pipes taste sour or off.

 

[Old_Newby]

I pretty much do it right after smoking, every single time, and I haven't really run into any issues with stems getting too loose or whatever. The one pipe I had with a loose stem came like that from the factory, and that's easily sorted by dampening the mortise with a drop or two of water, or putting some beeswax on the stem.

My post-smoke cleaning process starts with scraping out my bowl gently with the bowl scraper on my pipe tool to knock off any tarry lumps, then it's basically just gently removing the stem, scrubbing out the draft hole with folded over pipe cleaners until they stop coming out dirty, then I rub down the chamber with a couple of folded over pipe cleaners to get all the ash and any remaining moisture out of the bowl, and i run a last pipe cleaner through the stem/mouthpiece. That's about it, takes like 5 minutes and 3-4 pipe cleaners for the whole process.

Best time to get the gunk out of your stem is when it's still warm, moist, and willing to soak into the pipe cleaner--if you wait too long, the tar buildup gets all dry and resinous and doesn't really want to come off easy, even if you're working that pipecleaner like your pipe is the only available hooker in a liberty port.

As for how well the whole thing works, I've done exactly one deep cleaning in the last 2 years, and none of my pipes taste sour or off.

Similar.
I immediately slide pipe cleaner just far enough to reach the 6mm filter but not damage it. I then bend and double the pipe cleaner and do it again and leave it in stem. I take another cleaner and bend it wide and clean out the bowl. On cobs there is a grove on sides and below the shank inside bowl and I try to clean there with tip of cleaner. I sit it at an angle where the tip is downhill from the bowl. The next day I pull it apart and repeat all along with the mortise cleaning.

 

[TheWhale13]

I just clean my cobs by blowing out the ash. Not much more is needed.

 

[turtlehead]

Removing ash is critical for not creating a weak layer of cake.

A hot water flush is the easiest way to accomplish that, and there are other benefits, such as having a cleaner airway.

How often do you do a hot water flush? Is this immediately after you smoke, or just some point before smoking that pipe again?

 

[Grangerous]

This is where Falcon pipes shine. You load a day's worth of bowls and hit the fishin' hole or trail. It's what they were really designed for. A couple of bowls in the vee-hickle and you are good to go on the road trip. One can load a day's worth of bowls before bed and sleep, secure in the knowledge that you've handled the "What do I smoke now" conundrum for the following day and the blend is drying as you toss and turn.

So they’re like Speed-Loaders for a wheel gun. Love it.

 

[J-Evverrett]

I’m not sure how that would work out for me. If I pre-packed a days’ worth of pipes, I’d need a custom suitcase lol.

 

[jpmcwjr]

How often do you do a hot water flush? Is this immediately after you smoke, or just some point before smoking that pipe again?

It varies a lot, but when I am on a roll, pipe gets flushed immediately after the ember is out.
Recently I've let a dozen or so pipes accumulate, so I will do batch processing on cold pipes. I don't remove the stem unless I suspect the mortise needs a deeper cleaning.

 

[FLDRD]

That’s why I like Australian pipes. The upside down chamber cancels that phenomenon out.

I actually had one of those and couldn't get the hang of it. I traded it in with a couple of others at my B&M to get a new basket pipe. They win, I win, everybody wins.

Seriously, it was one of those with the screen on the bottom.