Reparing stain loss

[tomdavis]

Stupidly I put a plastic container of Ronson lighter fluid in my console to have when the lighter ran out. The dumb part was that it slowly leaked and when I put a pipe in there--a day later--the stain faded on the side that was lying on the felt-like covering. Now I have a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Original that is faded with one side more than the other.
I read that pipes could be re-stained with shoe leather stain. Do you guys have any advice?

 

[mp31guitar]

Sorry to hear about that. I've read the same thing. I haven't tried it myself but seems the biggest problem would be matching the stain. Then, a polish with a buffing wheel. I look forward to reading more experienced members post on this.

 

[ejames]

Yep,to get it looking right it would most likely need to be stripped and completely re-stained.

 

[ssjones]

Have you ever stripped and restained ejames?

 

[withnail]

If you decide to restore the pipe yourself, I would strongly recommend trying out any re-stain on a cheap pipe first! Hope you manage to get the Sherlock Original re-done as they look like very nice pipes indeed.

 

[ejames]

Have you ever stripped and restained ejames?

Oh,only a couple hunnert times!

 

[pentangle]

"Yep,to get it looking right it would most likely need to be stripped and completely re-stained."

Yes.It's a realatively quick operation and assure a perfect result

Maurizio

 

[ssjones]

Have you ever stripped and restained ejames?
Oh,only a couple hunnert times!

Any tips you can pass on? I haven't attempted that job to this point.

 

[ejames]

Well,you might check this out. This is how I do it,works for me.

http://drgrabows.myfreeforum.org/about1644.html

 

[tomdavis]

Thanks guys.
@ejames - You win the link-of-the-month award! That post will become a classic.

 

[ssjones]

Nice link ejames, I also need to start reading http://www.pipemakersforum.com/ which was referenced in your link. Good stuff indeed!

 

[olderthandirt]

That post from ozark is a good thumbnail of what works, thanks for posting it up here ejames.

I've used the fine steel wool on other finishing projects, not on any of the pipes I've done.

No reason, just didn't occur to me to do so. Duh
Sharing, and especially the re-sharing, of tips and tricks is vital in keeping this piper's pipes presentable!

 

[ejames]

Exactly OTD, there is a ton of info out there. There are also many ways to do most things,ask 100 people how to do something and you may get 100 different answers.

 

[olderthandirt]

Of course there can be a dark side to dissemination of information.
Followed the link to the pipemakers forum. There goes another few days of my life spent wandering cyberspace! (-;

 

[ssjones]

I did the same as OTD, and thought the same thing...
But we trust your skills ejames!

 

[ejames]

That's what you should do,find and digest all the information you can and then sift through it to see what works for you,using the tools and skills you have. That's what I did.Most of what I have learned came from someone else, a lot of it from the pipe makers forum.

 

[nsfisher]

had a medico short while ago. had the bright idea to clean the bowl with bakin soda an vinigar. anyway it bubbled over the bowl and promptly destroyed the finish on 2/3rds of it, so i took some wet 1000 grid paper an removed the rest of the finish, then oiled it up with virgin olive oil. Now some ppl may not agree with me, but i kinda like it better now than i did when it was shiny

 

[ejames]

A lot of the "lower priced" ( I hate the word cheap when applied to pipes!) pipe will look much better when the original finish is stripped off and the bowl sanded and buffed.