Rogue Strands In Bowl

[mick92]

Hey all,
smoking out of a Crown 733 Stromboli briar pipe.
This morning after taking my pipe out of its pouch I noticed fine white-silver strands in the bowl - they stuck to the cake in an unsightly manner. Assuming this was a result of the pipe cleaners I'm using.
Any tips on how I can avoid this problem in the future? Can or should I clean the cake out? I'd ream the bowl but the cake is still too thin as it's a new pipe, however this bowl was carbonised at the factory.
Thanks a tonne,
Mick

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Were they curly? Ha ha! I assume anything that is white or silver to either come from my cat or my beard. ::

 

[danimalia]

Maybe give it a few minutes after smoking to cool down before swiping the bowl with the cleaner, if you're not doing that already.

 

[didimauw]

If I get excess fuzz from my pipe cleaners, that won't come out with a swipe of the finger, I turn the bowl upside down and burn them.

 

[prairiedruid]

Do you have a cat perchance? Once in awhile I'll have a stray cat hair on my pipe.

 

[geopiper]

When I open a new pack of pipe cleaners I grab all of them in a bundle and knock them against my hand, one end at a time, to get as much loose fuzzys to come off as possible.

 

[jpmcwjr]

A hot water flush down the chamber and out the stem immediately after a smoke not only cleans out ash and tars that haven't solidified, it solves the problem of the pipe cleaner detritus. When it dries, then a single push up the airway is all you need. It also seems to harden the cake.

 

[alaskanpiper]

detritus

nominated for word of the day......

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thank you! I believe it was vocab card # 472.
Anyone else do those cards in HS?