Ropp Supreme 13

[moonman]

Here's a Ropp Supreme I picked up on Ebay for a song...It had a tremendous amount of cake in it. The stem had two large teeth marks top and bottom that luckily, I was able to raise almost all of it flush with heat. Let it soak in Oxiclean for about an hour. Stem was almost blocked solid with gunk. Spent a lot of time polishing the stem. Found some small 1500 grit yellow erasers at Hobby Lobby. Helped a lot.

Stripped the pipe clean with 1500 grit, re stain light brown, buffed smooth with white diamond and finally carnauba wax. Not totally perfect but I like the way it turned out. I knew there was a beauty hiding under all the gunk. Next will be the salt and Everclear treatment. I still need to get some "Hard as Nails" white fingernail polish for the R inside the circle on the stem. Just a few minor touches left.
Before

After

 

[allan]

Fantastic job
I have heard some good things about Ropp pipes
Let us know how she smokes

 

[tuold]

Just beautiful! What did you do to bring the "R" logo out again? Was it covered in grime or rubbed off?

 

[papipeguy]

Wow, what a wonderful job. I love paneled pipes and that color really makes it pop to my eyes. Enjoy it.

 

[mso489]

That pipe was so cruddy, you were brave to take it on, but oh boy, you were rewarded. 'Love the

six panel design, which is pretty unusual.

 

[moonman]

Hey Tuold...the logo was covered with grime....tried to fill it in with white out but I want to try the white nail polish to make the logo pop out. Got lucky on this pipe, didn't have any fill holes in it. You always take a chance buying estate pipes without seeing them first.
Here is the other side!

 

[fnord]

You made a great catch, Moon.
I love your restoration and the effort really paid off.
That burner is drop dead gorgeous.
Fnord

 

[durham270]

Great job! A panel pipe is about my favorite shape.

 

[pipejunky]

I think you did a helluva job. Desire and no fear to try = success.