To Flip or Not To Flip

[banjobob]

I detach the bit and run a pipe cleaner through it first, I go in through the tenon then when it's coming out the button I grab it and pull it side to side, then flip it and do the shank.

Then I take another pipe cleaner and double it to scrub the inside of the shank better, then swab the bottom of the bowl.

This sounds wasteful, but I buy the bristle pipe cleaners by the box to save money.

I just bought a box of 48 bundles of 44 Zen cleaners from Amazon for $35 delivered.

I'll probably sell half of the box on eBay a few bundles at a time so the other 24 bundles are free.

The bundles retail for $2.95 so buying them in bulk makes each bundle only cost 73 cents.

That makes them only 1.65 cents each.

 

[chops]

Flip, twist and bend. Mostly because I hate to be wasteful and try to recycle everything I can.

 

[aussielass]

I cut them in half so I get 4 x ends to flip.

 

[spartan]

I use the end of my cat's tail to clean out my pipes. :D

 

[bailey331]

I guess I'm a flipper. And just for good measure I bend it in two and swab the bowl

me too

 

[marmal4de]

Is it unanimous? We're all flippers?

 

[tomdavis]

Flip, clip, flip again and clip again. Use a paper towel twisted into a tight roll to "screw" into the bowl as the bent clip does not get as much moisture.

 

[maineyachtie]

Flip it...Flip it good!
When I'm done with pipe cleaners I bend it into a circle and roll it for my cat to play with. She plays with dirty cleaners never with clean ones.

 

[deleon]

Flip it, bend it in half and clean the bowl or even the shank depending how much cleaning it needs. I feel better when I use the entire pipe cleaner.

 

[jchaplick]

I follow Mr. Tim's practice.

Yup, me too

 

[jaysin]

I am with the Father. Flip and twist.

 

[joshwolftree]

hell run em through flip em run them through again and occasionally stick a few of the used ones on the windowsill to dry then use them to make a cheap pipe rest...don't blame me my grandad and dad both smoked pipes and I majored in pipe cleaner construction techniques in the 2nd grade :laughat:

 

[photoman13]

I flip and twist lol. I can't help but laugh because it reminds me of a particular scene from Your Highness. :lol:

 

[philobeddoe]

I guess someone has to be different and it's me. They go in only once, then they're done, I smoke rather large pipes and they generally go in the full length of the pipe cleaner, and that gunk ain't going back into my pipes!

 

[captainsousie]

Flipper and clipper here. Especially when I'm cleaning estates.