[Everclear and salt or cottonballs is the method of choice for exorcising ghosts or a really skunked up pipe. But should be used very sparingly. Alcohol is not particularly friendly to wood.
Far better is to rinse the chamber and airway with hot water, then dry with a paper towel in the bowl, and a pipe cleaner in the airway. Qtip in the mortise every now and then.]
This is exactly what I do with my briars and clay pipes. I have now a new morta with bamboo stem and I am wondering if I can do the same. For the morta I think it should be ok given it stayed for thousands of years in water and I don't think a 30 sec rinsing in hot water is going to do any harm. I am a little bit more uncertain about the bamboo. Any experience with this?
Far better is to rinse the chamber and airway with hot water, then dry with a paper towel in the bowl, and a pipe cleaner in the airway. Qtip in the mortise every now and then.]
This is exactly what I do with my briars and clay pipes. I have now a new morta with bamboo stem and I am wondering if I can do the same. For the morta I think it should be ok given it stayed for thousands of years in water and I don't think a 30 sec rinsing in hot water is going to do any harm. I am a little bit more uncertain about the bamboo. Any experience with this?