Water in pipe

[Dmitri1516]

Hi guys, may I know what to do if water happened to drip into the tobacco pipe ? Would it damaged the pipe ?

Thanks

 

[PipeIT]

No, briar is a hard wood and extremely dense, water doesn’t bother it.

A lot of people use hot water as a cleaning regiment and flush the pipe out with.

So don’t worry, just give it a day or two to dry, depending on the ambient conditions where you live, dry/humid...

P.S. Briar cutters like Mimmo, when preparing briar before it’s sold off to businesses and carvers, it’s washed, soaked, boiled in water, various methods to cure and leech it of it’s sap/resins, and I’m sure other things.

 

[Dmitri1516]

Thanks. Btw, do I put the bowl facing downwards or upwards to dry ??

 

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[PipeIT]

Thanks. Btw, do I put the bowl facing downwards or upwards to dry ??

I always place my bowls facing down, supposedly it helps, after a day, I lay them on their sides.

One last thing, which I personally do, so try it yourself and see.

I always smell the inside of the chamber, you’ll notice it’s more like smoke/ash after smoking, and as the days pass, it gets sweeter smelling.

I believe when it’s smelling it’s sweetest inside, this is when the briar has had a good chance to dry/cure and I find it smokes the best.

But you can smoke a briar daily too and not even rest it, it’s a matter of preferences, but in expensive pipes, I rest them for at least 3-4 days, depending on how humid it is.

Just experiment, have fun!

 

[Grangerous]

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[Dmitri1516]

Thanks all

 

[mikethompson]

A little bit of water in the pipe will not hurt the briar. There are even some of us who rinse their pipes with water to clean them out.

 

[captpat]

Thanks. Btw, do I put the bowl facing downwards or upwards to dry ??

I don't think it matters as long as there is no standing water left in the bowl, I usually wipe them out with a paper towel prior to returning them to a pipe stand, i.e., bowl up.

 

[kcghost]

No problem whatever.

 

[WVOldFart]

I rinse my pipes and wipe them out with a paper towel. Pipe cleaner through the stem and sometimes a Q-tip through the rest of the pipe. Briar is use to water and will repel and dry quickly.

 

[sardonicus87]

I don't think it matters as long as there is no standing water left in the bowl, I usually wipe them out with a paper towel prior to returning them to a pipe stand, i.e., bowl up.

I'm also a "bowl up to dry" kind of person. When water evaporates, it needs some place to go, leaving it bowl-down gives it less places to escape, and also lets less air circulate, particularly if face-down places the rim flat against a surface.

Really though, air circulation is more important in this regard since we're dealing with cool liquid (I find it doesn't take that long for the pipe to cool down), and bowl-up definitely will provide the most air circulation.

Though I am sure it dries just fine upside-down too. And it's not like it will be wet enough to need to drip out.

 

[hyperstar]

Pipe cleaner can also absorbs water in pipe bowl and shank.

 

[anotherbob]

every time you smoke water gets in the bowl. So..... I wouldn't leave it in the gold fish bowl but.... at the same time honestly fire is more of a damage risk for the thing.

 

[Dmitri1516]

Hi guys, I was smoking my pipe when it started to rain. Would it damage the pipe ?

Thanks

 

[FLDRD]

Hi guys, I was smoking my pipe when it started to rain. Would it damage the pipe ?

Thanks

Re-read all the replies. You'll get it figured out.

 

[cigrmaster]

Water won't hurt your pipe, but it can mess up your cake if you allow too much water to get into the bowl.