What Do You Clean Horn With?

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Lifer
Jun 20, 2019
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What do you clean the horn on your pipes with? I'm talking about the animal material not the plastic imitation or the shape.

Hot water? Cold water? Dish detergent? Soap? Drinking booze? Isopropyl alcohol? Wood alcohol? Leave it dirty?
 

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Lifer
Nov 30, 2020
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@ashdigger @Chasing Embers I'm not following. You don't ever clean the draft hole in a horn stem?
I use liquid soap on a pipe cleaner, followed by copious flushing.
Finish up with a liberal caoting of Obdidian oi. Left overnight before buffing with a soft cloth.

The first of these 2 horn-stemmed pipes is from 1898. The 2nd is undated, but most probably close to a century old.
Both stems look pretty good for their age.

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