I stripped the Oxblood stain off this pipe using Oxy Clean. I started sanding it with 220 3M sandpaper. These brown spots started appearing. I've never seen this before. Anyone else? Any remedies?
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I don't think so, it's a Tilshead from the Ken Barnes era. That one spot near the bottom was a pit they would never fill. I'm talking about the larger dark brown areas. It started out blonde and turned that Brown with sanding. I'm some place it was small black spots which sanded to the large brown areas.
Is it wood sandpaper? It could be the grit coming off and staining the wood.
I always use auto wet/dry sandpaper as the grit is more fused to the paper. What color is the sandpaper?
@BROBS that is a good place to start.
@OP you are hand sanding this correct?
Some musings here, it could be a deeper stain (unlikely) or a deeper penetration of smoke/tars or other things that cause a virgin wood pipe to color. Does it get lighter when you sand just a bit more or is the color consistent?
Quite the mystery.
@OP you are hand sanding this correct?
Some musings here, it could be a deeper stain (unlikely) or a deeper penetration of smoke/tars or other things that cause a virgin wood pipe to color. Does it get lighter when you sand just a bit more or is the color consistent?
Quite the mystery.
Tan. I'm thinking you are right Brobs
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If the paper looks normal and it’s only on the pipe it has to be the grain underneath the top layer you’ve sanded off? Or the acetone went in the pits and discolored the briar?
I’ve had purple sandpaper that was some horseshit and it damned near stained a pipe purple but I noticed it right away.
I would hold up and try to sand it with some black auto paint sandpaper
I’ve had bad luck with that wood sandpaper of all types
I’ve had bad luck with that wood sandpaper of all types
all hand sanding. It's not a deeper stain or deeper tars. The pipe wasn't smoked that much. I think brobs is right and a trip to the auto store is in order.
They usually have it in the auto section at Walmart as well. If you feel like braving the wild. ?
I'm with Brobs, I like the 3M brand autobody wet papers (400,800, 1500, 2000) . I've never used Oxyclean on the briar - only for loosening oxidation on the stem. To remove stain, I soak in alcohol, then use fine steel wool. Here's a Sunrise shape 284, stripped and ready to restain. That process brought out a few dark spots like your briar showed. You can see where I stayed away from the nomenclature. It took the stain fine.
I use a methods similar to ssjones. Would recommend an alcohol soak (I use everclear) and wet sand from there. I like the alcohol as it mixes with water left over on the briar and it also evaporates very quickly after a soak. You will see dark spots as the alcohol evaporates. Perhaps something is being absorbed into the briar and left behind from the oxiclean. I would alcohol soak and keep wet sanding.
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