Why Oil Polish?

[Briar Lee]

I own over a hundred Pipes by Lee and only the last run of stamped star Lees had any varnish.

To polish my Lee pipes (and most all the other ones, too) except for my Four Star and Five Star Lee pipes, I use grapeseed oil. available on eBay for $8 for a lifetime supply sized 8 ounce bottle.

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There are other ways to make a pipe shine, besides grapeseed oil.

But lookie here!



That particularly sad looking Lee stamped star took two blots of grapeseed oil to shine up like new, in only a few minutes.

A grapeseed oil finish is not on the briar, it’s in the briar. It can be refreshed any time. It covers up tiny dings and flaws.

Use as little grapeseed oil as you can, just a blot on a paper towel, and polish it hard, get mean with it.

I used to use high grade olive oil, but on this forum I learned grapeseed oil is better. It darkens the briar less, and when grapeseed oil ferments it doesn’t turn rancid, like olive oil.

But one of my worst Lees I own glows like this, easily.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I would think mineral oil would be a better choice over any food based oils because of spoilage.

 

[craig61a]

 

[Briar Lee]

I would think mineral oil would be a better choice over any food based oils because of spoilage.

Mineral oil ain’t much fun to drink, unlike wine.

 

[Fralphog]

@craig61a ,
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made me think of,
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[Briar Lee]

Almost on cue, I left my grapeseed oil stained Lee in an ashtray to get pizza, and on my return my wife’s cigarette had scorched it.

The grapeseed oil finish can be removed with 4/0 steel wool, and the pipe touched up.

It would take more work to sandpaper the burned spot completely away, but I’ve got a nice looking pipe until then.

 

[telescopes]

That poor Lee. DHS doesn't protect pipes, although it does take a dim view to cigarette burns. Even careless ones.

Not sure if this is a disbar-able offense in Missouri. But from what I hear with your neighbor next door, its a good thing you aren't in Illinois. LOL

 

[FurCoat]

I would think mineral oil would be a better choice over any food based oils because of spoilage.

That's what I use. I took an old microfiber washcloth and infused it with mineral oil. I use it to wipe down my pipes before I rack them.

 

[Grangerous]

Scorched your pipe! I’d consider getting rid of that one. Then again, divorces can be messy.

 

[craig61a]

If it soaks in, It'll sweat out. I'll stick with carnauba wax...

 

[Briar Lee]

That poor Lee. DHS doesn't protect pipes, although it does take a dim view to cigarette burns. Even careless ones.

Not sure if this is a disbar-able offense in Missouri. But from what I hear with your neighbor next door, its a good thing you aren't in Illinois. LOL

Unlike Illinois the Show Me State is without any doubt the most vice and sin friendly jurisdiction in Christian Civilization.

Our gasoline, alcohol, and tobacco taxes are the lowest in the USA, but not quite as low as our cannabis tax, only 4% of the wholesale price. Pipe tobacco is taxed at 10% of wholesale.

Violation of our indoor smoking laws is an infraction, if enforced, which it isn’t.

Yes, we have do gooders here, too.

They aren’t in charge.

 

[warren]

sixty years using "nose grease". No cost, always handy and the pipe looks great for a few minutes.

 

[Grangerous]

sixty years using "nose grease". No cost, always handy and the pipe looks great for a few minutes.

I’m afraid he’s not kidding. When you run out of nose, forehead grease works too. It’s your pipe, shine it.

Some 2in1 gun oil saturated in a cloth does great too.

 

[bullet08]

Have you tried to smoke a pipe right after fried chicken dinner? No thanks. I like my pipes oil free.

 

[monty55]

I like the Paragon Wax

 

[telescopes]

We must all remember that our Honorable and esteemed Campbellite Smoker has used a Brillo pad to remove all traces of worldly varnish on the outside of his sin cussed Lees. Now, he wants to bathe them with a holy oil in an attempt to renew their skins before all who see them.

Nose oil, such a heathen thing to do.

Next, I suppose you'll be suggesting using grizzly snot from his black powder possibles bag.

He may be a hillbilly, but he ain't no Pentacostal Cracker. Florida is a long way from Humansville, eh, I mean Bug Tussel.

 

[Kobold]

I guess I’ll start using nose wax. I’ve got a big nose…

 

[didimauw]

I have used nose grease on my briars before. Does shine em up. But I'll be using mineral oil from now on.

 

[Briar Lee]

We must all remember that our Honorable and esteemed Campbellite Smoker has used a Brillo pad to remove all traces of worldly varnish on the outside of his sin cussed Lees. Now, he wants to bathe them with a holy oil in an attempt to renew their skins before all who see them.

Nose oil, such a heathen thing to do.

Next, I suppose you'll be suggesting using grizzly snot from his black powder possibles bag.

He may be a hillbilly, but he ain't no Pentacostal Cracker. Florida is a long way from Humansville, eh, I mean Bug Tussel.

Once upon a time I used nose grease.

But my pipe smoking mentor Harry Hosterman and my first stepfather Hadley Worthan both occasionally used olive oil.

I’ve used a spray wax that pipe shops used to sell.

I’ve used, and occasionally still do use beeswax.

Grapeseed oil I’ve found is best.

That’s why I recommend it.

My Master is watching, every deed I do, and every word I say.

Some of us still are sure and certain of that.

 

[telescopes]

The problem I have with oils such as seed oils is that they don't last. I am lazy, I admit it. I enjoy permanency .
I do refresh my pipes with paragon wax as well as using Halcyon wax on my rusticated pipes.

Yes, when I was younger and still when I am out far away from home, I can be counted on to rub a hot bowl on my nose, cheek, and forehead. But the lanolin from the skin is temporary to a day if that.

Most of my Lees are in my home in Nevada. These are some two and three star Lees, and the finish on them is not as good as what I keep at my California home.