For quick hot water scrub - you think this would be efficient? Stainless steel scrubbing sponge - it's not like steel wool(much softer like christmas tinsel wound up) you think it will react and leave a foul metallic taste in the bowl?
Would Anyone Suggest this for After Smoke Cleaning?
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Dunno, but I wouldn't do it. I don't scrub.
Just a flush, and if there are bits of tobacco stuck to the wall, a paper towel or a tool to remove same.
Just a flush, and if there are bits of tobacco stuck to the wall, a paper towel or a tool to remove same.
I would be worried about scratching. Those scratches are where a tiny little piece of burning tobacco can sneak in causing damage to the inner wall over time.
I thinks it's a great idea, try it out and post your results. Cleanliness is next to godliness!
It's perhaps better to melt dirt with alcohol and a simple kitchen paper napkin. That seems very aggressive.............
I don't see the need to clean the bowl that thoroughly. We're I going to do something like that, I'd use the Magic Eraser. If you water flush and wipe with a towel, you'll only need to lightly ran the bowl every hundred smokes at most.
some say the older stronger Cyprian was smoked of yack carcasses and ram's dung
I forget that tobacco is rotted/fermented some before getting into my hands for use. Maybe I should be using a scrubby like that.
I do scrub, but with pipe cleaners, shank brushes, and paper towel wadding for the bowl. I don't want to use anything that might abrade the wood surfaces, especially in the mortise and airway, since that would ruin the fit between the shank and the stem.
However, for the benefit of science, you could try out this material on your pipes and report back to us how you do. I've no objection to trying out new techniques. I've been a pioneer in my vocation and have the arrows in my back to prove it. I've used steel wool on antique restoration, but this does seem a wee tad like overkill.
I guess I just don't understand the obsession to scrub every last molecule of carbon out of the chamber...
If it's that off putting, why smoke a pipe in the first place?
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Me either, it baffles my mind to see the lengths people go through to sanitize and sterilize their pipes after a smoke. That's like breaking in your pipe every time you light up another bowl.
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