Your Favorite Exorcist Blends

[Monssen13]

Hi everyone;
I am about to get several estate pipes. In case they have some ghosts, what blends/brands do you recommend in restoring them to a more neutral state? I know Burley can help with this, but am having trouble finding ones without topping.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Kobold]

I use coffee grinds to hopefully soak up the old ghosts then smoke Carter Hall or Prince Albert a bunch of times after that.

 

[proteus]

Lane's BLWB. Great for break in and ghost removals. Who you gonna call? If there's Latakia in your neighborhood...if you're smellin Lakeland or some funky cherry ...

Anyway...

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Five Brothers is my go-to. If they don't need reeming, I'll do a coffee grind clean, then clean that out once the coffee is dry. I'll then run a few bowls of Five Brothers.
This is only if the bowl has any kind of ghost I'm trying to rid it off. Most estates I buy come cleaned and ready to smoke. But Five Brothers is my choice.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Black XX Twist

 

[bullet08]

Carter Hall with a touch of Holy Water.

 

[username]

Carter hall is a good ghost buster I've found.

 

[Bbailey324]

I usually use Granger or Prince Albert. Any relatively neutral burley seems to work. About the same as breaking in a pipe. I've experimented with smoking intentionally hot to see if that would 'boil off' the undesired smells but I'm not really sure about it.

 

[captpat]

Carter Hall following either a treatment with alcohol and salt or coffee grounds.

 

[Bbailey324]

I've seen several references to coffee ground but I have never tried this. Damp as in used grounds or fresh ground coffee? Anything added such as alcohol? I use salt and alcohol but coffee is a new one to me.

 

[anotherbob]

I use coffee grinds to hopefully soak up the old ghosts then smoke Carter Hall or Prince Albert a bunch of times after that.

damp coffee grounds can do wonders. Had a pipe go sour and the usual cleaning did nothing. I was going to throw it out (it was cheap) tried the coffee grounds method (just used the "waste" from my morning cup) and it smoked like new. Tasted like coffee for a few smokes. When I say that pipe went sour it was one hundred percent unsmokable and I clean lots of nasty blown up toilets for a living so if it grosses me out it's gross.

 

[El Capitán]

Speaking of ghosts, I put up my ofrenda this year and tons of flies have been appearing in my house lol.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Speaking of ghosts, I put up my ofrenda this year and tons of flies have been appearing in my house lol.

By ofrenda, you mean the severed heads of your enemies on wooden stakes, right? ... Right?

 

[FurCoat]

Five Brothers

 

[El Capitán]

By ofrenda, you mean the severed heads of your enemies on wooden stakes, right? ... Right?

I wish.

 

[sardonicus87]

Technically, Lakelands will exorcise an existing ghost... the new one will kick the old one right out.

 

[Bbailey324]

Technically, Lakelands will exorcise an existing ghost... the new one will kick the old one right out.

On that basis Mixture 79 might be a good choice. That perfume/musk note has real staying power. Or maybe Rattrays Exotic Passion. I made the mistake of smoking one bowl of that in a dedicated Va flake pipe and none of my usual tricks have exorcised that demon ghost.

 

[RudyG]

Here's a real beginner question and have a good laugh!

Re: coffee grind method. You stuff the pipe with the used grinds and let it sit, dump and dry or ???

Thanks

 

[boston]

I have used Balkan Sasieni to eradicate ennerdale...and that was when ennerdale was potent.

...and I love ennerdale, just decided I didn't want it in that particular pipe.

 

[Peterson314]

Green pea soup and BCA