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Post by danno44 on Jul 11, 2017 22:08:44 GMT -5
I have had my Baki Author Meer and smoking it regularly since I acquired in February of this year. Two questions 1. It's a cake making machine. I was wiping the bowl out with folded over cleaner as well as a paper towel and it still is forming cake. I've been lightly scraping the cake off with dull pipe knife to try and keep it under control. 2. The exterior is beginning to stick to my hand. I have cleaned the exterior to keep dirt down to a minimum. (I smoke it and don't baby it it with gloves or hold by stem). So my questions are: A. Best way to remove the cake, or just keep doing what I'm doing. B. I've read that once the exterior bowl starts to be tacky to the touch it should be waxed, true? I'm leary of using anything on interior or exterior of bowl and shank for a full blown cleaning. It still smokes just fine, everything I out in it turns to ash. Was hoping to not wax and let it color naturally without waxing to speed up the coloring process. I don't smoke groopers, and the 3 light aros I do smoke have never been smoked in the Baki. Normally just English and Va/per's. Thoughts?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 12, 2017 0:27:55 GMT -5
I have a Estate Baki Meer, bought from SPC. What I did was first cleaned inside the bowl with a Q-Tip Dipped in everclear , followed by a dry Q-Tip. Then I let it dry thorowly and sanded the inside of the bowl with Scurf cut, it's a Machinist sandpaper to polish shafts, but sandpaper could be used, not too coarse, now after a smoke, I smoke only Nitecap in it I take a slightly dampened paper towel, swab the inside of the bowl , followed by a dry paper towel. As for the Tacky outside of the bowl feel, when mine gets that way I take a clean all cotton T shirt and polish it till it feels slick , works for me.
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Post by Zach on Jul 12, 2017 8:15:51 GMT -5
I've only ever done what you're doing, Dan. When I get cake I scrape it down a bit if it gets too thick. Otherwise I haven't cleaned it thoroughly and I have never waxed one of mine. My 1970 Pioneer meerschaum never was waxed and is dry on the exterior, which has somehow led to the meer staying white. It seems you need to wax meer if you want it to color but I figure a few thousand more smokes over the years and it will finally color.
My opinion, keep doing what you're doing. Meerschaum is more fragile than you think and they have to carve it while its soaking wet to keep it from cracking.
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Post by stvalentine on Jul 12, 2017 11:54:23 GMT -5
It is said that alcohol will turn the Meerschaum black when heated. This is done on intent with several Meers, mostly on the rim for aesthetical reasons. I would only use mechanical means to maintain a Meer.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 12, 2017 12:37:09 GMT -5
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Post by danno44 on Jul 12, 2017 12:37:42 GMT -5
Thanks folks, looks like I'll keep doing what I am doing and try and stay on top of the cake better. It is coloring, but it is a hunk of big of meerschaum so I know it will take time. I'll try and take a photo to compare now to when new.
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Post by danno44 on Jul 12, 2017 12:39:39 GMT -5
trailboss thank you for the defense material, good stuff!
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Post by stvalentine on Jul 12, 2017 14:33:42 GMT -5
This thread motivated me to decake my Meerschaum pipe today. I have used a Sheffield pipe knife and the Pipe-Net Reamer. Man, that was a lot of cake!Now I can get more than just the 15 minutes smoke out of it again...
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Post by trailboss on Jul 12, 2017 14:36:11 GMT -5
trailboss thank you for the defense material, good stuff! You are welcome. The Reborn pipes post helped me with a few estate meers.
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Post by danno44 on Jul 12, 2017 15:50:55 GMT -5
This thread motivated me to decake my Meerschaum pipe today. I have used a Sheffield pipe knife and the Pipe-Net Reamer. Man, that was a lot of cake!Now I can get more than just the 15 minutes smoke out of it again... that's what I use, picked this puppy up at an estate sale last year for the sum of 1 whole American dollar... ![](https://i.imgur.com/V87s4jO.jpg)
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Post by stvalentine on Jul 12, 2017 18:44:45 GMT -5
Yes, that´s the one!
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