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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 11:15:58 GMT -5
I had a bowl of cube earlier from a plastic bag that's kept in my car. I hardly ever use it and at times, the heat in the car is quite intense.
When I put flame to it, the tobacco tested really bitter for the first few puffs. Settled down after a minute or two.
Has this happened to anyone else before?
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Post by jeffd on Jul 2, 2018 11:17:50 GMT -5
Yea, it has happened to me. I have suspected it was due to not having cleaned the pipe adequately and there still being something from the last bowl. I dunno.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 11:37:41 GMT -5
Yea, it has happened to me. I have suspected it was due to not having cleaned the pipe adequately and there still being something from the last bowl. I dunno. could be. The pipe was also in the car along with the tobacco so maybe it's cooked the stuff in the pipe. I would run a pipe cleaner through after every smoke, but the 'cake' on the bowl itself might have got a cooking and that could be it... Good call, jeffd. |
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Post by papipeguy on Jul 2, 2018 12:29:05 GMT -5
I'd be careful about leaving pipes in a hot car. I've seen straight stems bend from the interior heat.
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Post by joeman on Jul 2, 2018 12:51:41 GMT -5
I'd be careful about leaving pipes in a hot car. I've seen straight stems bend from the interior heat. ...and bent-stems will bend right back to straight from the heat. Your vulcanite stems will also oxidize much faster in a hot car. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 13:00:35 GMT -5
I'd be careful about leaving pipes in a hot car. I've seen straight stems bend from the interior heat. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 13:13:28 GMT -5
That's probably what's happened. The only pipe I have in the car is a MM Legend so I'm not terribly close to the pipe, but I'm not fond of the funky taste.
Prob better to keep it out. Thanks for the advice, peeps.
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Post by AJ on Jul 2, 2018 15:45:32 GMT -5
I'd be careful about leaving pipes in a hot car. I've seen straight stems bend from the interior heat. This for sure. Hot cars, pipes and tobacco can result in some really foul tasting smokes. 🤮 AJ |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 16:38:12 GMT -5
I agree, don’t leave your pipes and tobacco’s in any area that can get hot. Your tobacco will dry out and can get a funky odor and taste.. This for sure. Hot cars, pipes and tobacco can result in some really foul tasting smokes. 🤮 AJ I'm beginning to detect a trend. It's a bummer I going to have to throw out that tobacco. Tell me, though... Are my pipes ruined or is that foul taste more the tobacco? |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Jul 2, 2018 16:51:59 GMT -5
This for sure. Hot cars, pipes and tobacco can result in some really foul tasting smokes. 🤮 AJ I'm beginning to detect a trend. It's a bummer I going to have to throw out that tobacco. Tell me, though... Are my pipes ruined or is that foul taste more the tobacco? I'm a total rube when it comes to this pipe smoking stuff, and I own it. I have a theory and I created it in my own pointy little head just now. I think and it's just a theory that the tobacco may have a funky taste because it has lost its moisture in dried out I would suggest putting a big leaf of lettuce in the bag with the tobacco and letting the tobacco draw the moisture out of the lettuce leaf. I don't know if it will work with the tobacco but I have had other vegetative materials dry out and we're completely smokeable after the lettuce trick. Hell it's worth a try anyway. |
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Post by AJ on Jul 2, 2018 16:59:52 GMT -5
This for sure. Hot cars, pipes and tobacco can result in some really foul tasting smokes. 🤮 AJ I'm beginning to detect a trend. It's a bummer I going to have to throw out that tobacco. Tell me, though... Are my pipes ruined or is that foul taste more the tobacco? I don’t believe your pipes have been damaged. Just give them a good cleaning using Everclear or your favorite bourbon. Afterwards fill them with fresh tobacco and you should have a pleasant smoke. |
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Post by scrooge on Jul 2, 2018 17:04:30 GMT -5
+1 with AJ also the tobacco should be fine too. Maybe just a little dry or moist if seal an humid outside.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 17:18:51 GMT -5
Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 18:05:44 GMT -5
What happened to me in one instance, I think some goop lined the chamber walls. It looked hardened, so at first I thought it was cake buildup. But smoking it was totally bitter and actually made the pipe smell inside and out. I used a lot warm water and pipe sweetener, which is Green Alcohol that has Spearmint in it for a tenth of the cost. Just make sure the green alc is not green from menthol.
Anyway, I went over the outside with warm water and the inside with the alc and water several times, letting it rest in between. Problem solved. Told not to use alc on a cob, tough
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Post by beardedmi on Jul 2, 2018 18:08:00 GMT -5
I smoke burley almost exclusively in a cob whilst driving, I get funky smokes from my cobs with burley when the pipes get over concentrated from repeated abuse. I swap to a different cob when this happens so it has a chance to dry out better since the taste reminds me of pipe juice. After a couple of weeks its usually back to normal. I smoked so much swr I couldnt taste it anymore so now I carry more than 1 blend in the truck to keep me from over saturating on one of my favorite traveling tobaccos.. again.
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Jul 2, 2018 18:12:31 GMT -5
Yea, it has happened to me. I have suspected it was due to not having cleaned the pipe adequately and there still being something from the last bowl. I dunno. could be. The pipe was also in the car along with the tobacco so maybe it's cooked the stuff in the pipe. I would run a pipe cleaner through after every smoke, but the 'cake' on the bowl itself might have got a cooking and that could be it... Good call, jeffd . Sounds like a problem with baked orientals maybe. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 18:24:56 GMT -5
Sounds liked baked or separated sugars. Opened a fresh pouch of Velvet it was bitter and had a plastic taste.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 18:31:44 GMT -5
I think my issue was with burley, too. Not that it was the problem, but smoked like hell after the fact
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Post by william on Jul 2, 2018 18:59:02 GMT -5
I'm beginning to detect a trend. It's a bummer I going to have to throw out that tobacco. Tell me, though... Are my pipes ruined or is that foul taste more the tobacco? I don’t believe your pipes have been damaged. Just give them a good cleaning using Everclear or your favorite bourbon. Afterwards fill them with fresh tobacco and you should have a pleasant smoke. I am a bit obsessive-compulsive, and I try not to put anything in or on a pipe that I would not want in my mouth. So I agree with the bourbon idea. Actually, all I ever use on any of my pipes is cognac. Run a pipe cleaner with a bit of cognac through it after smoking, and periodically put a bit in the bowl and then twist a paper towel into the bowl to dry it out. In a couple of days--they smell like new (with a trace of cognac)  Again, just my 2 cents' worth. |
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