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Post by stone on Apr 17, 2019 5:39:27 GMT -5
I love tinkering and making things better than they were. It's a curse! If I sell any pipes, to make sure I don't mis-state anything, I'm curious what levels of clean up there are on pipes and what a "full restoration" entails?
I typically do a great deal of research before I do any more than a wipe down to make sure I don't screw up and I typically end up doing all of the below as needed.
Cake removal Rim clean up
Tar removal Salt and alcohol or cotton balls and alcohol Stem polishing
Stummel cleaning and buff/polish
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 7:00:03 GMT -5
There are many videos on YouTube from cleaning your tobacco pipes to full restorations. I’ve also learned plenty from rebornpipes.com ......extremely informative reading and videos. Have fun 👌👍👍 |
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Post by daveinlax on Apr 17, 2019 8:33:20 GMT -5
As a pipe collector when I see "full restoration" or "fully restored" I read it as anything goes including boring and recoating, topping and restaining.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 18:41:28 GMT -5
I have to agree with Dave, fully restored and the other certainly could mean that
the pipe or pipes were in pretty worn or bad condition needing a restoration and
ultimately lowers any expectations of it being in original condition.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 17, 2019 22:51:18 GMT -5
I know that when you send off a pipe for a good cleaning to some of the pro's...the stems come back looking great, but the ghost of the oxidized stem comes back in short order.
When you do a restoration, the stem comes back great and continues to look great with little maintenance.
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Post by username on Apr 17, 2019 23:14:37 GMT -5
What does topping entail? Slicing a bit of the top of the bowl is my guess.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 17, 2019 23:46:52 GMT -5
What does topping entail? Slicing a bit of the top of the bowl is my guess. You guessed correctly, Grasshopper! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 0:09:58 GMT -5
What does topping entail? Slicing a bit of the top of the bowl is my guess. My method is to lay a sheet of sandpaper on a flat surface (breadboard) and apply pressure while holding and sanding in concentric circles, checking periodically for evenness and height. |
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