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Post by stone on Apr 20, 2019 11:55:21 GMT -5
In the latest batch of estates I got these two and I had tons of trouble getting the cake cleaned out of the bowls, and the gunk cleaned out of the stems but I finally got it. I rewaxed them both and they look even better than the below pictures. However! They stink! I read somewhere that burying them in baking soda can take away the smell.
Any thoughts? I assume it can't hurt but you know what happens when we assume!
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Post by sperrytops on Apr 20, 2019 12:10:23 GMT -5
If we get something bad smelling in the back of the refrigerator and the smell stays even when it is removed, my wife opens a box of baking soda and places it in the fridge. Smell is gone in a day or two. We've done that a number of times and it works every time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 12:50:04 GMT -5
Baking soda worked well for me a few years back on a “ smelly “ Meer. Did you rinse with mild soap and water? Definitely don’t use acetone or even a mild alcohol, can easily be absorbed by the Meer. Have fun 👌👍
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Post by trailboss on Apr 20, 2019 13:43:25 GMT -5
I would contact Mike and ask him about how well the ozone treatment works on Meerschaum pipes, I am betting that due to the porosity of that medium, it would do the trick... pretty inexpensive. Any pipe I send him, I add it to the services, and it has worked every time...he does great work. www.walkerpiperepair.com/html/ozone.html |
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Post by sperrytops on Apr 20, 2019 13:49:38 GMT -5
Agree with Charlie on Mike Myers at Walker Pipe Repair. If you're really concerned about the smell and don't want to mess with it yourself, contact Mike for advice. The Ozone machine works extremely well if it can be done with Meerschaum.
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Post by stone on Apr 20, 2019 15:32:06 GMT -5
I would contact Mike and ask him about how well the ozone treatment works on Meerschaum pipes, I am betting that due to the porosity of that medium, it would do the trick... pretty inexpensive. Any pipe I send him, I add it to the services, and it has worked every time...he does great work. www.walkerpiperepair.com/html/ozone.htmlThis is interesting! I have two ozone generators, one in my man cave to clean out the smoke smell and a commercial one I use for heavy duty odor cleaning. I will contact Mike and see if one of them will work!
Thanks!
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Post by trailboss on Apr 20, 2019 17:32:48 GMT -5
For JimInks birthday, we all chipped in to have him put in the ozone generator...Mike is consulting with engineers at Oakridge national labs to see if it would be successful...so far they are not optimistic. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 19:46:28 GMT -5
Let the case air out on its own
stuff pipe and cover with moist tobacco you don't need in a baggie for a week. Repeat one or two times. Totally cover it.
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Apr 20, 2019 20:24:06 GMT -5
I would contact Mike and ask him about how well the ozone treatment works on Meerschaum pipes, I am betting that due to the porosity of that medium, it would do the trick... pretty inexpensive. Any pipe I send him, I add it to the services, and it has worked every time...he does great work. www.walkerpiperepair.com/html/ozone.htmlSeconded! |
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Post by JimInks on Apr 20, 2019 20:41:17 GMT -5
For JimInks birthday, we all chipped in to have him put in the ozone generator...Mike is consulting with engineers at Oakridge national labs to see if it would be successful...so far they are not optimistic. Didn't work for you either, flatulent fanny!!!  |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 20, 2019 20:52:19 GMT -5
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Post by stone on Apr 20, 2019 20:52:42 GMT -5
Let the case air out on its own stuff pipe and cover with moist tobacco you don't need in a baggie for a week. Repeat one or two times. Totally cover it. Cap'n Black Grape? |
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Post by Mac on Apr 20, 2019 21:50:09 GMT -5
Can you attribute the smell to either the stem or shank, or is it both? That'd help sleuth out the cause and cure.
For me, I start with very hot tap water and some scrubbing with a mildly abrasive pad.
I never re-wax a meer.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 22:45:06 GMT -5
Let the case air out on its own stuff pipe and cover with moist tobacco you don't need in a baggie for a week. Repeat one or two times. Totally cover it. Cap'n Black Grape? if it tickles your Twinkie, yes |
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 20, 2019 23:01:34 GMT -5
Let the case air out on its own stuff pipe and cover with moist tobacco you don't need in a baggie for a week. Repeat one or two times. Totally cover it. Cap'n Black Grape? That would be a good smell. |
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 20, 2019 23:02:56 GMT -5
Fill the bowl with damp coffee grounds and leave them in to dry. Water will flush it out, but won't take away the smell soaked into the sepiolite.
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Post by stone on Apr 23, 2019 10:10:56 GMT -5
Update.
I contacted Mike and he said he would gladly treat my pipes and advised me that his "process" is proprietary which I 100% respect. I decided since I had nothing in these pipes but time, that I would pick the one I liked the least and give it a whirl as ozone can deteriorate certain compounds such as latex. This is the generator that sits right above "my chair" in my mancave and it gets turned on and the door closed with ceiling fans on after I smoke in there. I tied a string to the stummel and positioned the bowl in front of the fan and left the machine on with low concentration for about 18 hours.
Big improvement and no issue, so it is going back up again today and the concentration is being turned up a hair. I put the other meerschaum in a bag of baking soda and will monitor it for a couple weeks.
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