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Post by stone on Mar 18, 2020 8:04:42 GMT -5
Since finding out that I have allowed some of my pipes to get really sour tasting, I have been cleaning and de-ghosting them 4 or 5 at a time. I have come across a few that seem particularly nasty. I have cleaned the bowl with small wire wheels in a drill, then cleaned the shank with alcohol and different diameter long bristle brushes spinning at various speeds in a drill, and then the salt and alcohol treatment.
The problem is that even after 5 or 6 salt and alcohol treatments, the salt is still coming out brown.
I have stopped short of buying a retort kit but I am thinking it may be the only way to get the pipe truly clean?
Any words of wisdom?
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 18, 2020 9:28:59 GMT -5
Not sure if I have wisdom, just a bit of experience. I was amazed at the gunk a retort was able to produce from pipes that appeared clean after the alcohol/salt/pipe cleaner routine.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2020 10:05:32 GMT -5
Since finding out that I have allowed some of my pipes to get really sour tasting, I have been cleaning and de-ghosting them 4 or 5 at a time. I have come across a few that seem particularly nasty. I have cleaned the bowl with small wire wheels in a drill, then cleaned the shank with alcohol and different diameter long bristle brushes spinning at various speeds in a drill, and then the salt and alcohol treatment.
The problem is that even after 5 or 6 salt and alcohol treatments, the salt is still coming out brown.
I have stopped short of buying a retort kit but I am thinking it may be the only way to get the pipe truly clean?
Any words of wisdom?
Sometimes you have to use a bunch of alcohol soaked bristle pipe cleaners. If a dozen don't do it I have taken a drill bit in a hand drill and reamed a slight bit off the inside of the shank. But a retort works well and they are cheap. Be sure that you don't use an open flame. |
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