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    Upshall B Refurb

    Nice work. Terrific work on the pipe.
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    Restoring Logos and buffing stems

    Any Kind of pipe cleaning solution, and there are many including oxy will take a certain amount of vulcanite off. When I use oxy I use thick plumbing grease on the logo. I’ve been successful up to a 1 hour soak. Conversley I’ve used magic erasure pads. When sanding I use thick clear hockey tape...
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    Problem with CA glue and carbon

    In the case of selling, full disclosure is my practice. If the,pipe is mine of course I would not.
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    Carnauba

    The chips have a very low melting temp. Pop your chips in the microwave into a pourable dish. Then pour into a plastic container shaped like a puck. When all is cool you’ll find the puck will pop out, and Bobs Your Uncle.
  5. W

    What Would You Suggest?

    Practice your techniques if you want. I like saving stuff. Grind down the stem for vulcanite, and the briar for other repairs. It’s a donor pipe.
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    Brigham Acorn clean up

    This Brigham 2 dot was dirty and tired looking. The stem was in very good shape. More on the stem later. After reaming there a number of heat fissures. I applied a thin layer of JB weld, then some maple syrup, and powdered carbon. The stem is a question. You’ll notice the two dots are very...
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    Cracked My Paykoc

    Sorry about the breakage. That type of Meer is susceptible to temp extremes. The block meers I smoke in colder weather with no problems. As mentioned an inner tube is the fix. Meer absorbs a lot, but actually a white glue with the inner tube would be my fix. Also any kind of clear ca. the...
  8. W

    Chamber Repair Mud Vs. Waterglass

    Thanks Rustie. Very clear explanation. I have used the combo on an old Stanwell.
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    Problem with CA glue and carbon

    Rustie, I have a question. As I mentioned I’m going with the gflex, but the dye by the same manufacturer is extremely expensive. $60 for a small bottle. Could I use a more economical dye from another manufacturer To use with gflex. Thanks for your response.
  10. W

    Best Kept Secrets

    Royal Danish. Great price and great smokers. They are Stanwell seconds I believe.
  11. W

    Pipe Rotation

    1. 6 or so. 2. 50 3. 40 or so
  12. W

    Can Lined Mortises be Treated Like an Army Mount?

    Treat it like an army mount. I like them like that. Excellent against shank breakage. It might have been repaired. I can’t recall Stanwell doing this to any of their pipes.
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    What’s Stuck Inside the Bowl of this Pipe?

    Sadly not an unsmoked pipe. I’m very sure that’s JB weld in that bowl.
  14. W

    Problem with CA glue and carbon

    Hi George. This stuff sounds like the ticket. Although the colorant is very very expensive. Do you think anything else would work as colorant like powdered charcoal, or some colorants other than the g-flex manufacturer ?
  15. W

    Marlin Flake Tastes Like Stonehaven?

    I can’t agree that they taste similar. I would agree that Stonehaven has differences in taste from jar to jar. Sometimes very flavourful, and other times just meh.
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    Problem with CA glue and carbon

    Think I’ve found a solution to this. My powdered charcoal is in a small jar. I dot the hole in the stem or imperfection with black CA, then holding the stem over the jar I sprinkle powdered charcoal on the glue. Sets up all most immediately. I get minimal air bubbles.
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    Stanwell 51 Vario refurb

    I knew the issues, but for $40 a good deal. Very dirty pipe, a chipped stem, heat cracks and fissures in the bowl. I tried something new. I wanted the ovals on each side of the bowl to stand out. Rather than staining the entire pipe, I used a q-tip to paint light brown dye around the ovals...
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    Perfume on Pipe!

    My wife sprayed lemon pledge on a few of my pipes. After i extracated myself from the ceiling I soaked all the bowls in a jar of iso alcohol for a few days. Did the trick. The smell will gradually go away.
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    Problem with CA glue and carbon

    For those of us well versed in the restoration of stem holes, bite marks, and chipped vulcanite stems. Standard practice is to mix ca glue with powdered carbon for these repairs. The problem I continually have is how fast this mixture sets, setting so fast that one hardly has any time to get it...
  20. W

    School me on Hand Making a Pipe

    I’ll bite. A pre drilled is the best way to go. But if you want to start with a block of briar you can. Draw on the block your rough cuts. Cuts can be made with a small saw. The drilling is the most challenging and that’s why I buy the pre drilled block. If you want to drill on your own you’ll...
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