Estate Pipe Chamber Repair

[mbmoehl]

Hey Folks,

I just purchased a beautiful paneled bulldog Weber from SPC. I'm happy with the purchase and i'm not going to return it, but the chamber looks rough (the listing did call out 'chamber carbonizing'). Should i attempt to repair it with one form or another of pipe mud (if so please let me know which) or just smoke it as is. Will building up cake help or am i risking burn out without pipe mud?

Thanks for you suggestions.

 

[Bbailey324]

Looks like gouges and cracking in the carbon cake layer. Might not be worth worrying about. If it makes you feel better you can make a coating out of activated carbon, acacia gum and water and paint over it. Here is a good discussion of that coating:

bowl coating – Peterson Pipe Notes - https://petersonpipenotes.org/tag/bowl-coating/

 

[Chasing Embers]

Just looks like it needs reaming.

 

[sablebrush52]

I'd start by removing the cake back to the wood, just to make sure there's no heat damage. Then I'd coat with silicate and build a cake over that.

 

[OzPiper]

I'd start by removing the cake back to the wood, just to make sure there's no heat damage. Then I'd coat with silicate and build a cake over that.

^^^^^
I use a simple pipe mud made with cigar ash and water
Apply a couple of coats and allow to dry thoroughly for several days
Take care not to scrape off after the first few smokes until a stable and hard cake forms

 

[mbmoehl]

Thank you guys. The consensus seems to be this is just left over cake, in which case i'll just smoke it as is.

Is it that SP's reemer just doesn't match the original shape of the bowl?

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Here's the procedure for fixing it, if it's not something you're comfortable with you can send it to me and I'll do it, for a fee of course. But if you leave it it will get worse and burn out.
Also pipe mud is not what you want to use to fix burnouts, thats more for raising the floor of a missdrilled/over reamed chamber.

 

[Briarcutter]

I'd agree, just cake, smoke and enjoy it. No need for mud.