Do you use them at all? Do you wash and dry them, for reuse? How do you feel about these little fuzzy pipe accessories?
Pipe Cleaners
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Hate em but they are pretty damn necessary I would say
Use 'em. Don't reuse 'em. Maybe I should. Throwing them out does give me pause sometimes. There's already a lot of trash in this world.
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Reuse them? I go through mine like a hooker through a phone book.
My cellar has tobacco and pipe cleaners.
I’m using all the money from my toilet paper clearance sales to keep my cellar stocked.
My cellar has tobacco and pipe cleaners.
I’m using all the money from my toilet paper clearance sales to keep my cellar stocked.
I use them every smoke. I like the bristled ones if the pipe is big enough to receive them. By the looks of them after I pass 'em through the stem and swirl 'em around the bowl a bit -- I definitely don't want that stuff soaking in, or building up. I'm also pretty adamant about removing cake -- I ream my pipes probably more than most folks, because every time I found a bad taste in a pipe, reaming it resolved the issue.
As I mentioned in another thread I reuse mine in my fluffy barbed wire fence.
My wife has started knitting sweaters out of them too. They develop a nice tan color when they start to rust.
My wife has started knitting sweaters out of them too. They develop a nice tan color when they start to rust.
Doesn’t he have to threaten to leave, leave and then with a flourish announce “I’m back”? Just to lather, rinse, repeat.
Also the bristled ones make great painful children's party favors. "ooooh a giraffe! OUCH! Mommy!!!"
I do not reuse!
I stopped using them about 8 months ago.. Not because I'm cheap (which I am) or because I'm environmentally friendly (which I am not).. I just got tired of having them in ashtrays and the fuzz can clog a stem.
So far I've suffered no ill effects.. But I must admit, sometimes I worry about what might be growing in my pipes..
I'M LEAVING IF YOU PEOPLE DONT ENDORSE REUSING!!!
Give him time, the proverbial cat just got out of the bag.
While I am a huge recycle nut but NO.
Alright, alright -- I've actually reused them when they didn't have to do much work -- usually after a burley blend, where the cleaner barely registers a stain. Now you can stay
I also use tube brushes. Reuse cleaners? No. Why would one? They are like cobs, disposable.
I'm really just thinking that If you do the water rinse thing regularly.. Maybe pipe cleaners really aren't required.
I use all types of pipe cleaners and no I don't reuse them. I buy them by the thousands. I know some of you wash your pipes, but I'm just an old codger and will never let one drop of water touch my pipes.
I use them on the rare occasion that I get a gurgle. And for cleaning up stems.
I use them and will reuse them if they're not nasty after cleaning. I don't take it as far as to wash them. I do cut them in half, not to save money necessarily just to not waste an entire pipe cleaner on say a 2 inch stem.
Now, I do use paper towels more than pipe cleaners. I twist up paper towels and ream out them stem and of course the bowl as most do.
Now, I do use paper towels more than pipe cleaners. I twist up paper towels and ream out them stem and of course the bowl as most do.