I as pulling your collective leg before, I admit it. I really zip tie all my pipes to the windshield wipers of my car and get the wax treatment. They come out great! I kinda like the bubbles- remind me of when I was a kid.
Water Flush Cleaning Technique
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Certainly more practical than the toilet flush method BROBS was advocating.
Easier to tape them to the hood (bonnet) of your car and go through a car wash....gets rid of more schmutz!
Just hold the pipe down in the water, and hit the handle.. Good as new.
Pipe swirlies?
I'm experimenting with a washer/dryer approach myself. Throw the pipe in with a load of laundry on the rinse cycle and let fly. So far haven't had much luck but I still have my fingers crossed.
Some fool put four pipes through his dishwasher on purpose, and posted photos of it! All in the name of pipe science and to help qualm the fears of sissies. 
Wasn't that those odd resin pipes from the 70's? That was a selling feature, that they were dishwasher safe.
I can wash my Brylon and smoke it immediately after wiping it dry with a paper towel.. You gotta wonder why they didn't take, they talked us into smoking out of corn cobs.
"Le Pipe"- Yes, I do believe those could survive both a dishwasher and a clotheswasher.
The photo I posted saw had several briars and a cob. The owner has smoked them all since then.
The photo I
I never tried one but I've read they smoked harsh. They look sort of cool though.
You guys have convinced me of this method. Hot tap water, shank brush and tooth in the bowl.
Only caveat is that stain ran off on a couple of smooth Stanwells. You could see it on the paper towel I used to wipe the stummels dry. It didn't all come off; the pipes remained stained, but the color did run some. I had to make sure the stain ran off evenly by rinsing the entire outside of the pipe.
Only caveat is that stain ran off on a couple of smooth Stanwells. You could see it on the paper towel I used to wipe the stummels dry. It didn't all come off; the pipes remained stained, but the color did run some. I had to make sure the stain ran off evenly by rinsing the entire outside of the pipe.
I can't tell a difference really.. I can tell a little difference in flavor because it's always a fresh pipe. I don't like it more or less than my other pipes, given the chance I might buy another one.
Haven't run into that with water but definitely with alcohol. I screwed up an old estate Color Duke while sanitizing it before I noticed I was stripping the paint right off.
I always wondered why companies use alcohol based stains to begin with. They have oil-based stains ?
I flush my meers with very hot tap water but generally don't need detergent. And I won't use soap, so 19th C.
Only barbarians expose wood to water or microwave their tobacco.
Are you daft, or just trolling?
You've posted that Neanderthal statement several times.
You've posted that Neanderthal statement several times.
Got ya. Sorry, I meant detergent, but everything that has bubbles is soap in my mind.
I've been trying this method on my briar for the last couple of weeks and I really like what it's done to them.
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