How To Clean And Polish A Briar Pipe
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How to clean and polish a briar pipe. You can use a newish bandana for a slight abrasive touch andor a soft rag or a polishing cloth with both surfaces. As cleaning a pipe can release tar and unpleasant smells consider covering that surface with paper towels too. If your stem or bowl has a band now is the time to polish it using a good silver or other metal polish depending on what your band is made of.
Carefully reinsert the stem into the bowl and give the pipe a good wipe with a soft cloth perhaps impregnated with a compound such as Briar Pipe Wipe. I typically use a buffing wheel with some carnauba wax to get a really high shine. On a pipe that you obviously dont want to clear coat there is no way to prevent it Scrubbing with Murphys is a great idea to help sanitize the outside but I dont think the color will change.
Pipemakers use a mix of stains and. Once Im happy with the sanded pipe I begin staining. A couple are for regular maintenance and preventing oxidation but a couple claim to assist in actually removing oxidation once it has occurred.
For best results only smoke a clean and dry pipe. Arango Briar Pipe Wipe Polish. Then feed a pipe cleaner through the stem and shank.
I find the stain penetrates much better on warm briar than it does at room temperature briar. Elbow grease is the best polish. But several of my other pipes have long enough stems to need a longer cleaner.
The Wellington Jumbo Butz Choquin Calabash and a couple of other. And by the various flavors of tobacco mixing. How I polish my pipes.