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Rubbing Alcohol to Clean Pipes : : General Pipe Smoking Discussion : : Pipe Smokers Forums. I know alot of people like to use vodka or rum to clean their pipes, but I'm not much of a drinker. I've read that if I don't use a drinkable alcohol to clean my pipes that I should use a . Where can I find this?
So I just got doen soaking my pipe pieces in isopropyl alcohol and cleaned it out real good. Just cleaned my pipe with isopropyl alcohol. Rubbing alcohol evaporates at room temperature.
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I've already checked all the drug stores and X- marts. If I can't find it anywhere, should I use ethyl or isopropyl rubbing alcohol? I use grain alcohol to clean my pipes. I do not drink grain alcohol and buy to use just for cleaning of my pipes. Don't play around with denatured or isopropyl alcohol. I don't drink either but buy grain alcohol to clean pipes. Everclear or any high proof alcohol works great and you know it won't poison you.
Just buy the little miniatures. You can start with Q- tips, an then finish with pipe cleaners. Let the pipe sit for a day.
My biggest mistake when I was newb. I guess that works for many things in life. I guess that works for many things in life. Yes, you must always clean ALL your pipes! Even the ones you don't smoke.
I cleaned all my pipes (literally) the other day. While leaving them sit for a day, I smoked my corncob pipes.
One lesson I learned the hard way about cleaning pipes and balancing out too much cleaning and not enough cleaning. When I was a newb, I constantly cleaned my pipes, removing the stems. Now, my first pipe, an Aldo Velani that is actually the one pictured in the site logo, has a cracked mostise and a very loose fitting stem.
You shouldn't remove the stems too much, and especially right after smoking while the pipe is hot. My practice is that regular cleaning is just running a pipe cleaner or two through after smoking. I only take the pipe apart, removing the stem, and running cleaner- dipped pipe cleaners through after 5 - 6 smokes.
I am going use rum on her. I am, however, youngish, poor, and brave.
Mine says nothing of it. It is going too evaporate. If you want save a buck, just buy a mini of rum, vodka, or whisky. Water will soak into the wood and hurry the need to clean the pipe again by expanding the pours of the wood. Rubbing alcohol and denatured alcohol are poisons. If you are just cleaning your own pipes, any potable adult beverage will do the trick.
If, however, you are cleaning/restoring estate pipes,you will need at least 1. Pappy's White Lightnin'(Grain alcohol) or 1.
If you happen to be a recovering alcoholic and can't have the potable stuff around, the Arango pipe spray mentioned earlier will work. It's taste and aroma will disappear within two bowls. Now, these poisons will most likely evaporate with the rest of it, but just to be safe I would go with non- denatured alcohol. What you'd want is 9. Water will soak into the wood and hurry the need to clean the pipe again by expanding the pours of the wood.'As far as water is concerned, Everclear contains more water (1. Everclear you get). Other liquors contain more.
If water is your concern, going with 9. Having said that, I haven't tried it.
Granted, they need to set a day before smoking them again, but in fifteen plus years I have been smoking pipes, I have never had any issues. I clean my pipes (without removing the stem) after every smoke by running soaked bristle pipe cleaners thru the stem and into the shank. No issues except for being careful as it the denatured stuff could remove stain on the briar. After a day of sitting, there is no residue or smell from the denatured stuff. You can buy a quart at the big box hardware stores for seven or eight bucks. That will usually last me a year or more. I have an empty bottle of the Clean & Cure that I fill with the denatured and dip the cleaners into that.
Then every so often I will remove the stem and give it a thorough cleaning. The Clean & Cure is good stuff and I use it if I plan on smoking the pipe soon.
I use 9. 9% Isopropanol which is isopropyl alcohol. I get it at the drug store. Now there are similar bottles at same drug store that are much lower percentage so make sure you get the higher one. Sometimes a cleaner dipped in Brandy through the stem afterwards. The pipes always smell great too, one advantage of not using proprietary cleaners. I have never had any problems and in my opinion as far as taste goes it tastes the same as clean and cure.
That way I never have to worry about ghosting or sour pipes. I’ve done this for over 5. I use a shank brush, bristle cleaners and regular cleaners. I have always been afraid of rubbing alcohol. The guy at my local b/m who has been cleaning and repairing pipes for 4. I do it that way.
I was thinking about using the everclear after every use to see if I notice a difference. So far doing it after every 5 or 6 I have never run into a foul tasting bowl, but hey I am always up for trying something new. Use ordinary rubbing alcohol through mortise and draft hole. Clean stem dry and then a little .
Pipe rests five or six days before it's smoked again. You would never guess it was cleaned with any alcohol. Depends on what you consider .
For me when you put a pipe cleaner through and it comes out as clean as it went in, then it's clean. Also found cleaning just one at a time is much less of a chore than spending an hour or two on a weekend day just cleaning pipes. Found out many years ago if you let the pipe sit around dirty everything dries out and makes it much, much harder to clean. Your life style will determine what's acceptable when it comes to maintenance so this is just what I've found works for me.
I know this is kind of like.. I just have a question that sort of adds on.
A good friend of mine just bought me my first pipe and I absolutely love it. I was in an antique store the other day and found a sort of unique looking one for $2 and decided it was maybe worth getting and trying to clean it out!
I see lots of people saying that isopropyl alcohol works fine as long as you leave it to dry for a while first. So here's my question: Doing it with iso alcohol, is that using the same method as posted HERE for example? Still use salt and do the same basic steps even though it isn't everclear or something similar? Thanks a lot!!- Shaun Z. Isopropyl alcohol is what you want. Far less water content than booze, unless you can get your hands on pure ! I have never seen it.
It is not poison (at least anymore than any other alcohol) - they use it to clean open wounds. I understand that in some countries it is . Same steps to cleaning with salt and stuff like here: http: //www. Thanks again. I use a syringe to fill my bowls after the salt is put in.
Due to evaporation, one must add a bit after an hour or so, and then add a bit more before going to bed. Usually by morning, it's good to go for the cleaning. Few hours of sitting time to evaporate, and it's good to go for a smoke without any ill taste.
Boil the kettle, leave the shank hole unplugged, set the bowl in the sink drain and trickle boiling water in untill it runs out the shank hole. Let it sit for a minute and repeat. After 2 or 3 repititions, you can actually remove the hardened cake in pieces, easily. Downfall is, the bowl must sit for 4 days to a week to make sure it is dried out well before you smoke it. Is just normal isopropyl something I can get at like Walmart or something? Is just normal isopropyl something I can get at like Walmart or something? Ask your pharmacist.
NOT say . It is poisonous to drink, but is much less toxic than DENATURED Alcohol. Shops do use Isopropyl (Rubbing Alcohol) to clean pipes & it is probably harmless. Best is the 9. 1% versus the 7.
Years ago it was 1. But I have only found it in 7. Here too but I found it too expensive for estate cleanings and now I go with 9. Denatured ethaol is made toxic, so you do not drink untaxed alcohol (or IMO so you can't consume alcohol at all).
The toxin may or may not evaporate, so there are a risk of a light poisoning. Because I always clean my pipes thoroughly with a pipe cleaner after every smoke, I find I do not need to use a lot of alcohol.
I use this also to restore pipe stems of estate pipes I have purchased. Soaking for 2. 4 to 4. Then it is straight to the buffer wheels(Beall system) and soon I have jet black shiny sparkling stems that look like they just arrived from the factory.