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BryGuySC
08-28-2018, 08:52 AM
Hi guys!

The pipe forum is feeling pretty dead!
I admit, I've not been contributing what I used to. So, I decided to change that!
I recently restored a Mastercraft Handmade.
I don't have a lot of fancy equipment. I use an old Swiss Army knife, easy to find cleaning supplies, cordless drill, and elbow grease. If I can do it, you can too!
So, here we go!

This is the pipe, as I bought it.

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Inside the bowl.

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It looked pretty rough, but there was no real damage to the wood and the stem. A nice restoration candidate.

First I carefully reamed out the old cake with a dull short spear blade of a Swiss Army knife. I know. I know. I really need to get a good reamer.

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I then used 90% isopropyl alcohol, and maybe some spit, to clean off the tar, gunk, crud, and hopefully any varnish etc. that is left.

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Next, I worked a bit more on the stem. I used first, a Magic Eraser; then Bar Keepers Friend soft cleanser with a paper towel.

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About 10 minutes with a Magic Eraser.

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After about 10 minutes with Barkeepers Friend.

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A few more minutes. Notice there are still a lot of small scratches, etc. so I later put more time into polishing it more with Bar Keepers Friend. Maybe another 10-15 minutes.

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I then hit the briar with the Bar Keepers friend to give it a bit of a micro sanding to get it completely clean - Basically down to the briar.
It was pretty light and uninteresting, and I forgot to take a photo!

I wanted more grain contrast, so I mixed up a stain with black in and alcohol. Notice how purple it was! EEK! But I pushed forward and coated the briar. I then set it aside to dry for a while.

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After it sat for 30 minutes to an hour, I soaked a paper towel in regular 50% isopropyl alcohol and wiped it down. Notice how purple the paper towel is. And look at that grain!

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I then scrubbed it down with Bar Keepers Friend again, to knock off the stain in the highlights. Followed by a wash down with hot water in the sink. No. It won't hurt your pipe.

Here is how it looked still wet, after washing.

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Here it is after it dried. Seems pretty dull again. But wait! There's more!

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After leaving it a couple days to fully dry out, I needed to add a protective layer of wax.
I don't have a pic of my polishing "set up," but it is just a cordless drill with a cotton buffer wheel chucked in it.
I bought some carnauba wax chips, melted them into a block and used that.

Here is the finished product. It looks better in person.

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It would be even better with good tools and a bench buffer, etc., but not too bad.

Now you try it!

Regiampiero
08-28-2018, 08:59 AM
Nice work!

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FidelCastro
08-28-2018, 09:18 AM
Wow.....talk about some elbow grease and turning it into a jewel. All of that time and energy really paid off and it is now a great looking pipe.

CentralTimeSmoke
08-28-2018, 11:31 AM
Seeing that grain come alive is pretty dang cool. Nice job. Makes we want to get one! I'll have to hit up some estate sales this weekend...

Emperor Zurg
08-28-2018, 12:42 PM
And here I clicked on this thread expecting to see a boat...

Bruck
09-06-2018, 07:59 PM
Nice work!

(no Bruck, just let it go, you don't need another hobby :))

Cig
09-29-2018, 04:46 AM
Looks pretty cool.

piperdown
09-29-2018, 08:01 AM
Very, very nice!
That turned out really nice!

TCBSmokes
09-29-2018, 11:38 AM
Wow. Who knew it could ever look that good again. Nice and thanks for sharing.