Salt & Alcohol Treatment
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"Hagley" hag...@charter.net
I have been using the salt and alcohol treatment for about 20 years, ever since I read about it in an issue of Pipe Lovers magazine, published in the late 1940s. Some of you refer to it as the "Professor's Treatment", although the "professor" didn't invent it. I have never had a problem at all-not one single cracked bowl.
For the past year or so, I have taken it a step further, and wanted to share my technique.
After filling the bowl with regular old Morton table salt (Raleigh probably would use Publix or Kroger brand), with a soda straw I drip alcohol (denatured alcohol from Ace Hardware at $10 per gallon) onto the salt over a 3 or 4 day period. Each time when applying alcohol, I stick a toothpick in the center of salt, to make a hole for the alcohol to go into the center of the salt.
After a couple of days, I scrape out the (hardened) salt with my tamper. I then insert a paper towel into the tobacco hole and twist the towel to get out any remaining salt. The next step (which I do several times) is to dip a bent cleaner in the alcohol and swab out the inside of the bowl to get rid of any any remaining salt.
Now here comes the fun part.........................
I then ignite the alcohol vapors with a match (being careful to have the bottle of alcohol far away from the area). I repeat the pipe cleaner swabbing several times, igniting it each time.
After repeating this 4 or 5 times, I find that virtually all trace of sourness or previous tobaccos is eliminated. I just finished up two patent date Dunhills today. I would say that they smoke as sweet as the day they were made, probably better, since some cake does still exist. I believe that the lighting of the vapors helps harden the cake, but that is my uneducated opinion.
If you have no common sense, don't attempt this. I will not take responsibility for anyone igniting their pipe, themselves, or their kitchen.
LET ME REPEAT, IF YOU WANT TO TRY THIS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE GRAIN ALCOHOL INSTEAD OF DENATURED ALCOHOL TO AVOID BRAIN DAMAGE. I personally use denatured alcohol due to the cost.
Hopefully that will keep me from getting sued.
Mike Hagley
"rhodog" m...@pandora.be
Mike, a couple of minutes ago, I still had eye brows.
You will hear from my lawyer.
Erwin "Hagley" <hag...@charter.net> schreef in bericht ...
Martin Farrent mar...@farrent.de
Es schrieb rhodog: Which Stanwell did you put in the oven, Erwin? Not your best one, I hope...
Martin
"rhodog" m...@pandora.be
If you would finally buy my Ingo Garbe, I could afford something else !
Erwin
Martin Farrent mar...@farrent.de
Es schrieb rhodog: Read "Yes, Prime Minister" for answers, such as "in the fullness of time".
Martin
"Bernie" nospambernie_gre...@email.com
You've read "Yes, Prime Minister"? I'm amazed it was even on sale in Germany. Perhaps you aren't really German? :-)
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Bernie "May you enjoy many more pipes full of good memories and friends...." Tom Greene on ASP
Martin Farrent mar...@farrent.de
Es schrieb Bernie: No, but I have a German mother and I've lived here since 1973. Was born in Carshalton, UK.
Good bookshops in German cities such as Cologne often have English language departments the size of a small W.H. Smiths. But I think "Yes, Prime Minister" was also translated... seem to remember it being on German television, too.
Best, Martin
"Bernie" nospambernie_gre...@email.com
Ah for a moment there I thought maybe some Germans had developed a sense of humour :-) A translation of "Yes, Prime Minister"? Into German? It doesn't bear thinking about :-)
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Bernie "May you enjoy many more pipes full of good memories and friends...." Tom Greene on ASP
Martin Farrent mar...@farrent.de
Es schrieb Bernie: Trouble is that the anti-translation purist stance wouldn't get me very far if I ever wanted to read Confucius :-) Martin
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