How To Clean A Tobacco Pipe Meerschaum

• #ane

Skillful day,
I have recently acquired a meerschaum pipe and am slightly at a lost equally to the daily and journal maintenance of the pipe. I volition advisedly draw to the reader my immediate cleaning process that follows each fume and the occasional deeper process, in the hope of shedding some more lite on the current state of affairs.
1- After each fume, I will allow the pipe to absurd before elimination the bowl and wiping the bedchamber walls with either a bent pipe cleaner or a paper towel. I will then proceed to run a few pipe cleaners into the pipe (without taking the pipage apart) until they come up out as clean as before going in.
2- Later on six or seven smokes, or when the pipe begins to taste sour, I will commencement by taking information technology apart. I will then clean the stalk with pipe cleaners and 99% isopropyl alcohol. Equally for the meerschaum bowl, I volition simply clean it with a dry bristle pipe cleaner from the shank through to the lesser of the bowl until information technology comes out white. NO ALCOHOL OR SOLVENTS WITH THE MEERSCHAUM Bowl.
North.B. Some believe that cleaning agents (grain alcohol, isopropyl, pipe sweeteners, ...etc) common in the maintenance of briar pipes, are actually detrimental in the case of meerschaum pipes for the unproblematic reason that the porous material will absorb those detergents thus marring any time to come fume. This opinion is shared past two reliable sources: SMS pipes and smokingpipes.com . Hither are the links to these sources' articles on the caring for meerschaum pipes.
https://www.smspipes.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/learn.meerschaum_pipe_care
https://www.smokingpipes.com/information/howto/meerschaum.cfm
My questions are as follows. Firstly, is my methodology in maintaining the pipe correct? Secondly, should the meerschaum basin be cleaned periodically with booze or a solvent as with briar bowls? Finally, are there any tips for caring for or extending the life of a meerschaum pipe?
Fred, I really demand your help!
Cheers very much for input and I expect forrard to reading your replies.
Kindest regards.

Ali

• #6

Thanks a lot guys for your skillful opinion. I guess it's all-time to avoid chemicals altogether with meerschaum bowls.

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