Pipe Mud - The Photo Essay

[Mister Moo]

Very interesting. Would you recommend this just for repairs or would this work for speeding along the process of building a cake in a new pipe?

Not sure it's a great idea to make fake cake. I can think of a couple of reasons why not to try this - I'd just let a new pipe (or recently reamed pipe) develop cake the old fashioned way.

It is ideal, however to:

1. repair the chamber on a cob that is starting to gut - it happens a lot, especially with new cobs that are smoked outdoors;
2. adjust the floor of a pipes' chamber upward to correct for a high-entry airway - a little mud will normally stop dottle and gurgle problems; and
3. fill internal flaws like holes, pits, early signs of burn-out or small cracks and fissures.

Done right it is a free repair and will normally cure very hard, permanent like. If you use too much moisture the mud will tend to crumble rather quickly.

Hope this helps.