Day 3 The Finale! Get Ready, This One's Going To Be A Long One!

30 hours of S/A treatment:


Check out how much tar a system pipe traps!


Once I am happy with how much tar/gunk the S/A treatment has collected, I empty the salt out. There will be a crust at the top of the bowl, you need to break through it with a reamer or pocket knife, then empty the bowl out 100%. This is kind of time consuming but self explanatory. Just use a bunch of Q-tips and pipe cleaners to make sure every little granule of salt gets out of there. At this point I let the bowls rest for another 24 hours, just to make sure every bit of 91% Iso is evaporated and long gone form the bowl.

At this point, your pipe is smoke ready. So if you are happy with how your pipe looks cosmetically and are ready to light that puppy up, go for it! Everything from here on out is strictly cosmetic.

Next I go through all the trim, bands, and the bowl. Cleaning everything up for and prepping the pipe for it's final wax and finish.

The Nickel band around the Pete was pretty tarnished and ugly, but I have a quick solution!


Make sure your pipes brush their teeth! A lot of people use metal polish or some abrasive cleaner, I use toothpaste. It dissolves all the tarnish and shines up really nice. As a bonus point, it isn't really abrasive enough to mess up the Briar's finish if you get any on there. And that is a HUGE plus if you are as clumsy as I am. I smear toothpaste all over the band and let it sit for a couple minutes. Then I come back and work q-tips in little circular motions all over the band. It takes a little elbow grease, but works wonders.