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- Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:17 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How Do I Stop Making War Clubs?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4867
Nevertheless you're still on the safer side. You still can take something off. Imagine you would be fiddling with too tiny pipes… From my usual design works I do for a living, I use one technique: I let it sit overnight and look at it the next morning. I know it's hard to stop, when you're in the mi...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:53 pm
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: Removing the finish
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5155
I did not think about using this method for a multilayer staining process yet. This brings in a variety of factors differing from an estate treatment: When staining from scratch (i.e. fresh formed briar), how long does the stain have time to settle? From what (little) I know about staining, it does ...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:19 am
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: Removing the finish
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5155
Nick, nevermind. I'm still hoping there will be no reply stating I am intoxicating myself with these so-cured pipes more than I do on a regular pipesmoking basis. Maybe the classic Ethanol would be better, but it's considerable more expensive. I forgot to mention that I repeatedly wipe out the bowls...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:31 am
- Forum: News and Announcements
- Topic: Pipe Making T-Shirts
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10570
Though I might not be in for the T-Shirt for Chicago as a german newbie, I still want to throw in some thoughts around the graphical and marketing oriented viewpoint. 1. Make it a visually clear statement It should be nice to look at and easy to remember. Not too much fuzzy small detail. It will min...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: name that tool...?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2439
Smart though. Coming from a town with the second biggest bicycle-way net in Germany I remembered the bike part easily… I tried to get one of those special heavy duty nail anchors (some kind of direct translation for the German term we use), too. It's not in stock in the dimensions we need for a toba...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:43 am
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: Removing the finish
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5155
mmh, first posting and already a tip. :? Been reading, thinking and learning for quite a while from all your contributions in this forum now. But keeping back my thoughts means no discussion, no learning, no forthcoming at all. So let me take a careful step. Sanding shure is is the thing, but as for...