Pipe getting bitter

dougk52 · Post by **dougk52** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:11 pm

I have a pipe I've been using for 6 months or so but lately it get bitter while I'm using it. I tried using sweetener. Thoroughly cleaning out the smoke hole in the bowel wit ha drill. I also swabbed out the whole thing with alcohol. Still doing the same thing, any ideas?

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:27 pm

What type of tobacco? How long do you let it rest between smokes? Have you tried the salt and alcohol treatment?

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:37 pm

Try the salt and alcohol treatment first.

More risky than the above, but you could also try the activated charcoal treatment if the pipe doesn't have metal fittings.

EDIT: It took a bit of searching, but here's the original Greg Pease article: http://www.glpease.com/Articles/Spot.html
Lengthy, but an interesting read.

dougk52 · Post by **dougk52** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:47 pm

Hi,
At most the pipe is used 2 times a week and always 3 days in between.
Guess I'll have to try the alcohol/salt treatment. It's the only on of the herd that has had this problem.

Gainza · Post by **Gainza** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:44 pm

i try the alcohol&salt treatment, it's so easy and effective. try it and tell us.

dougk52 · Post by **dougk52** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:40 pm

O kI tries the alcohol salt treatment a couple of weeks ago and so far so good. Thanks for the tip.