Monday, August 29, 2011

First pipe restoration

Got this pipe the other day (Dr. Grabow Commodore) and it was in sore need of some work:





I didn't fully photo document the work...but this was when I reamed the bowl all the way down:


After reaming, I noted that the bottom of the bowl was well below the draft hole so I had to apply "pipe mud" and allow it to dry.  After much sweat and elbow grease these are the "after" photos:






I'm looking forward to testing out my cleaning and restoration as soon as conditions permit.  We've got a marsh fire burning not too far away and as the A/C runs the house smells like what I'm sure the curing of Latakia smells like and being outdoors is a hundred fold worse.







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