Thanks for that guys. The wet lip thing isn’t working so far, if anything it’s making it stick more. I don’t have any kind of glaze, and it seems wasteful to order some just to glaze the tips on two pipes… and with postage would prob cost more than the pipes did. I saw something online which implied beeswax might work, and I have some white beeswax pellets left from making up a batch of moustache wax. I might try that.
@50ft_trad I was going to suggest wax and if you don’t want to wax the pipe try lip balm.
You could try tool handle dip ,Just plug the airhole with a Q tip or something. http://www.lowes.com/pd/Plasti-Dip-14-5-fl-oz-Black-Dip-Coating/3543512?cm\_mmc=SCE\_PLA-\_-Paint-\_-SprayPaint-\_-3543512:Plasti\_Dip&CAWELAID=&kpid=3543512&CAGPSPN=pla&store\_code=1047
Never thought of tool handle dip basement shaman, that is a great idea. I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t bond. Maybe even go so far as to get the stuff that is meant for electricians tools, I.e non conductive as this would surely save you from heat causing it to lose its bond if say you were smoking a short cutty.
I have a verysmall clay the end of which was simply dipped in red enamel.
Couldn’t you just wrap a piece of tape around the mouthpiece, it would solve the problem of your lips sticking but it would probably have to be replaced periodically. It would be a quick fix not a permanant solution
Thanks again guys. I haven’t tried yet, but I’ll probably be attempting the wax first. I don’t have any tool dip or paint that I’m certain is non toxic. I think the tape might get grim quickly, and attract nasties in the exposed edges of the tape… although it did make me think about heat shrink tubing…
Elmers glue?
I assume that’s some kind of PVA? I’ll be trying the wax on one of my pipes later today. If I’m unhappy with that, the next thing to try will be heatshrink tubing. I figure it may also help to reinforce the stem
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One year on, and I now see clays as little more than a novelty. I get a far better smoke from a cob or briar, and rarely touch the clays. Even when I do, I find myself regretting it, and wishing I’d picked up another pipe. There’s only 6 pipes that I now use with any regularity. A Parker Cherrywood, a Parker 4 square poker, a Baby Wellbent (an offbrand small army mount style), a Washington cob, a Mizzou, and an Ozark Cherrywood. They work well with all tobaccos, and are cheap and durable enough that I don’t feel I have to be delicate with them.
I quite agree. Clays never really made the grade for me either.