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BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE
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shiny question
- Thread starter daleo8803
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I have never waxed a pipe before - ever. So take this with a grain of salt.
You take a Dremel with a nice soft felt pad and have at it with your wax, and I am willing to bet dollars to donuts (short of applying too much wax), you'll have it as shiney as you want it in no time. Go slow. Good luck!
You take a Dremel with a nice soft felt pad and have at it with your wax, and I am willing to bet dollars to donuts (short of applying too much wax), you'll have it as shiney as you want it in no time. Go slow. Good luck!
I love me some Dremel!! Never waxed mine either, but I'll bet this works...
I use solid block of Carnauba Wax (you can pick it up on Amazon) and a buffing wheel attached to my drill as I don't have a buffer. After using the buffer I will hand polish with a soft cloth, sometimes while smoking it the first time to warm the wax.
Freshly cleaned estate before wax:
After wax:
The above example pic was taken before the hand polish, so it will brighten up even more. It just happened to be one I had handy.
The dremel would probably be ok to use on the briar, but I would not use it on stems. Even at the lowest RPM a dremel will spin fast enough to damage a stem.
Freshly cleaned estate before wax:
After wax:
The above example pic was taken before the hand polish, so it will brighten up even more. It just happened to be one I had handy.
The dremel would probably be ok to use on the briar, but I would not use it on stems. Even at the lowest RPM a dremel will spin fast enough to damage a stem.
Don't use a Dremel as the RPMs are way too high for buffing and polishing wood.
Home Depot/Lowe's/Harbor Freight... all sell a set of muslin buffing wheels around $10. Attach them to your variable speed drill as @JustTroItIn shows and go slowly.
Put a very then film of Carnuba wax on the pipe and let it sit for about 10-15 minutes so that it hardens. You can tell when't ready as it will get a bit cloudy. Then turn the drill on a low speed and start buffing away.
Home Depot/Lowe's/Harbor Freight... all sell a set of muslin buffing wheels around $10. Attach them to your variable speed drill as @JustTroItIn shows and go slowly.
Put a very then film of Carnuba wax on the pipe and let it sit for about 10-15 minutes so that it hardens. You can tell when't ready as it will get a bit cloudy. Then turn the drill on a low speed and start buffing away.
I do and they come out nice and shiny. Have been doing it for quite some time with no ill effects.