Folks, on some of my pipes, I have a problem working a pipe cleaner all the way through from stem-bowl. I think this is probably due to the holes in stem and bowl not matching (I guess cheaper machine-made pipes have this problem). Sometimes, I can jiggle the pipe cleaner so it runs all the way through, but I have a few that just stops dead when it reaches the mortise join.
I don't want to take it apart while still hot, and I have also read that one should try not to disassemble the pipe after every smoke, so are there any tricks to running a pipe cleaner through these troublesome pipes? Or should I just wait until it's cold and disassemble to clean?
I don't want to take it apart while still hot, and I have also read that one should try not to disassemble the pipe after every smoke, so are there any tricks to running a pipe cleaner through these troublesome pipes? Or should I just wait until it's cold and disassemble to clean?