I've been wanting to step up my estate pipe game a bit to altering and staining. Instead of just dipping my toe in I decided to jump in head first. The pipe I chose to possibly destroy is a beat up Hialeah I purchased for $5 shipped on ebay.
I've always liked those Peterson St. Paddy's day pipes but never dropped the green on one (yep, this thread has puns). I also wanted to try my hand at rusticating so figured I would kill two birds with one stone on my first test of concept/destruction of beat up old pipe.
First step was to clean the pipe as normal.
After that I soaked the pipe in 90% Iso to remove the old stain.
Next step...sanding...and more sanding...
I put some water on the sanded bowl to show the grain so I could decide where I wanted to rusticate and where I wanted to leave the pipe smooth.
Rough pencil drawing of what I wanted to do....then more sanding...
I taped off the area I wanted to leave smooth.
Then I built my rustication tool.
Start rusticating.
End rusticating.
The dye I used is Feibings leather dye.
After doing some reading on dying pipes, I opted for a two tone dye. I started with a base coat of black.
After hitting the pipe with the dye I immediately wiped the pipe down with an alcohol soaked rag to remove as much as possible. This is so the dye soaks into the softer parts of the briar and brings out the grain.
I did two coats of black, sanding in between, and wiping with the alcohol soaked rag both times.
Next was the first coat of green. This time I still wiped the stain off the pipe, but with a clean rag instead of one soaked in alcohol.
Second coat of green.
I've always liked those Peterson St. Paddy's day pipes but never dropped the green on one (yep, this thread has puns). I also wanted to try my hand at rusticating so figured I would kill two birds with one stone on my first test of concept/destruction of beat up old pipe.
First step was to clean the pipe as normal.
After that I soaked the pipe in 90% Iso to remove the old stain.
Next step...sanding...and more sanding...
I put some water on the sanded bowl to show the grain so I could decide where I wanted to rusticate and where I wanted to leave the pipe smooth.
Rough pencil drawing of what I wanted to do....then more sanding...
I taped off the area I wanted to leave smooth.
Then I built my rustication tool.
Start rusticating.
End rusticating.
The dye I used is Feibings leather dye.
After doing some reading on dying pipes, I opted for a two tone dye. I started with a base coat of black.
After hitting the pipe with the dye I immediately wiped the pipe down with an alcohol soaked rag to remove as much as possible. This is so the dye soaks into the softer parts of the briar and brings out the grain.
I did two coats of black, sanding in between, and wiping with the alcohol soaked rag both times.
Next was the first coat of green. This time I still wiped the stain off the pipe, but with a clean rag instead of one soaked in alcohol.
Second coat of green.
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