Ducttapegonewild
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Thought I might need to share my pipe mudding experience.
Had the available time to address this issue, plus a plethora of ash to pull from. I went to grab a glass bowl from the kitchen when I was quickly chastised for the bowl I chose. So, I grabbed the one I was allowed to use. I had just finished smoking a San Lotano Churchill and thought that would be enough. I put, what I thought to be a small amount of DW into the bowl along with the ash and started stirring. Boy was I wrong. I went to my ash can and started pulling out nubs and shook more ash into the bowl.
After getting what I thought was the proper consistency, I started to pack it into the bottom of the bowl. Reading several different procedures online, I decided not to use the honey.
Regardless, poked around with a matchstick, I coated the bottom of the bowl with the mud. I then remembered that I needed to put a PC in to keep from blocking the draft hole. Luckily, I was able to push it through, hopefully, I won't limit the draw on it. I then took the pipe, and noticed the hole on the bottom of the pipe. I reverted back to my composite days and packed the hole with mud, smoothed it and tapped dry ash onto the bottom. I also placed a bit of ash into the bowl, put my finger on it, shook it like it owed me money then dumped the excess out.
Now, the waiting game. I have heard two different drying times, one of 24 to 48 hours and the other a week. Seeing as I have no clue of what I'm doing, I am going to let it sit in the Texas heat for a week. I'll let you know next week if I screwed the pooch on this.
Thank you all for bearing with my stupidity...
Oh, as a side note, I used grrrr's "sneeze through the pipe" method of clearing the draft hole of any debris, however, since I didn't need to sneeze, I had to modify it a bit and just blew through it.
Hopefully, it works.
Had the available time to address this issue, plus a plethora of ash to pull from. I went to grab a glass bowl from the kitchen when I was quickly chastised for the bowl I chose. So, I grabbed the one I was allowed to use. I had just finished smoking a San Lotano Churchill and thought that would be enough. I put, what I thought to be a small amount of DW into the bowl along with the ash and started stirring. Boy was I wrong. I went to my ash can and started pulling out nubs and shook more ash into the bowl.
After getting what I thought was the proper consistency, I started to pack it into the bottom of the bowl. Reading several different procedures online, I decided not to use the honey.
Regardless, poked around with a matchstick, I coated the bottom of the bowl with the mud. I then remembered that I needed to put a PC in to keep from blocking the draft hole. Luckily, I was able to push it through, hopefully, I won't limit the draw on it. I then took the pipe, and noticed the hole on the bottom of the pipe. I reverted back to my composite days and packed the hole with mud, smoothed it and tapped dry ash onto the bottom. I also placed a bit of ash into the bowl, put my finger on it, shook it like it owed me money then dumped the excess out.
Now, the waiting game. I have heard two different drying times, one of 24 to 48 hours and the other a week. Seeing as I have no clue of what I'm doing, I am going to let it sit in the Texas heat for a week. I'll let you know next week if I screwed the pooch on this.
Thank you all for bearing with my stupidity...
Oh, as a side note, I used grrrr's "sneeze through the pipe" method of clearing the draft hole of any debris, however, since I didn't need to sneeze, I had to modify it a bit and just blew through it.
Hopefully, it works.
