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12-01-2007, 09:36 AM | #1 |
CW Squirrel Wrangler
Herf God
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: southwest Missouri
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I moved my pipes to my office last week, and I'm going to tr
I have never had any luck. They won't stay lit. Couple thoughts.
Matches seemed to work a hell of a lot better than a lighter! is this right? I tried five or six ways to try and get a good shine. I had years ago stripped the finish and stain from them, and cleaned them with methanol this week. I can't get a shine! I have power buffed with white jewelers rouge. 00000 steel wool. An old finishing wax that I made with beeswax and carnauba. other furniture waxes. I get a matte, unfinished look, as if the briar itself is refusing to shine up. The stuff should be nearly glass smooth, and it looks like unfinished ceramic-clean, smooth, reflective, but not glossy. Thoughts? |