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Old 07-05-2006, 04:47 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Dad's Olde Pipes :-D

They all look perfect for restoration to me, the most difficult bit to repair is the stem, the bowls are normally quite easy, judging by the pics they will need a good clean with alcohol and fine wire wool before staining, polishing with tripoli and buffing with carnauba wax. as for the stems they will need sanding, polishing, final polishing and oiling. any holes and cracks will probably need more attention, if you want to keep the original stems then i may be bale to help you fix them depending on condition, otherwise if you want perfect stems you will probably have to get them replaced, which will be expensive.


if you need any help or have any questions, or want somebody else to do some restoration work on them then pm, id be happy ot help.
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