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Lucite vs Vulcanite?
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<blockquote data-quote="Justpipes" data-source="post: 10018" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>Davey,</p><p></p><p>I use to always prefer vulcanite stems because of them being softer until I discovered pipe bits. As stated above the draw back with vulcanite is the oxidation. I use Briar Pipe Wipe on my stems and it slows the oxidation way down on the vulcanite stems but eventually they will have to be lightly sanded and buffed out. I do my own from time to time to keep them shiny. As Dock said the lucite stems maintain their shine forever as long as you keep them clean and they are much more durable. Some folks are fond of the Cumberland material which is like vulcanite but it has the redish swirls in it and doesn't show the oxidation as bad plus it is soft like vulcanite. It really is basically a colored vulcanite.</p><p></p><p>lately I have been using the very fine grit soft finger nail files to file the oxidation out of my stems and then use a jewlers ruge to buff them by hand. It's work but well worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Justpipes, post: 10018, member: 38"] Davey, I use to always prefer vulcanite stems because of them being softer until I discovered pipe bits. As stated above the draw back with vulcanite is the oxidation. I use Briar Pipe Wipe on my stems and it slows the oxidation way down on the vulcanite stems but eventually they will have to be lightly sanded and buffed out. I do my own from time to time to keep them shiny. As Dock said the lucite stems maintain their shine forever as long as you keep them clean and they are much more durable. Some folks are fond of the Cumberland material which is like vulcanite but it has the redish swirls in it and doesn't show the oxidation as bad plus it is soft like vulcanite. It really is basically a colored vulcanite. lately I have been using the very fine grit soft finger nail files to file the oxidation out of my stems and then use a jewlers ruge to buff them by hand. It's work but well worth it. [/QUOTE]
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