Moldy Pipes! Ah!

[HoosierPuffer]

So, I went backpacking a few weeks ago and left two pipes - one corncob and one briar - in a ziplock bag. They were quite wet going in. I forgot to remove them, and three weeks later, came across them.

Mold. Mold everywhere.

Should I toss them?

Can I possible save them?

I did clean them out thoroughly with some alcohol-based pipe sweetener and left them out to dry.

Whaddya think?

 

[jhuggett]

I'd definitely toss the cob. Someone out there does an ozone treatment on pipes that's supposed to clear out everything. Might want to look into that for the briar.

 

[puros_bran]

The cobs garbage... simply because 5-6 bucks aint worth the effort..
The briar can be cleaned. I don't know if it needs proffesional help or not, but I'm sure worse things have happened in the past.

 

[jhuggett]

Here's the ozone treatment I was thinking of...

http://www.walkerbriarworks.com/html/ozone.html