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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 275304"><p>Cut this short now.</p><p></p><p>You can either try to disguise deteriorated vulcanite, or remove it. Removing it is far better. That means abrasives. </p><p></p><p>Patent pipe polishes depend mostly on skin oil/grease to blacken lighter colored (somewhat deteriorated) stems/mouthpieces. Properly used (as home remedies) they are the final stage in the abrasive removal sequence -- not a substitute for it. You can do <em>about</em> the same thing with nose oil. </p><p></p><p> :roll: </p><p></p><p>Olive oil never dries completely. It, like any oil, darkens the surface under it. And it <em><u>ma</u>y</em>, or may not, offer some kind of protection.</p><p></p><p>One thing it does do though is go rancid.</p><p></p><p>There are stem oils made ("Obsidian" is one that comes to mind) that do protect stems against oxygen & moisture (the culprits involved).</p><p></p><p>FWIW</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 275304"] Cut this short now. You can either try to disguise deteriorated vulcanite, or remove it. Removing it is far better. That means abrasives. Patent pipe polishes depend mostly on skin oil/grease to blacken lighter colored (somewhat deteriorated) stems/mouthpieces. Properly used (as home remedies) they are the final stage in the abrasive removal sequence -- not a substitute for it. You can do [i]about[/i] the same thing with nose oil. :roll: Olive oil never dries completely. It, like any oil, darkens the surface under it. And it [i][u]ma[/u]y[/i], or may not, offer some kind of protection. One thing it does do though is go rancid. There are stem oils made ("Obsidian" is one that comes to mind) that do protect stems against oxygen & moisture (the culprits involved). FWIW :face: [/QUOTE]
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