My stone pipe

[nallatur]

The finish on your pipe probably was destroyed by the vinegar, and as some one else said, could possibly be restored with fine sandpaper.

I've been making some nice gift pipes out of soapstone for over 20 years and highly reccomend them to anyone who wants to keep it all natural.

No off gassing, impervious to most chemicals and will never wear out.

nallatur Reviewed by nallatur on 02-21-2010. My stone pipe I have a stone pipe that by friend got me from Mexico. It is made of two different stones. The bowl is made of a solid black stone, and the neck is made of a yellow/white specked stone. The whole pipe had a real pretty shine. Well, it was time to clean it, and I heard that you should soak pipes in vinegar. So I did that. Luckly I looked and my pipe again before I went to sleep. The whole cup was black. When I took out the pipe, the stone that was submerged in the vinegar was a sandy feel, and Rating: 5

[redtails]

I use vinegar to clean the scale(calcium/lime/etc) deposits off my humidifier and it eats that stuff up quick. I'd say it dissolved the outer layer of the stone, next time try rubbing alcohol or pipe/bong cleaner. Even just pouring a little water in there with some coarse kosher salt and shaking it around will help clean it safely...