I'd like to make my pipe all black, but the briar is brown. Is it possible to color it black, for example. with some leather / shoe color products without interfering the future taste of the pipe ?
Thanks!Leather or shoe dye is the ideal approach from what I've read thru restoration projects. Just don't do anything to the inside of the bowl.
I confirm there are different ways of approach to a deliberate color of wood especially for a pipe but what I suggest is not based on my speculation but just trial and error on a watery precolored piece of Briar.I'd like to make my pipe all black, but the briar is brown. Is it possible to color it black, for example. with some leather / shoe color products without interfering the future taste of the pipe ?
The very best way to treat a virgin briar (unfinished) is to smoke it in my opinion. This allows the briar to breathe and they color beautifully as you smoke them. YMMVI'd like to make my pipe all black, but the briar is brown. Is it possible to color it black, for example. with some leather / shoe color products without interfering the future taste of the pipe ?