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This smoking pipe made from asbestos (media.piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago by pieland@piefed.social to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Asbestos is pretty soft, I'd be worried about damaging it when cleaning. Though that's the stoner in me who uses metal tools to clean her pipes, I'm sure there are softer tools, perhaps... Pipe cleaners?

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

I was thinking that pipe had asbestos inside, with some more normal material on top.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

AFAIK asbestos was always mixed with another component, as asbestos is basically just lots of small fibers. So depending on what you mix it with, it can be soft or hard.