Author: NBeaty
Date: 2018-09-14 18:55
Exiawolf,
If it looks right and plays right, you're good to go. That's not to say there's nothing to improve or that there's still an imperfection from the dent/dent removal process.
I find it much easier to hold the mouthpiece still and move the lighter. Also, as I mentioned before in this thread, I find it best not to hold the flame and mouthpiece close to each other for long. It really shouldn't take much heat to pop out a dent. I fear that some will take the advice from this thread and start heating a mouthpiece with fire to fix a chip and end up melting things together. It can be hard to tell the difference between a chip and a dent, sometimes a chip is smaller than a dent.
If you smell rubber, you have likely gone too far. In general, I would recommend people send their mouthpiece to a competent mouthpiece refacer to deal with to avoid potential catastrophe.
You can get closer than 1cm with the flame, but a waving motion of the flame so that it's never close to the mouthpiece for more than a fraction of a second is best.
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