To touch or not...meerschaum

Guys..

I do my best not to touch the bowl a lot when smoking.I clean my hands before smoking and sometimes I cant clean b4 smoking.

You should re-wax your meerschaum when you see that it really needs it.Some people tell you to wax it during you are smoking it since it is hot and this would help bee wax to melt more easily.THIS IS WRONG !! you are lessening the durability of your block meerschaum pipe when you do this.

Clean inside and outside of your meerschaum pipe with very clean cotton or silk towels,or cottons.They should not be wet totally but you can add 2-3 drops of very clean water.