chenille stem (Pipe Cleaner)

A pipe cleaner is made of two lengths of wire, called the core, twisted together trapping short lengths of fibre between them, called the pile. Pipe cleaners are usually made two at a time, as the inner wires of each pipe cleaner have the yarn wrapped around them, making a coil, the outer wires trap the wraps of yarn, which are then cut, making the tufts. yarn is made in much the same way, which is why craft pipe cleaners are often called "chenille stems". Some pipe cleaner machines are actually converted chenille machines. Some machines produce very long pipe cleaners which are wound onto spools. The spools may be sold as-is or cut to length depending on the intended use. Other machines cut the pipe cleaners to length as they come off the machines. Smoking pipe cleaners are usually 15 - 17cm (6 - 7 inches) long. Craft ones are often 30cm (12 inches) long and can be up to 50cm (20 inches) long.

Many children enjoy bending pipe cleaners into various shapes. "Craft" pipe cleaners are usually made with or pile and are often longer and thicker than the "smoking" type, and available in many different colors. Craft pipe cleaners are not very useful for cleaning purposes, because the polyester does not absorb liquids, and the thicker versions may not even fit down the stem of a normal pipe. Because "sharp" ends of a pipe cleaner are needed to push ends into backing material to hold up objects they should not be left for children under five to play with, unless under supervision.

Smoking pipe cleaners normally use some absorbent material, usually or sometimes . Bristles of stiffer material, normally or are sometimes added to better scrub out what is being cleaned. Microfilament is used in some technical pipe cleaners because polyester wicks liquid away rather than absorbing it as cotton does. Some smoking pipe cleaners are made or so that one end is thick and one end thin. These are useful to use the thin end for the small bore of the pipe stem and then the thick end for the bowl or the wider end of the stem. When cleaning a pipe, pipe cleaners are normally discarded after one or two uses.

chenill stem,tinsel stem,pipe cleaner
size:3mm---15mm
safty:EN71,ASTMF963