Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-04-30 02:22
Try rubbing with a clean cloth, like tee shirt material.
When you use vinegar you have to rinse with cold water and dry immediately. If you leave it air dry it will oxidize. Any new oxidization is very superficial can be easily removed with a cloth rub. I use white vinegar.
I asked on a forum about mouthpieces. You can find more info on pen restoration sites. Here's two that were suggested, similar to what I've heard before. I haven't used them:
Makes "deoxidizer": https://www.facebook.com/lbepen/
Makes dye pens for hard rubber: [
https://pensburymanor.com/pensburymanor/Pen_Potions_7_8,_9,_10_%26_Potion_Kit.html
I don't like using any kind of industrial polish, like metal polish, on mouthpieces because they contain toxic solvents. I'm not keen on dyes for the same reason. I'm sure that a lot of them would work though. Also dyes IMO are kind of like painting over rusty metal, it's still there, but you can't see it. Olive oil is supposed to make mouthpieces appear black.
Dry polish, like buffing compound, contains some wax (depending on the formula), but Fabulustre is very dry and clean. You have to prep the piece by taping what you don't want buffed, and have to learn how to buff, but it's so much easier than rubbing by hand. You can also try white rouge, red rouge, and blue. Most white is very waxy and will leave a mess, it also varies as to how fine it is. Red is very dusty. Blue is made for plastic, but I haven't tried it. I always wash with soap afterward to get any reside off.
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2021-04-30 17:45)
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