Can You Poolish Away The Discolouration On Eponite?

[winterwolfen]

I'm new with ebonite pen and well, I put the section in water to try and take away some of the old ink in the nib. The next day it was brown I thought at least the grip section was plastic but it wasn't. Is there a was to poolish it away..like with micromesh, or is the only way to do it is recoloring it?

 

sorry for this newbie question, but someone has to know

[OcalaFlGuy]

Good news, bad news.

 

I'll assume the pen was black before you soaked it. I'll also assume you didn't soak it in hot or very warm water, that would make it even worse.

 

Yes, you can polish the brown out if the layer of oxidization isn't very deep. (Say a quick oxidization here Vs oxidization that's been turning brown for decades.)

 

The bad news is that Usually involves a much more aggressive polishing than most pen repair people are comfortable with.

 

Much more aggressive than even the usual liquid plastic polishes.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

 

[Ray-Vigo]

I'm new with ebonite pen and well, I put the section in water to try and take away some of the old ink in the nib. The next day it was brown I thought at least the grip section was plastic but it wasn't. Is there a was to poolish it away..like with micromesh, or is the only way to do it is recoloring it?

 

sorry for this newbie question, but someone has to know

 

I use Simichrome and lots of polishing for this sort of thing on smooth, ebonite parts. Eventually you'll work through the oxidation and get to black again. Of course, the newly exposed black may oxidize again eventually. Don't try it on chasing or inscriptions.

Edited April 15, 2014 by Ray-Vigo

[zap210]

Check out other threads on this subject. I posted one a while back about a plastic polish that worked quite well with some elbow grease. The bad is that when you polish off the oxidation you are actually removing it slowly.