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Carenes and Man 100 parts ready for work or being worked

 

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Man 100 section 100% strip down and clean

 

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Man 100 + Amazon Phili barrel and cap cleaning/polishing

 

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Phili + Edson nib cleaning

 

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Great pics, what did you use to clean the edson pen?

 

Ben

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Great pics, what did you use to clean the edson pen?

 

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Ultrasonics with James Products Sea Clean added. It had some old stock Waterman black inside which I wanted to ensure was ALL out. I left all these parts soaking for 4 days, pulsing once or twice for 8 minutes each day.

 

Polished off with a rouge gold/silver jewellery cloth.

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Very nice cleaning results. Must de-mothball my ultrasonic soon.

 

What is that James Pr Sea Clean? a salt solution? Never saw the brand here...

 

 

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Very nice cleaning results. Must de-mothball my ultrasonic soon.

 

What is that James Pr Sea Clean? a salt solution? Never saw the brand here...

 

 

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Hi D.ick,

 

I use the old Mk1 but here is there latest product.

 

http://www.jamesproducts.co.uk/sea-clean-solution.html

 

It is made from fruit extracts, seaweed and coconut oil. Strange though cos it says you can't drink it.

 

It removes tarnish, carbon, rust and dirt.

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I've been tidying up this beat up Amazon. The Nib/sections good but body was a bit scratched. It's not too bad though as they go.

 

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and should I put this Man 100 back together and move it on or buy another new part,

 

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Hi D.ick,

 

I use the old Mk1 but here is there latest product.

 

http://www.jamesproducts.co.uk/sea-clean-solution.html

 

It is made from fruit extracts, seaweed and coconut oil. Strange though cos it says you can't drink it.

 

It removes tarnish, carbon, rust and dirt.

It says not to be used on plated metals... That would make it unsuitable for many fountainpens?

 

 

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Ultrasonics with James Products Sea Clean added. It had some old stock Waterman black inside which I wanted to ensure was ALL out. I left all these parts soaking for 4 days, pulsing once or twice for 8 minutes each day.

 

Polished off with a rouge gold/silver jewellery cloth.

Thanks, definitely looks like it worked! Will have to search around for some of this to clean my own pens out with. Do you only place the nib in the machine or does it damage the resin parts of the pen if you put them in?

 

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I have only used it on gold plated parts and it does not affect them. Will watch out in future though. Can't be as bad as ink looking at the above ring.

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Ultrasonics with James Products Sea Clean added. It had some old stock Waterman black inside which I wanted to ensure was ALL out. I left all these parts soaking for 4 days, pulsing once or twice for 8 minutes each day.

 

Polished off with a rouge gold/silver jewellery cloth.

Also what is pulsing?

 

Ben

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Would an ultrasonic cleaner take the lacquer off of pens?

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Force:

 

In your photo showing the 100% breakdown of the Man 100 section/feed/nib, what do you call the black plastic combination inner section/feed? Would this one work in a Gentleman?

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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Force:

 

In your photo showing the 100% breakdown of the Man 100 section/feed/nib, what do you call the black plastic combination inner section/feed? Would this one work in a Gentleman?

If you are referring to the plastic part with gold ring, FPN member dboulonnais, whom I purchased the new part from, calls it a little chamber.

 

I do not know the answer to your Q, but perhaps a message to him would get the answer.

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A little chamber inside the section that connects the ink source to the feed and nib. A lot of words, but it works. I call it the inner section. Does the feed separate from it, or is the feed and the little section a single piece of plastic?

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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